Tolworth Girls' School

Coordinates: 51°22′32″N 0°17′47″W / 51.3755°N 0.2963°W

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Tolworth Girls' School & Sixth Form
The school in June 2021
Address

Tala Close Surbiton , Greater London (former Surrey) , KT6 7EY England
Coordinates	51°22′32″N 0°17′47″W / 51.3755°N 0.2963°W / 51.3755; -0.2963
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Sic Luceat Lux (Let your light so shine)
Established	1932
Department for Education URN	137060 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Jolande Botha-Smith
Gender	Girls
Age	11 to 20
Enrolment	1035
Houses	Amethyst, Emerald, Garnet, Jade, Opal, Pearl, Sapphire, Topaz
Colour(s)	Navy Blue and Yellow
Website	http://www.tolworthgirlsschool.co.uk

Tolworth Girls' School is a secondary school and sixth form for girls aged 11–20 in Surbiton, London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames.

The school currently has 1035 girls on roll and just under 290 students in the mixed sixth form. The school has received awards including a specialism in Technology, Leading Edge School, Training School and the Artsmark Gold award.

In 2007, 2017 and 2023, it was rated 1-outstanding, by Ofsted. Its link school is Southborough High School, another local school. In August 2011 the school converted to academy status.

It is directly next to the north side of the A3 Kingston Bypass, near the Red Lion Business Park, not far from the A243 junction (Hook underpass), between Tolworth and Hook.

The Prime Minister's Global Fellowship

Students have attained places on the Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme every year for the last three years.^{[citation needed]} The Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme aims to offer 18- and 19-year-old students from England experience in one of three major emerging economies.^[1]

Notable former pupils

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Christine Blower, General Secretary since 2009 of the National Union of Teachers^[2]
Rosalyn Landor, Film, television and stage actress and audio book narrator
Debbie McGee, TV presenter, radio host, actress and TV magician Paul Daniels’s wife and assistant
Kelly Reilly, actress
Saskia Howard-Clarke, Big Brother 6 (UK) contestant and glamour model.
Karina Bryant, British judoka, Olympic Medal Winner 2012
Kim Tiddy (born 1977), actress
India de Beaufort (born 1987), actress

References

^ British Council website "Fellows" Archived 2011-09-12 at the Wayback Machine accessed 10 November 2009. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ Christine Blower

External links

Audio clips

Clarissa Williams on the Today programme on 18 November 2005

v t e Schools and colleges in Kingston upon Thames
Secondary schools	Chessington School Coombe Boys' School Coombe Girls' School Hollyfield School Holy Cross School The Kingston Academy Richard Challoner School Southborough High School Tolworth Girls' School
Grammar schools	Tiffin Girls' School Tiffin School
Independent schools	Canbury School Holy Cross Preparatory School Kingston Grammar School Marymount International School Rokeby Preparatory School Shrewsbury House School Surbiton High School
Further education	Hillcroft College Kingston College
Defunct schools	Surbiton County Grammar School

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