Established 1932 Headteacher Mrs Siobhan Lowe DfE URN 137060 Tables Number of students 1,306 | Type Academy DfE number 314/4011 Phone +44 20 8397 3854 Founded 1932 | |
Location Fullers Way North
Surbiton
Greater London (former Surrey)
KT6 7LQ
England Address Fullers Way N, Surbiton KT6 7LQ, UK Motto Sic Luceat Lux; (Let your light so shine) Similar Southbor High School, Coombe Girls' School, Surbiton High School, Tiffin School, The Tiffin Girls' School | ||
Tolworth Girls' School' is a secondary school and sixth form for girls aged 11–18 in Surbiton, England, in the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames. The school has a specialism in Technology.
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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 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 situated 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.
Uniform
Tolworth Girls' School's school uniform policy is strict. The only jewellery allowed is plain gold or silver ear-studs and a simple wristwatch. The uniform consists of a blazer in dark, navy blue and yellow, a white school blouse, and a knee-length tartan skirt in the same colours, with long socks and flat-soled shoes. Girls are also required to have:
House teams
Girls wear a badge in their house colour. The house teams are named:
Each form has a form tutor. This tutor will stay with their class, unless they receive a promotion such as Head of Year or leave the school, for the whole five years in which the girls are pupils of the school.
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.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.