The whole Croydon High community are joining together to support one another and to honour the memory of our former Head, Emma Pattison and her daughter Lettie, who was a pupil in our Junior School.
Emma was a hugely respected and much loved Head of Croydon High. She was a warm energetic compassionate leader, dedicated teacher and generous, insightful colleague & friend. Our deepest condolences are with her family and close friends and all at
@EpsomCollegeUK
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The whole of the Croydon High community are immensely shocked and saddened by the news about our former Head, Emma Pattison, her daughter Lettie who was a pupil at our Junior School and her husband George. (1/2)
As we continue to recognise the enormous loss of Emma and Lettie Pattison, we now look forward to the days ahead getting lighter and brighter as we celebrate their legacy through the many remarkable achievements of our pupils here at Croydon High
@GDST
We ended our term somewhat unexpectedly but united in spirit and strength. We wish students, parents and staff good health and happiness in the coming weeks. We will miss you all but will be giving virtual hugs alongside the guided home learning
#GDSTgirl
#everygirleveryday
BREAKING NEWS! SHORTLISTED AT THE
@tes
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL AWARDS 2021 for Strategic education initiative of the year. Limitless Learning, our response to challenges faced by our Upper Sixth students, as a result of lockdown
@GDST
#everygirleveryday
#WhereGirlsLearnWithoutLimits
The warmest of Croydon High welcomes to
@AnnabelDavies_1
who officially joins as our new Head today! We look forward to her leading us into the next exciting chapter of Croydon High’s history! Find out more about her vision for the school here:
@GDST
Croydon High School is celebrating a set of truly outstanding GCSE results with this year’s cohort breaking the record, established only last year, for the best GCSE results in a generation! 😃
The entire Croydon High School community wishes to convey our deepest condolences to the Royal Family on this very sad day. May Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II rest in peace.
🎉 Congratulations to all our A Level students today - we are so proud of you! 🎉
Encouraged to Aspire without Limits, Croydon High’s Class of 2023 are ready to move on and Reach for the Stars! Read the full press release here:
@gdst
#ALevelResults2023
Headmistress Emma Pattison: ‘We are delighted with all our Upper Sixth have achieved. Their success reflects individual abilities and an enormous amount of hard work, resilience & perseverance in the most challenging of circumstances.
#GDSTresults
#alevelresults2021
Class of 2022, we are so proud of you! You will remembered as the year group who faced adversity and delivered, with outstanding A Level grades exceeding already high expectations! Congratulations! Stay in touch – we can’t wait to see what you get up to!
#ALevelResults
@GDST
Mrs Pattison expressed how proud we are of all our students and urged all to keep positive and busy. Josie and Maddie gave a heartfelt thanks and goodbye as they end their year as head girls.
Year 11 Tara K celebrates an incredible public speaking achievement, as she wins the
@GDST
Chrystall Prize Public Speaking competition. Her speech was entitled ‘Degrowth is needed to save the world'. Absolutely incredible Tara! Congratulations 🎉💚
An amazing end to a glorious Sports Day; The Croydon High School Colour Run in aid of the Eusebia Hope Foundation. Well done to Zaki and the Lower Sixth for organising it and raising £400 for charity.
@CroySixthForm
@GDST
Today we welcome pupils back to the school site, for the 1st time since March! Things may feel very different in some ways as we implement new health & safety measures to protect our community, but we're warmed by everyone's high spirits & enthusiasm! 💚
#FirstDayOfSchool
@GDST
WOW! We are thrilled to be holding our 🥇 position for the 3rd week running in the
@GDST
#GetActive
challenge! 🤩 Thank you to everyone in our
#CroydonHigh
community for adding all those kilometres to our weekly totals in
#FitFebruary
. And well done to every
#GDST
school! 👏
@GDST
GET ACTIVE LEADERBOARD. Well done
@CroydonHigh
for leading the way for the third successive week with a massive 106.10km per pupil.While they may have 1st place sown up it’s very close for both the top 3 & 10. Keep going!
#GDSTGetactive
@GDST
GET ACTIVE LEADERBOARD. Congratulations to
@CroydonHigh
- you are the GDSTs most active school! Well done for leading from start to finish. Congratulations also to Portsmouth HS and RHS Bath for 2nd and 3rd Place.
#GDSTGetactive
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We are so proud to announce that, after receiving a Focused Compliance & Educational Quality Inspection in Oct 2022 from the Independent Schools Inspectorate,
#CroydonHigh
achieved the highest outcome of 'Excellent' in all areas! The full report:
@GDST
🎓🌟 Huge congratulations to our Class of 2024! With almost 20% of grades at A*, and 88% securing their first-choice uni, this year’s cohort has set the bar high! From future doctors to architects and beyond—your hard work and passion have paid off! 👏
A warm welcome to all our new pupils and staff, and welcome back to all our existing pupils and staff! We hope you had a wonderful first day and that 2022-2023 is a wonderful year for you all - we can't wait to kick things off with a busy
#AutumnTerm
. 💚
#CroydonHigh
@GDST
Wonderful morning at Croydon High celebrating the well-deserved accomplishments of a fabulous cohort. Well done Year 11 – you have earned these magnificent results and all our respect.
#GCSEs2021
#GDSTResults
@gdst
A warm welcome to pupils & staff as we begin the 2021-22 academic year! We are thrilled to welcome back existing pupils & staff, but would like to issue an especially big welcome to the new faces. Welcome to the
#CroydonHigh
family! 💚
#AutumnTerm
#BackToSchool
#WelcomeBack
A huge WELL DONE to everyone in our wonderful
#CroydonHigh
community who’s been walking, running, & cycling so hard to keep us at the TOP of the
@GDST
#GetActive
challenge leaderboard! Let’s keep our fab
#FitFebruary
energy going into the next two weeks. 🚴♀️🏃♀️🚣♀️🚶♀️🏊♀️
@GDST
GET ACTIVE LEADERBOARD. Well done
@CroydonHigh
for leading the way for the second week running with a massive 67.12km per pupil. It was great to see all schools&TO improve their totals from last week. Let’s all keep going!
#GDSTGetactive
@GDST
GET ACTIVE LEADERBOARD. Well done
@CroydonHigh
for leading the way after the first week but a great effort from all schools & Trust Offcie. A total of 127,198.24km was achieved across the GDST this week. Let’s all Keep it going.
#GDSTGetactive
The stage is set for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. This afternoon we look forward to welcoming Neighbourhood Care scheme guests from our local community to a special performance
@GDST
#everygirleveryday
#gdstspirit
We are so very proud of our 2022 GCSE class on achieving outstanding results! 36% of all grades awarded at the highest possible Grade 9. Over 60% of all grades awarded are Grade 8-9. Over 78% of all grades were Grade 7-9
@GDST
#gcseresults
#gcseresultsday2022
T-minus 3 hrs... We can't wait for the debut of our
#SchoolProduction
, Calamity Jane, tonight at 7pm. Who else is excited to see the stellar performances, dazzling costumes, & impressive props, + hear the outstanding music from our
#SchoolOrchestra
? ✋
#CroydonHigh
@CHSDram
@GDST
#CroydonHigh
celebrated the
#QueensJubilee
this week! Pupils & staff from
@CroydonHighJnrs
+ Seniors joined in the festivities - delicious themed picnic boxes from our catering team, ice creams from 2 ice cream trucks, singalongs to
#SweetCaroline
& a whole-school conga line!
Thank you to every single parent & pupil for your kind feedback. The success of the
@GDST
#guidedhomelearning
would not be possible without the continuous collaboration between the
#GDSTfamily
, our staff, & our pupils & parents. Thank you for helping it flourish. 💚
#CroydonHigh
Our first entire guided home learning day was a worthwhile and valuable experience for both students and staff. We were vimpressed by the way the girls grabbed the challenge with both hands. Even at home our students are accessing a rich educational diet.
#everygirleveryday
How amazing is this festive mackerel by Lara in 8A for Day 8 of our
#CroydonHigh
advent calendar? 🐟 She loved the colours of the fish she spotted down in Brighton & used it as inspiration for her
#ChristmasCard
submission!
@GDST
#AdventCalendar2022
We are very proud of every pupil, not just for the outcomes they have secured through this bizarre and unprecedented process but, more importantly, for everything they have achieved with us and for what they will go on to achieve in the future
On this day, 9 June 1833, our founder Dorinda Neligan was born; staunch suffragette and lifelong campaigner for equality. It’s a perfect day to launch our statement of intent with regards to helping address racial inequality in our society.
@gdst
We are immensely proud of our Astrogazers club and Mrs Karteepen for this amazing
#STEAM
achievement. Our weather balloon reached 32,380m and here is the picture from space 🚀
@uniofbath
Head Girl, Sarena Yogendran achieved A* Grades in Psychology & Religion, Ethics & Philosophy, A in Economics and A* EPQ is heading to the
@uniofbath
to read Psychology.
Sarena is also the winner of the
@gdstgirls
Minerva Prize - awarded for overall achievement!
#ALevelResults
Croydon High are GDST ATHLETICS CHAMPIONS 2022! 🎉🚨 We came first in all year groups save Y10, where we came second. We are so proud of this enthusiastic, committed & talented group of athletes - AND our brilliant P.E. Department for supporting our pupils + helping them excel.
Welcome back to school to all our pupils, families, friends and staff of Croydon High. Spring has well and truly sprung - mornings are much brighter and days feeling longer, let's bring on the summer term! We've got this 🙌
Thank you to all prospective families who joined our 1st in-person event since pre-Covid this week. Our visitors went on safe, self-guided tours & met our staff along the way. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive & we're so happy we were able to open our doors again! 💚
We've received so much wonderful feedback from parents about the success of the
@GDST
#GuidedHomeLearning
. Thank you so much for your comments! We're proud of our community of pupils, parents & staff - they have made this transition such a success. ✨
#CroydonHigh
#GDSTfamily
It’s December 1st, which can mean only 1 thing… the start of the
#CroydonHigh
Advent Calendar! Every day we’ll be sharing a wonderful, shortlisted submission to our
#ChristmasCard
competition. To kick things off: Ahaana in 8S’s gorgeous card!
@GDST
#AdventCalendar2022
What a triumph the
@CroySixthForm
Fashion Show was this year! More than £4200 raised so far for
@royalmarsden
and more to come. Congratulations and thanks to the amazing
@WhitgiftSchool1
Sixth Form for supporting us.
Huge congratulations to four Year 7 and 8 students who won the Gold Award at the
@UKMathsTrust
Maths Challenge, particularly Arwa K who has qualified for the Junior Maths Olympiad! 👏 Read the full article here:
#AspireWithoutLimits
@AnnabelDavies_1
Congratulations Kaweng! You are considered as a pupil who inspires inclusion by going above and beyond in search of new information on religions. You eloquently present your views in Philosophy club, while encouraging your peers to share theirs.
#IWD24
#InspireInclusion
Welcome to the
#SpringTerm
! Although this isn’t the return to school we’d hoped for, we know from last year’s lockdown that we are prepared for another period of
#GuidedHomeLearning
& that our
#CroydonHigh
community will rally together again to make the best of the situation. 💚
Our very own Deputy-Head (Academic) Dr Purvis is quoted in
@ObserverUK
today: “Faced with constraints on space & near-certain grade inflation, some of the most respected universities in the UK have chosen to pull down the shutters of communication & make their offers very late.”