Caterham School
| Caterham School | |
|---|---|
The Old School at Caterham | |
| Location | |
Harestone Valley Road , , CR3 6YA England | |
| Coordinates | 51°16′21″N 0°05′12″W / 51.2726°N 0.086651°W |
| Information | |
| Former name | The Congregational School |
| Type | Co-educational public (fee-charging HMC) day and boarding school |
| Motto | Latin: veritas sine timore (Truth without Fear) |
| Religious affiliation | Protestant (United Reformed Church) |
| Established | 1811 |
| Founder | John Townsend Catherine and Winifred Pye (Eothen) |
| Department for Education URN | 125427 Tables |
| Chair of Trustees | Monisha Shah |
| Headmaster | Ceri Jones Ben Purkiss (Caterham Prep) |
| Staff | ~200 |
| Gender | Co-educational (3-18) |
| Age | 3 to 18 |
| Enrolment | ~1100 |
| Campus | 200-acre (0.8km2) |
| Houses | 9 (3 boarding) |
| Colours | Black & Yellow |
| Publication | 'The Caterhamian' 'Omnia' 'Cat Among the Pigeons' 'Quantum Ultimatum' 'Preview' 'Caterham Medical Journal' |
| Affiliation | HMC Apple Distinguished Schools Edtech 50 Copthorne Preparatory School The Hawthorns School London Academy of Excellence |
| Alumni | Old Caterhamians |
| Outreach | East Surrey Learning Partnership |
| Website | Caterham School |
| "Caterham School, registered charity no. 1109508". Charity Commission for England and Wales. | |
Caterham School is a co-educational day and boarding public school in Caterham, Surrey and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
Founded as 'The Congregational School' during the Regency era, a charitable institution to educate the sons of Congregationalist clergy, Caterham developed into providing a public school education which was made co-educational in 1995. In September 2025, Caterham was shortlisted for the 2026 'Tatler Schools Guide', along with Eton, Canford, Brighton and Gresham's, for the title of the best public school in the country.
Caterham is recognised internationally for its approach to digital learning. It was among the first schools in the United Kingdom to introduce an iPad rollout in 2015 as an Apple Distinguished School and among the first in the world to develop its own subsidiary artificial intelligence company. It has been recognised by the Westminster Education Foundation think tank as a member of the EdTech 50 since 2019.