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Woldingham is open to girls between age 11 to 18, who can join the school at ages 11, 12, 13 or 16 making it possible to join the school in at any stage in the junior school (Marden House) or upon entering senior school (Main House). Girls can also join after completing the [[General Certificate of Secondary Education]] and enter straight into the Sixth Form (Berwick House and Shanley House, named after the nuns who were [[Principal (education)|headmistresses]] of the school, respectively). |
Woldingham is open to girls between age 11 to 18, who can join the school at ages 11, 12, 13 or 16 making it possible to join the school in at any stage in the junior school (Marden House) or upon entering senior school (Main House). Girls can also join after completing the [[General Certificate of Secondary Education]] and enter straight into the Sixth Form (Berwick House and Shanley House, named after the nuns who were [[Principal (education)|headmistresses]] of the school, respectively). Digb house won house festival this year (2009) with a great set of dances and songs ono the genre of the one and only Paris. |
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''[[The Good Schools Guide]]'' called the school "a beautiful, safe environment for your young girl to grow up in away from home", adding that it "doesn't have the edginess of more City-type schools but, to compensate, there is a hugely supportive and cooperative atmosphere".<ref>[http://goodschoolsguide.co.uk/school/woldingham-school.html Good Schools Guide: Woldingham School] - Website requires registration (paid subscription(?)) for access to Guide's review.{{Verify source|date=August 2009}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=August 2009}}>!--at August 13, 2009, this editor cannot verify quotation. only descriptive text found is school's "self-portrait". actual review by the guide requires registration.--> |
''[[The Good Schools Guide]]'' called the school "a beautiful, safe environment for your young girl to grow up in away from home", adding that it "doesn't have the edginess of more City-type schools but, to compensate, there is a hugely supportive and cooperative atmosphere".<ref>[http://goodschoolsguide.co.uk/school/woldingham-school.html Good Schools Guide: Woldingham School] - Website requires registration (paid subscription(?)) for access to Guide's review.{{Verify source|date=August 2009}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=August 2009}}>!--at August 13, 2009, this editor cannot verify quotation. only descriptive text found is school's "self-portrait". actual review by the guide requires registration.--> |
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| Woldingham School | |
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Marden Park , , CR3 7YA | |
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| Type | Independent, boarding and day |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1842[1] |
| Founder | Society of the Sacred Heart |
| Headmistress | Jayne Triffit[1] |
| Gender | All-girl |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Enrollment | 600 |
| Houses | Four: Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat Saint 1Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne Mother Janet Stuart Mother Mabel Digby |
| Years | 7 - Sixth Form |
| Former name | Convent of the Sacred Heart (1842- ) |
| Website | http://www.woldinghamschool.co.uk |
Woldingham School is an all-girls, independent, Roman Catholic, boarding and day school in Woldingham, Surrey, United Kingdom.
History
The school was founded as the Convent of the Sacred Heart in 1842[1] in Berrymead, London, by the Society of the Sacred Heart.
The Society had been founded in France in 1800 by Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat (canonized in 1925) immediately after the French Revolution (1789-1799). The first Sacred Heart school had opened in 1801 at Amiens, France; others were soon established in France and across Europe. Soon, schools had been opened on five continents with the Berrymead location being England's first Convent of the Sacred Heart.
The Convent of the Sacred Heart moved to Roehampton, London, in 1850. Shortly after the 1939 outbreak of World War II, the school was evacuated, first to Newquay (Cornwall and later to Stanford Hall (Leicestershire), near Rugby (Warwickshire). Because the Roehampton site was damaged during the air raids of 1940, the school decided, at the end of war, to find a new location. Marden Park was purchased by the Society in 1945, and the school moved in one year later.
Early in the 1980s, the Society decided to commit the school to lay management under the trusteeship of the Society. In 1984, Philomena Dineen was appointed first lay Head of School, now re-named Woldingham School[clarification needed]; she took up her duties in January 1985.
Boarding Life
Girls in different year-groups live in different boarding houses.
Marden House (Years 7 and 8). For these 11- to 13-year olds, the house structure is designed to be home-like and boarders share rooms of four. There are common rooms where day girls and boarders meet to chat and play, and boarders from Years 7 and 8 spend the majority of their time in these common rooms, rather than their bedrooms.
Main House (Years 9, 10 and 11). This is a more grown-up environment for 13- to 16-year olds, marking their progression to Secondary School. Boarders have study bedrooms and day girls have study rooms, within the boarding areas, so that everyone is integrated into the life of the year group. All girls in Year 11 have single-study bedrooms. Year 11 girls also hold positions of responsibility in the school, preparing them for the more-adult environment of the Sixth Form.
The Sixth Form girls are encouraged to communicate more readily with staff. Sixth Formers wear their own suits, instead of uniform. The Sixth-Form accommodations, Berwick House and Shanley House, are newly completed[clarification needed] and in Shanley House boarders have private bathrooms.
The global Network of Sacred Heart Schools allows girls unique opportunities for linguistic and cultural exchanges with many European countries. Woldingham regularly hosts events such as lectures and discos with Worth Abbey, the nearby Benedictine boys school.
The Houses
On entering the school girls are placed into house tutor groups. This is mainly a random placement, although girls follow their elder sisters into the same house. Tutor groups stay together throughout their time at the school. The houses are named after four nuns who were influential figures in the development of the Society. They are Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, who founded the Society; Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne; Mother Janet Stuart; and Mother Mabel Digby. Each house celebrates its own annual Feast Day with a Mass and supper. The school Foundation Day - in December each year - is marked with a Mass dedicated to the four Houses, a special luncheon and Christmas Dinner.
Entry and Education
Woldingham is open to girls between age 11 to 18, who can join the school at ages 11, 12, 13 or 16 making it possible to join the school in at any stage in the junior school (Marden House) or upon entering senior school (Main House). Girls can also join after completing the General Certificate of Secondary Education and enter straight into the Sixth Form (Berwick House and Shanley House, named after the nuns who were headmistresses of the school, respectively). Digb house won house festival this year (2009) with a great set of dances and songs ono the genre of the one and only Paris.
The Good Schools Guide called the school "a beautiful, safe environment for your young girl to grow up in away from home", adding that it "doesn't have the edginess of more City-type schools but, to compensate, there is a hugely supportive and cooperative atmosphere".[2][verification needed]>!--at August 13, 2009, this editor cannot verify quotation. only descriptive text found is school's "self-portrait". actual review by the guide requires registration.-->
Office of Fair Trading investigation
In May 2006, fifty independent schools agreed to pay nominal penalties, as a result of a 2005-2006 investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).[3][dead link][4][dead link]
This situation came about as a result of a dispute between the U.K. Charity Commission for England and Wales, which regulates the behaviour of U.K. charitable organizations, and the Office of Fair Trading, responsible for profit-making businesses. Although U.K. charities are required to share financial and other information among themselves, U.K. businesses are not allowed to do so. The U.K.Competition Act 1998, which regulates the behaviour of businesses, was altered in 2000 to place independent schools — which are charities — in the same category as businesses as far as exchange of financial information is concerned. [citation needed]
In 2004, U.K. independent schools — who, like the U.K. Parliament, had not been advised that the law had changed — became aware that the Competition Act 1998 now applied to their regular exchange of information, and the practice ceased. The following year, the OFT began an investigation which lasted nearly two years, at a cost to the U.K. taxpayer that has not been disclosed.
Woldingham was among the fifty schools affected by the OFT investigation. [citation needed]
Location
The school is located in 700 acres (2.8 km2) in park-like setting in the heart of Surrey. It is thirty-five minutes from central London and twenty minutes from Gatwick Airport.
Administration
The headmistress is Jayne Triffit.[1]
Notable Alumnae
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Roehampton
- Evelyn Anthony, writer
- Sonia Brownell, wife of writer George Orwell and editor
- Mary Douglas, social anthropologist
- Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1941), socialite, founder of the National Committee for the Literary Arts and sister of United States President John F. Kennedy
- Vivien Leigh (1920), actress
- Maureen O'Sullivan, actress
- Princess Benedikta of Hohenzollern
- Princess Editha of Bavaria (1936)
- Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg (Luxembourg)
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- Princess Gabriele of Bavaria (1937)
- Princess Hilda of Bavaria (1937)
- Princess Irmingard of Bavaria (1936)
- Princess Maria Adelgunde of Hohenzollern
- Princess Marie-Adélaïde of Luxembourg
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1939), founder of the Special Olympics and sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
- Monique Sylvaine Viner, British judge
- Antonia White, writer
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Woldingham School
- Louise Bagshawe, writer
- Tilly Bagshawe, journalist and writer
- Florence Brudenell-Bruce, socialite and ex-girlfriend of Jenson Button (2003)[citation needed]
- Clarissa Dickson Wright (expelled), celebrity chef and television host
- Leslie Ferrar, treasurer to Charles, Prince of Wales
- Lady Marcia Fitzalan, actress
- Lady Tanya Hamilton
- Lady Isabella Hervey (2000), socialite, model and actress
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- Dilly Keane (expelled), actress, singer and comedienne
- Victoria Mather (expelled), journalist
- Carey Mulligan (2003), actress
- Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (2001)
- Lady Caroline Waldegrave of North Hill, cookery writer and health-food expert; president of the Hospital Caterers Association[5]
- Rachel Weisz[citation needed], actress
- Caroline Wyatt, BBC news journalist
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References
- ^ a b c d "Our History" Woldingham School, offical website. undated. Accessed August 13, 2009.
- ^ Good Schools Guide: Woldingham School - Website requires registration (paid subscription(?)) for access to Guide's review.[verification needed]
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ Press release. "Lady Waldegrave takes on role as President of the HCA". Hospital Caterers Association. undated. Accessed August 13, 2009.
External links
- woldinghamschool.co.uk, school official website
- "Woldingham School", profile (undated) at The Good Schools Guide