Worth School

The Academics:

The school offers GCSEs, A-Levels and the IB.

Worth School is doing well academically - and consistently so. In 2023, over two thirds of its GCSE results were 9-7 grades, its A-Levels 61% A grades and an IB average of 37 points.

The school is moderately selective, so decent grades are important for application.

German, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, Mandarin and Latin are on offer.

Boarding:

50% of pupils board. About 30% of boarders are international students.

The 10 boarding houses are modern and some of the best we know. Upper 6th students have single rooms, the rest share with one other pupil.

Worth School has exeat weekends but they are not compulsory.

Strengths:

Worth is a beautiful school in a beautiful setting. We know few schools with similarly attractive grounds. The location close to central London and the airports Gatwick and Heathrow make Worth especially attractive to international families.

Thanks to its Catholic roots, Worth School is well known for effectively imparting strong values around collective responsiblity, kindness and honesty - and heaven knows, we could do with young adults with these values right now.

Worth School has very strong music, drama and art departments. About 50% of pupils learn instruments. The school has several excellent choirs, a good orchestra and an active and competitive modern bands circuit. The school's well-equipped theatre sees at least three major productions a year. The new arts department is beautiful and, judging from our last visit in January, produces some real talent!

Worth School has a strong sports offering with special strengths in cricket, boys and girls football, golf, hockey and tennis.

Weaknesses:

The close proximity to London makes Worth School a popular choice with wealthy Londoners. It has been known that pupils on occasion flaunt their wealth at school.