St Andrew's Catholic School

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| name = St Andrew's Catholic School

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| motto = ‘Vivere, discere et amare in lumine Christi’

English: ‘To live to learn and to love in the light of christ’ {{Cite web|url=https://www.st-andrews.surrey.sch.uk/app/os#!/information/ethos-and-values|title = Frog OS}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/mottos.htm|title = Episcopal Mottos}}

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| type = Voluntary aided comprehensive

| religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic

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| head = Alan Mitchell

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| chair = Maria Kiero-Watson{{Cite web|url=https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/125275#school-governance|title=St Andrew's Catholic School - GOV.UK|website=www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/maria-kiero-watson-2512103|title=Maria Kiero-Watson - Epsom, England, United Kingdom | Professional Profile | LinkedIn}}

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| address = Grange Road

| city = Leatherhead

| county = Surrey

| country = England

| postcode = KT22 7JP

| local_authority = Surrey

| ofsted = Outstanding{{Cite web|url=https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/125275?searchQueryString=SelectedTab=Establishments&SearchType=Location&SearchType=Location&LocationSearchModel.Text=Leatherhead%252c+Surrey&LocationSearchModel.AutoSuggestValue=51.295780181884766%252c+-0.32592999935150146&OpenOnly=true&b=1&b=4|title=St Andrew's Catholic School - GOV.UK|website=www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk}}

| urn = 125275

| staff = 121{{Cite web|url=https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/school/detail?urn=125275&tab=Workforce&unit=AbsoluteMoney&format=Charts#financialSummary|title=St Andrew's Catholic School - Schools Financial Benchmarking - GOV.UK|website=schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk}}

| enrolment = 1452 pupils

| gender = Mixed

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 18

| houses = Romero (red), Parks (yellow), Theresa (blues), Kolbe (green)

| colours = Yellow {{color box|Yellow}} Blue {{color box|Blue}}

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St Andrew's Catholic School is a Christian secondary school and sixth form college in Grange Road, Ottways Lane, Leatherhead, close to the town of Epsom, Surrey, England. Originally a convent back in the 19th century,{{Cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6650779|title=Leatherhead: St. Andrew's Convent School}} St Andrews School was transformed into a school in 1901; it consists of three main buildings: the central building dating back to the 1900s, a sixth form and performance arts building, finished in 2008, and the Earl building which accommodates History, Geography and Languages, finished in 2017{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}. Named in memory of John Earl who served as Chair of Governors.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

The school is on the boundary of Leatherhead and Ashtead and is primarily a faith school, and has links with the local diocese and churches.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

The school holds Specialist Maths and Computing College status and is one of the top 10 most popular schools in Surrey.{{Cite web|title=Frog OS|url=https://www.st-andrews.surrey.sch.uk/app/os|access-date=2021-01-18|website=www.st-andrews.surrey.sch.uk}}

Due to growing demand, St Andrew's School has grown from 600 pupils in 2003{{Cite web | url=https://files.api.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/794243 | title=Inspection report - St. Andrew's Catholic School | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821070919/https://files.api.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/794243 | archive-date=2021-08-21}} to 934 pupils in 2013 and to 1457 in 2020. The school is forecasted to continue to expand.{{Cite web| title=Expansion of St Andrew's Catholic School | url=https://www.surreysays.co.uk/csf/st-andrew-s-catholic-school/supporting_documents/St%20Andrews%20Catholic%20Seconday%20School%20consultation.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821070300/https://www.surreysays.co.uk/csf/st-andrew-s-catholic-school/supporting_documents/St%20Andrews%20Catholic%20Seconday%20School%20consultation.pdf | archive-date=2021-08-21}}

Awards

As of 2022 St Andrew's is the Times newspaper's Comprehensive School of The Year.{{Cite news|last=Boztas|first=Senay|title=Best comprehensive schools in the UK 2022|newspaper=The Times|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/best-schools-league-table/guide/article/top-state-grammar-schools-uk-6l8jrrp8r|access-date=2021-12-05|issn=0140-0460}}

This is in addition to St Andrew's being named a World Class school. One of only 34 in the country.{{Cite web|title=Best Secondary school in Surrey - St Andrew's Catholic School|url=https://www.worldclass-schools.org/our-schools/st-andrews-catholic-school/|access-date=2021-12-05|website=The World Class Schools Quality Mark|language=en-US}}

Sixth Form

In 2003 the St Andrew's Sixth Form was small with only 39 students but has now grown to have a capacity of 300.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

History

=19th Century=

The school was originally founded as a convent in the 19th century.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mmhistory.org.uk/cce/2004/pat/index.htm|title=Friends Reunion | Home|website=www.mmhistory.org.uk}}

= 20th Century =

==Second World War==

During the Second World War, in the spring of 1941, St Andrew's Convent School was bombed and left badly damaged by a parachute mine. The nuns evacuated, turning the ruined building over to the country.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WcdAe825xawC&dq=st+andrews+%22convent%22+leatherhead&pg=PA199|title=Stages of Emergency: Cold War Nuclear Civil Defense|first=Tracy C.|last=Davis|date=27 June 2007|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0822389637|via=Google Books}} This provided a training premises for the Surrey County Civil Defence and Rescue School (set up in 1940), and run by the founder Eric Claxton, to train for bringing bomb victims out of damaged buildings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.casualtiesunion.org.uk/casualties-union-origins/|title=Casualties Union origins began during WWII by Eric Claxton - find out more}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.cufurness.co.uk/casualties-union-historty/|title=Casualties Union History|website=CUFurness}}{{Cite web|url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ajhw4cgh|title=Casualties Union|website=Wellcome Collection}}

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections gave the school a Satisfactory grade in 2007 and 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/125275|title=Find an inspection report and registered childcare| date=8 October 2020|website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk}} This improved to the school receiving an Ofsted result of Outstanding in 2012, which was maintained in an inspection in May 2024.

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