St Teresa's School

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St Teresa's Effingham

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St Teresa's Effingham MERGE Eastern entrance
Motto Gaudere et Bene Facere
("Rejoice and do well")
Established 1928
Type Independent day and boarding
Religion Roman Catholic
Headmaster Mike Farmer
Prep headmistress Sarah Conrad
Chair of Governors Michael Bray
Founder The Religious Order of Christian Instruction
Location Effingham
Surrey
RH5 6ST
England
51°14′53″N0°23′56″W / 51.248°N 0.399°W / 51.248; -0.399 Coordinates: 51°14′53″N0°23′56″W / 51.248°N 0.399°W / 51.248; -0.399
DfE URN 125402 Tables
Students 420
Gender Girls
Ages 2–18
Houses
  • St. Benedict
  • St. Dominic
  • St. Ignatius
  • St. Francis
Website www.st-teresas.com

St Teresa's Effingham is a selective, independent boarding and day school for girls aged 2–18 in Effingham, Surrey, England, established in 1928. It is a member of the Girls' Schools Association. [1]

Effingham, Surrey a village located in Guildford, United Kingdom

Effingham is a large semi-rural and rural English village in the Borough of Guildford in Surrey, reaching from the gently sloping northern plain to the crest of the North Downs and with a medieval parish church. The village has been chosen as the home of notable figures, such as Sir Barnes Wallis who was buried here and Toni Mascolo. The M25 motorway is 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of the middle of the village which mostly consists of green space in the Metropolitan Green Belt.

Surrey County of England

Surrey is a subdivision of the English region of South East England in the United Kingdom. A historic and ceremonial county, Surrey is also one of the home counties. The county borders Kent to the east, East and West Sussex to the south, Hampshire to the west, Berkshire to the northwest, and Greater London to the northeast.

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

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History

In 1799, John Fuller built a mansion called Effingham Hill House on the site of another house which had been called Tibs, and this house now forms the centre of the senior school, and has been extended to provide modern facilities. In 1886 or somewhat later, Julius Caesar Czarnikow bought Effingham Hill House from Frederick Augustus Maxse, and owned it until he died in 1909. His daughter, Ada Louisa, sold it to Azalea Caroline Keyes, who in 1916 sold it to Robert Reitmeyer Calburn, who owned it until 1928. [2] St Teresa's was founded in that house by the Religious Order of Christian Instruction (who also founded St Teresa's sister school Leweston School) in 1928 on what was originally part of a manor site recorded in the Domesday Book. The last headmistress nun retired in 1977. Since 2002, the school has been managed by a lay trust. [3] Although there are no longer any religious sisters on staff (as of 2013-14 academic year), the school maintains its Catholic ethos and ties to the local parish, which is represented in the school's Board of Governors.

Julius Caesar Czarnikow was a German-born, London-based sugar broker and investor.

Leweston School

Leweston School is an independent day and boarding school near Sherborne in Dorset, UK. Co-educational in the Nursery and Preparatory School and co-educational, diamond model in the Senior School and Sixth Form. The School consists of a Nursery, Prep School, Senior School and Sixth Form. Leweston’s values are based upon a supportive Catholic ethos. In 2017 Leweston announced that it was moving to a diamond model for the delivery of STEM subjects in Years 9 to 11 whilst becoming co-educational in all years during a four year transitional period from 2018 to 2021.

Domesday Book 11th-century survey of landholding in England as well as the surviving manuscripts of the survey

Domesday Book is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states:

Then, at the midwinter [1085], was the king in Gloucester with his council .... After this had the king a large meeting, and very deep consultation with his council, about this land; how it was occupied, and by what sort of men. Then sent he his men over all England into each shire; commissioning them to find out "How many hundreds of hides were in the shire, what land the king himself had, and what stock upon the land; or, what dues he ought to have by the year from the shire."

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Drama artwork intended for performance, formal type of literature

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc, performed in a theatre, or on radio or television. Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's Poetics —the earliest work of dramatic theory.

Curriculum

St Teresa’s Prep School is a model teaching school, being studied as a resource for Kingston University for studies such as enhancing literacy and positive social interaction in the classroom. Through an extensive programme of professional development for staff, teachers are fully informed of cutting edge methodologies for full engagement and interaction. A Microsoft IT Academy accredited school, the school therefore teaches computer usage, as well as basic computer programming, from an early age to ensure that IT skills are so well known as to be routinely applied. Computer Programming is offered as an extra-curricular option in Years 4 and 5, and as part of the extended curriculum for Year 6 girls since 2013. [4] The school's head announced a planned departure and a new head was recruited in September 2012, Mr M. Farmer.

Kingston University university in Kingston upon Thames, London

Kingston University London is a public research university located within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, in South West London, United Kingdom. The university specialises in the arts, design, fashion, science, engineering, and business. It received university status in 1992, before which the institution was known as Kingston Polytechnic. Its roots, however, go back to the Kingston Technical Institute, founded in 1899. The university has four campuses situated in Kingston and Roehampton. Kingston University London, is a member of the Association of MBAs, the European University Association and the Association of Commonwealth Universities.

Location

St Teresa's has 48 acres (0.19 km2) of grounds in a designated area of outstanding natural beauty amid the Surrey Hills AONB, in a multi-crested section of the escarpment of the North Downs. In 1953 a separate preparatory school was established at Grove House, in the village centre of Effingham about a mile away and has since relocated to the main school site.

Surrey Hills AONB Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Surrey, England

Surrey Hills is a 422 km2 (163 sq mi) Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in Surrey, England. The AONB was designated in 1958 and covers one quarter of the county of Surrey. Surrey Hills AONB adjoins the Kent Downs AONB to the east and the South Downs National Park in the south west.

North Downs ridge of chalk hills in south east England

The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England that stretch from Farnham in Surrey to the White Cliffs of Dover in Kent. Westerham Heights, at the northern edge of the North Downs, near Bromley, South London, is the highest point in London at an elevation of 245 m (804 ft). The North Downs lie within two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), the Surrey Hills and the Kent Downs. The North Downs Way National Trail runs along the North Downs from Farnham to Dover.

Admissions

Entry to St. Teresa's is selective, and is based on an entrance examination with papers in English, Maths, Science and Verbal Reasoning. This does not preclude many students with special educational needs, who receive support in the school to help them through their studies, social interaction and exams. [5]

Notable former pupils

Past pupils are known as STOGs (St Teresa's Old Girls)

House System

The students are allocated to four houses which are named after saints:

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References

  1. ↑ "St Teresa's School". MyDaughter.co.uk Schools' Directory. The Girls' Schools Association. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Hogger, Christopher J. "The Czarnikow family of Effingham Hill House". Local History - Research Projects - 5. Effingham Families - Czarnikow. Effingham Parish Council. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  3. ↑ ""LAST ORDERS" — from the TABLET 9th February 2008" (PDF). josephiteweb.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Academic curriculum St Teresas. Accessed 2014-01-26
  5. ↑ Standard Report 2010 Independent Schools Inspectorate Accessed 2014-01-24
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