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St Catherine’s, Bramley

]Independent Boarding and Day School for Girls age 4 -18

Prep girls loved making mini-books as part of #TuneUpTuesday, a Girls School Association initiative to encourage wellbeing through the arts.

In creating music the girls experience happiness, relaxation and comfort #TuneUpTuesday – celebrating the arts in supporting our mental health.

St Cat’s girls have no limit on their imaginations and are wonderfully creative. #TuneUpTuesday – celebrating the arts in supporting our mental health.

Boarders enter into the Christmas spirit - following a tradition that originated in Germany in the 16th century.

Congratulations to Ruby, U5 Music Scholar, who is through to the Final of the BBC Young Chorister of the Year - November 2020

Stepping back in time- Pre-Prep 2 girls enjoying Victorian Day.

Congratulations to Josie, Year of 2020 and Gappie, who has won the Francis Reid Award for Best Emerging Lighting Designer

Prep girls share with great excitement their science knowledge.

A socially-distanced Cantores record a service of Choral Evensong for Guildford Cathedral and Winchester Cathedral

Remembrance Day - the theme of our Assembly was the lasting impact of war on mental & physical health.

Our new U3’s – happy, settled and confident.

Annie, U6 Music Scholar, performs a piano recital of works by Scarlatti, Mozart and Rachmaninov

Guy Fawkes Day and Bonfire Night celebrations around the firepit with the all-important marshmallows and sparklers!

School trumpeters Zoe, Mimi, Buan, Ginny and Iris performed the Last Post and Reveille this Remembrance Sunday at their local Churches and virtually across the country, helping their communities mark with respect the contribution of the fallen.

Girls take a break to celebrate Autumn beneath their much-loved horse chestnut tree.

LIII enjoying their street dance lessons.

Alumna Millie (2020) hasn’t let lockdown in her University Hall of Residence in Durham get her down. She’s run a marathon with friends - lapping their 15 metre landing 2,800 times and raising £2,000 for Help Musicians UK.

Boarders enjoying pumpkin carving in the run up to Half Term and Halloween

Bringing Colour to Life! - PP1 mix primary colours

So proud to feature in the Good Schools Guide to the UK's Best Boarding Schools - the girls aged 11-14 are certainly enjoying their refurbished bedrooms and common rooms in Bronte and Symes.

Let’s celebrate with harvest cheer! The Prep School girls perform poems and music amongst resplendent decorations, kindly donated by the PTA.

Alex (Year of 2020 and current Gappy) has been chosen to represent England in the U23 Squad, for a second year. Head of Lacrosse Emily Gray and PE Teacher Emilie Chandler have also been selected for the Senior World Cup Training squad.

Upper II girls share some of the languages they speak as part of the Prep School celebrations for the European Day of Languages.

Girls returning to fitness with coaching from our specialist teachers.

World Mental Health Day 2020 – nourishing the mind, body and spirit at St Catherine’s.

St Catherine’s Prep girls reconnecting after lockdown reflections; we are unique but we all make one school!

The rhythm of life - Pre-Prep girls listening to their hearts beat. Medics of the future?

Boarders take aim laser 'clayser' clay pigeon shooting at the weekend

In the sunshine U6 girls completed their Gold D of E Assessed Expedition, and in mud glorious mud, Silver Duke of Edinburgh Training took place in the Surrey Hills!

PPI enjoying the Cottage Garden

Miss Jefford with PPI ready to start a new day

Nothing stops a St Cat’s girl … making up for Activities Week with an off-timetable day of fun activities, bonding and much need restorative laughter.

PPI Ribbon Dancing

You made it! There were over 135 cakes for our Great Cake Bake - thanks for celebrating our 135th Birthday!

An impressive summer of achievements for Thalia. From designing her own website about Covid, to presenting it within a Cambridge University online tutorial series, to an internship with cell coding company bit-bio!

Thank you to our global community who joined our Virtual Foundation Day Great Cake Bake to celebrate our 135th Birthday!

In the world renowned Tatler Schools Guide 2021, St Catherine’s is described as having found “the magic formula,” with a reputation for excellence academically and pastorally.

Science in action - investigating the effect of friction on different surfaces.

Thank you for all the pictures of you with your cakes celebrating Foundation Day - the school’s 135th birthday on 27th September. We are aiming for 135 cakes so please keep baking!

Our Head Boarder and Senior Boarders - ready to support the Boarding Houses, represent geographical regions, organise events and welcome new boarders.

Sport is back! Watch our film of last year’s sporting achievements under School Films. Let us go on to 2020/21!

Delighted Shu Fei Grindlay (née Wong, 2009) chose the St Cat’s grounds for wedding photographs after her ceremony at Holy Trinity Bramley.

Proud of our Eco Councils in the Prep and Senior School who have retained the Eco-Schools ‘Green Flag’ award.

Celebrate the St Catherine’s community and email your creation to association@stcatherines.info

St Catherine’s is delighted to re-open fully to all pupils for the Autumn Term 2020. A warm welcome back to School to everyone in the Community!

U4 shadows welcome the U3 girls to St Cat's.

A wonderful start to life - at St Catherine’s

The L6 girls were delighted to get together for some team building activities before the start of term.

The Boarders are back!

Preparations are complete. Let us go on …

3,809 hours of giving back - through girls volunteering as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award - March 2019 -April 2020

Congratulations to Ruby who is a semi finalist in the National Young Chorister of the Year Competition

All the teaching staff are immensely proud of each girl’s GCSE success – congratulations from us all.

Always heading toward the light. Stunning photography by the A Level Photography students.

Always heading towards the light. Stunning photography by the A Level Photography students.

The year of 2020 will always be remembered for their courage, strength and resilience. Congratulations to them all on their A Level success and their outstanding university places.

Beautiful food photography as baked and photographed by Chelsea for her A Level Photography.

Stunning landscapes created by the U4 during their remote lessons this Summer.

U3-U4 students were very creative in their remote lessons and continued to create beautiful work.

Painting of pets by the GCSE Art students

Delicate woodland fungi painting by GCSE Art students

'Bees in the Hive' by Carrie U5

Nature as inspiration for the GCSE Art students

A stunning series of ceramics from the U5 for their GCSE Art course.

'Bubbles’ and ice-cream – LIII celebrations and fond farewells.

Following Long Parliament we were delighted to capture a photograph of the Head Girls with the Head Boarder in Nigeria with their much deserved prize ‘The Oulton Cup for Making a Difference’.

Lisa Graham (2005), now a vet working in rhino conservation, delivered our first virtual End of Term Lecture from South Africa.

Beautiful still life painting by the U5 for their GCSE Art Course

Maddie, U6, was awarded Highly Commended in the Young Fashion Designer Competition 2020 for her 1960’s Capsule collection.

‘Prep School girls have begun their phased return to school and are enjoying their learning, spending time with friends and reuniting with their teachers’

St Catherine’s is delighted to have been selected to appear in the 2020 Good Schools' Boarding Guide

Lower III enjoying their Art and PE lesson in the Prep School garden

Bethany and Juliette have been lifting people’s spirits by painting pebbles and offering them to neighbours.

Girls from PPI, PPII and LIII girls enjoy lessons outside, in classrooms and remotely for Latin this morning. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible.

Head Girls Larissa and Alice, together with Head Boarder, Oge, all known as the Quaran-Queens, have been delighting students with their weekly podcast focusing on worldwide good news stories and community updates.

Amy Hare, Textiles teacher, has been making scrubs for East Surrey Hospital as part of a local project to support the front line NHS staff.

Annabelle (L5) completed a 5k sponsored run for ‘Courir Pour Elles’ Charity in her native France at home in Bramley and has currently raised £925

Many congratulations to Georgia (L6) who raised £1400 for the NHS after running a bake sale with her family to celebrate VE day whilst maintaining social distancing rules.

Prep. School pupils provide an array of beautiful rainbows to pay tribute to our alumnae nurses and all NHS nurses in National Nursing Week, and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale

The St Catherine's Community pays tribute to the Second World War generation who fought tyranny so that we could enjoy freedom. We thank you all.

Sunday 3rd May is National Textile Day. Hannah and Holly here model their A Level coursework at the Annual Charities’ Board Fashion Show in early March, helping raise £5,000 for good causes. Hats off to creative young textiles talent.

Head of Sixth Form Boarding, Mrs Alexander and Kaiser, looking after her boarding houses looking forward to seeing everyone before too long.

Inspired by beautiful shots of flowers in bloom in the Prep School taken by Laura Hirons our school photographer, Miss Bartholomew has invited Prep girls to send in their own nature photos to share in future Prep assemblies.

Head Gardener, Emma, working to keep the grounds looking lovely for our return.

Welcome to the Summer Term 2020 at St Catherine's. We may be temporarily apart but we are reunited remotely today for the girls to continue their education. Let us go on!

Alastair White, Head of DT, manufactures masks for the NHS over Easter Weekend to support the war against Covid 19.

Newest member of the Keller Boarding House. Wolsey (belonging to History Teacher BHM Mrs C!) is really looking forward to meeting the St Cats community in person when we return.

Our Key Worker children have been enjoying arts and craft and having fun playing in the sunshine.

Miss Bartholomew and the Key Worker School children admire their rainbow, created today to honour the NHS.

We mourn the loss of Dr Jennifer Bate OBE, patron of our Organ Scholarship and Academy for 16 years, who sadly lost her battle with cancer. She gave so much encouragement to young women organists and her legacy lives on in them.

Congratulations to Flora, Georgia & Perla who were in the Yvonne Arnaud’s production of Arabian Nights

Head Girls, Larissa and Alice, led the Upper 6 year through an unexpectedly early ‘final day in school’, complete with a revisit to school uniform with badges various!

The Class of 2020, wearing their former uniforms, brought forward their traditional May leavers’ day, just in case, revealing resilience and leadership.

Microsoft Qualifications Achieved

Students from twenty of our chamber ensembles performed in our Chamber Music Concert

The UIIs delighted parents and visitors alike with a resounding performance of their Tudor masque, an entertainment of music, song, dance and comic sketches.

Congratulations to the U15A Netball Team who are the Surrey Champions!

Fantastic performances all round and some very well-deserved prize-winners at the annual Latin and Greek Reading Competition.

A selection of Prep Pupils performing in our annual Prep Soloists’ Concert.

“What can I do with a degree in Biology or Chemistry?”

‘Form I travelled back in time to Ancient Greece as part of their Humanities topic’

The Association Choir, together with Senior Choir, Middle Chamber Choir and Camerata, gave a magnificent performance of Handel’s Messiah

Confirmation Service conducted by Bishop Andrew of Guildford.

St Cat’s Big Cat Walk 2020 - £4,500.00 raised for Afghan Connection, the Magnet School, Nairobi and the Clean Clothes Campaign

Congratulations to Morwenna the winner of this year’s St Cat’s Got Talent.

U19 netball squad celebrate the end of the season

St. Cat’s educates young women who are confident to take on the World. (International Women’s Day)

Prep girls enter into the spirit of Shakespeare as a celebration of World Book Day

Proud daughter Georgia with her Dad who spoke to U4 about his Accounting career and working in the Entertainment industry.

World Book Day – St Cat’s Style!

‘Learning to vault in Upper 2’

Evacuee Day, a highlight of the LIII History calendar; a day full of learning, cooking, exploring primary sources, role play and fascinating presentations from guest speakers. A day to remember!

“St Catherine’s Prep Choirs competing very successfully at Godalming Performing Arts Festival”

St Cats do the Double: the 2nd and 3rd senior teams win National Schools Lacrosse Championships.

U15A are Lacrosse National Champions at their age group. Congratulations to all the squad and their coaches.

We are very proud of the U19A Lacrosse Team who played skilfully and valiantly, reaching the semi-finals of the England National Schools Lacrosse Championship

Alex wins Midfield Player of Day at U19 1st Teams National Finals. St. Cat’s made the semi finals.

‘Rapid progress is being made on The 6 – watch the build as it happens: look under Development, Create the Future updates’

Inclement February weather didn’t dampen U3 spirits as they train for their Aquathlon

The Australian exchange girls having tea at St. Cat’s Melbourne, with previous staff from school - Mrs Fiona Thomas (Prep School) and Mrs Ailsa Logue (Cat Club).

Happy Shrove Tuesday! Pancake making for Charity proved very popular at lunchtime today

‘I often get asked which I think are the best schools in the country and St Catherine’s is always on my list.’ –quote from an outside speaker

‘ A Super Six Squads Smash Surrey’s!!’ All 6 Age groups have qualified for the Surrey Schools Netball Finals in March. Congratulations girls!

Prep girls working together whilst raising money for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Ltd (JDRF)

Local Chiropractor Tone Tellefsen Hughes spoke enthusiastically about her role and routes into the Career in the U4 Lecture

Congratulations to Cecilia, Flora and Georgie for progressing to the second stage of the Rotary Youth Speaks Competition.

Congratulations to Mo, Victoria and Grace for making it through to the London stage of the ESU public speaking competition which will be held in March.

Form 1 attended a mock christening as part of their R.S studies.

St. Cat’s Senior Lacrosse Squads are fielding a record 6 teams at U19 National Finals. Go, St. Cat’s!

“ A drum, a drum Macbeth doth come, to St Catherine’s!”

Congratulations to pianist, Annie, St Catherine’s Jennifer Bate Organ Scholar, winner of the 2020 Woking Young Musician of the Year Competition

“Blood will have Blood”. The Senior School will stage their adaptation of Macbeth this week, playing on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7:30pm in the auditorium.

A wide variety of performers delighted the audience in this month’s Informal Concert

Our 3 Australian Exchange students first day with partners at St Catherine’s, Melbourne!

Parents joined their daughter’s strings lesson

Congratulations to Lucy, Abby and Ananya for their spirited performances at the Rotary Youth Debates semi-final.

Another exciting day in Pre-Prep with Pre-Prep II welcoming their parents to their classrooms

Pre-Prep III girls enjoyed showing their parents their achievements in their classrooms

U13’s continue to evolve their netball talent at training

Organists and Pianists performing at our Prep piano concert

‘Our PPI girls were excited to welcome their parents to their classroom and celebrate what they have achieved’

Congratulations to the U12 and U13 Netballers who have both qualified for Surrey Finals in March!

Entertainment at the Annual Boarders’ Parents’ Dinner Party, provided by the Boarders themselves

U5 Trip to Natural History Museum

‘ A delicious meal to celebrate the Lunar New Year was cooked by our talented Sixth Form ‘chefs’ and enjoyed by all the boarders

Prep school girls getting a coaching session with professional, and inspirational football coach, Sophie Hollis. The girls enjoyed the challenge of learning new skills in a fun environment.

Fun and Friendship in Pre-Prep

Over £2,000.00 was raised for School Club Zambia and Refugee voices at the 80s themed Father Daughter dinner

U12EFGH having a blast at netball

St Catherine’s Jazz Café in ‘full swing’ with tributes to Ella Fitzgerald, Caro Emerald, Sophie Millman and many more

Prep and Senior School girls enjoyed a fascinating talk on the impact of fluid mechanics on aircraft design and energy conservation from Prof. Beverley McKeon (1992) Professor of Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology

St. Catherines Fashion Show - coming soon!

U4 Exchange students arriving in Australia

Sunrise over the Prep School on a cold, bright January morning.

L4 enjoyed a visit to the wonderful Mary Rose Museum where they were able to use artefacts and primary sources to gain a better understanding of diversity in Tudor England

St Catherine’s was delighted to host, once more, the English Chess Federation’s Junior Girls’ semi-finals, welcoming the biggest number of participants ever

St. Catherine’s welcomes the 2020 GAP Staff Team from Australia and New Zealand

Ellie de la Bedoyere (2011), Senior Policy Advisor at the Cabinet Office, gave a fascinating and very personal insight into her career in the Civil Service working with Michael Gove MP

Prep School girls enjoy festive cheer at their Christmas Fair

Boarders celebrate Advent and look forward to Christmas at their annual Candlelit Service

Midleton House won Best Play in House Drama, pictured with adjudicator Anna Lewis, professional theatre designer and alumna of 2008

St Catherine’s students at the Mock Election Polling Station.

All the fun of the annual Merriman Christmas Fair

Ding Dong Merrily on High in Guildford the bells were ringing! The annual Carol Service in Guildford is the signal for many St Catherine’s families and friends that Christmas is almost here.

‘We see it! We see it! We swear we do. We see extraordinary magic in you.’ The whole Prep School sings about the magic within us all. – Prep School Carol Service

‘The Pre-Prep girls delighted the audience with a wonderful performance of ‘Away in a Manger’.

Bronte Boarders decorating the Senior School Christmas Tree for the PTA Ball.

Concert Band open the programme for the St Catherine’s Day Gala Concert with a performance of music from The Lion King

Prayers led by the Head Girls in the Prep School's St Catherine's Day Chapel Service

Excited Prep School girls at St Catherine's Day House Gym Competition.

St Catherine’s day inter-House Lacrosse Competition was won by Ashcombe in both the Middle and Seniors Finals!

An exciting morning of hard-fought matches.

St Catherine’s Day underway Church, Cattern Cakes, and Celebratory Lunch.

The audience enjoyed a wide range of performances at our third Informal Concert of this term

The Lower III’s travelled through space and time today with the help from Creative Space

What can I do with a degree in History? Alumnae Ellie, Natalie and Megan return to inspire St Catherine’s young historians about their careers in the Civil service, Law and Management.

Congratulations to Ananya, Abby and Lucy Senior Rotary winners for the Guildford area 2019.

A special well done to Ananya for winning the Best Proposer category.

GSA Students vote Greta Thunberg as Woman of the Year 2019. We are proud of alumna Nicki Henderson (2011) who is helping skipper Greta back to Spain for the UN Climate summit in December - November 2019

A wide variety of music on offer at the Woodwind and Brass Sectional Concert

Pre-Prep II experience a day in a Victorian School

PP1 exploring moving over, under and climbing on apparatus in their gymnastics lesson.

Charles Dickens’ great-great-great granddaughter Lucinda Hawksley, last night’s entertaining speaker at St Catherine’s Presents provided us with a better understanding of how Dicken’s childhood and family influenced some of his most famous characters.

Upper 3 girls played a wonderful variety of music in their Informal Concert.

The Royal British Legion Theme of Togetherness was the focus of this year’s Remembrance Service. Contributions were made by representatives from the School community from Great Britain, France, Australia, India and the USA

The Royal British Legion Theme of Togetherness was the focus of this year’s Remembrance Service. Contributions were made by representatives from the School community from Great Britain, France, Australia, India and the USA

Lucy and Caitlin led and spoke in chapel this week inspiring the girls to make the most of their youth.

The Lower 5 Football team enjoyed their first competitive match against Charterhouse.

Lower III girls enjoyed working together as a team and reaching unknown limits on their IoW residential trip.

The warmth of our welcome and the palpable joy at this event is testament to the close relationship we enjoy with our Hong Kong families.

Former staff and Association members enjoyed a fascinating walking tour of Dickens’ London with Lucinda Hawksley, his great-great-great-granddaughter.

Sixth Form Essay Prizewinners with guest judge Professor Diane Watt (Surrey University), and Head of Sixth Form, Carl Gladwell.

“The Grimm Tales reimagined at St Cats this week”

Alumnae and parents gathered at UniCredit to discuss Leadership and Managing Teams at the latest London Network evening

A variety of performers delighted the audience at the first of our Informal Concerts this year

‘Robin Stevens - Mystery Writer Librarians’Literary Lectures’.

Welcome back to the Year of 2009 celebrating their 10th anniversary reunion

St Catherine’s Association Careers Forum in full swing with Alumnae and Parents sharing career insights with students.

U14 and U15 netball teams played some great matches during the Surrey qualifiers tournament on Wednesday 9th Oct at St Cats School. They thoroughly enjoyed hosting the event. #finalists

Parent Mrs Aig-Imoukhuede led a Sixth Form SCOPE session exploring the links between poverty, social inequality and lack of education and the rise of extremist activity and Boko Haram

“For the Harvest” - Girls from the Prep School are delighted to be able to support the Guildford Food Crisis Project by sharing their Harvest boxes.

Prep School Chess teams played marvellously against Aldro. The friendly but determined sportsmanship was a credit to both schools.

The Scholars and Award Holders black tie concert marked the start of the musical year .

“Dr Jonathan Jeffers from Imperial College London talks to students and inspires them to become the Engineers of the future.”

‘Prep School girls enjoyed taster sessions in various languages as part of the European Day of Languages celebrations.’

An Early Music Workshop gave the girls the opportunity to try a wide range of instruments.

U13B’s were runners up in the plate competition at Condover Hall this weekend. Well done girls!

Prep Girls enjoying the new Soundscape room with the facility for podcasting and instant composition # Website, Twitter and Instagram

Girls, parents and staff in the Prep School were excited to explore their newly refurbished music room, the Soundscape, opened by Jenni Costello, radio DJ and podcaster.

Mr Donald Lloyd Conductor of Symphony Orchestra conducts the combined orchestras of St Catherine’s Symphony Orchestra and the South Downs Orchestra performing at St Catherine’s Presents

$A L5 Physics class experiment with producing waves, using a jelly baby wave machine, to demonstrate reflection and refraction.$

Swim Tour

U3 enjoy trying out new instruments at the Instrument Taster Session

Prep School enjoyed welcoming our new parents and current PTA to our coffee morning this morning.

Annual Boarders’ Start-of-Year Party

Catching up with friends in the Prep School on the 1st day of term