After years of cultivating a relationship with the state maintained Bourne Education Trust, we welcomed our first four students from the Trust’s schools in September 2023. Arthur, Issy, Ethan and Keira joined Lower Sixth Form and were quickly part of the fabric of St George’s, enjoying the perfectly balanced education we offer. So much so, the first time Arthur met Mrs Owens, he was soaking wet, fresh from a soggy hockey match! And Keira has been a wonderful contributor to our Sixth Form Journal, Labor Amoris, writing most recently articles on Volcanology and whether air travel can ever be sustainable. They are real ambassadors for the ease students find in moving to St George’s, and not just assimilating to Georgian life but adding to it, whatever their age.

Students and Heads.jpg Headteachers of Jubilee High, Mark Conroy (left), and Chertsey High, Mary Gould (right), joined Headmistress of St George’s College, Rachel Owens (centre) with former Bourne Education Trust students Arthur, Alisha-Skye, Sammy and Keira.

This September, we have once again welcomed new Bourne Education Trust students to St George’s Sixth Form. Sammy and Ruby-Mae have joined from Chertsey High, and Alisha-Skye from Jubilee High in Addlestone. Last week, the Headteachers from these two local schools paid us a visit to see how their students were settling in. Mark Conroy, Jubilee High’s Headteacher, proudly shared with us that Alisha-Skye not only achieved incredible grades at GCSE, she was also Jubilee High’s top student for Value Added performance. Mary Gould, Headteacher of Chertsey High, was delighted to see Sammy again (Ruby wasn’t able to join us), already so comfortable at the College.

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Arthur (L) and Keira (R), who joined St George’s last year, with new students Alisha-Skye and Sammy

We also arranged for Arthur and Keira to pop by, and we all relished a friendly chat about the differences between hockey and football, which universities they were considering and had been to visit (Cambridge, Bath, Edinburgh). They were a warm welcome to our new students, who are beginning their A Level journey. Alisha is studying Biology, Maths and Geography, and Sammy is studying History, Politics and Psychology. The students chatted comfortably together about shared friends and what they hope to study at university and beyond.

We are delighted our relationship with the Bourne Education Trust continues to flourish, and hope to see more students from Jubilee High and Chertsey High join in the years to come.