| Motto | Sic Luceat Lux (Let your light so shine) |
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| Established | 1932 |
| Type | Foundation school |
| Headteacher | Mrs Siobhan Lowe |
| Specialism | Technology |
| Location | Fullers Way North Surbiton Greater London (former Surrey) KT6 7LQ England |
| Local authority | Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames |
| DfE URN | 137060 |
| Students | 1035 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Amethyst, Emerald, Garnet, Jade, Opal, Pearl, Sapphire, Topaz |
| Colours | Navy Blue and Yellow |
| Website | Tolworth Girls School and Sixth Form |
Tolworth Girls' School and Centre for Continuing Education is a high performing, comprehensive school for girls aged 11-18 in Surbiton, England, in the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames.Tolworth Girls School is a high attaining school, that consistently achieves high results above the Country and Borough's national average.
The school has a specialism in Technology-Technology College. The school currently has 1035 girls on roll and just under 290 students in the mixed sixth form. The school has obtained many acclaimed awards, such as a Specialist Technology College, 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 2011 the School decided to convert to Academy Status,like many of the other leading schools in the borough,after fitting the new,successful(leading and good/outstanding schools) Academy criteria which is a complete comparison from the old Academies.
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.
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Tolworth Girls' School's excellent facilities include;
Tolworth Girls' School's school uniform policy is strict. The only jewellery allowed is plain gold 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:
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 leave the school, for the whole five years in which the girls are pupils of the school.
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. [1]
It gets GCSEs well above the England average, the 3rd best for non-grammar schools in Kingston-upon-Thames LEA,after the 2 local Catholic schools(Holy Cross School (New Malden) and Richard Challoner School). At A-level it is above the England average, the fifth best in the LEA