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Copthorne’s RileyBot wins Innovation Award at Gatwick Diamond Business Awards
Groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence teaching and learning bot RileyBot has won significant recognition from London and South East’s largest business community, winning the Gatwick Diamond Business Innovation Award. Judged for its impact from over 2000 multisector entries, RileyBot was chosen as the winner for its embrace of new technology engaged to further children’s teaching, learning and…
Year 2: Exploring Space With Inspiration And Creativity
Amidst the excitement of Nativity rehearsals and our festive Copthorne Christmas events, Year 2 has been hard at work diving into the wonders of space. This week, the children took an inspiring journey as they learned about Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to travel to space. Her story of perseverance, determination and boundless curiosity,…
Congratulations to Year 6 – Offers and Scholarships
Many congratulations to our Year 6 pupils who have already secured and accepted offers and scholarships to Caterham School for September 2025. We are thrilled that five scholarships have been awarded through a highly competitive process – a testament to our pupils’ hard work and the preparation they have gained. Copthorne Prep is now in…
¡Mi casa es tu casa!
As part of our Global languages’ curriculum, Year 6 have been practising their writing skills and describing their homes. In this week’s lesson, the children have become the teachers and are correcting Señora Dodson’s grammatical errors. They quickly spotted the gender and number agreement mistakes and were quick to correct where the word order was…
Individual and Class Success at Sumdog Maths
Pupils performed brilliantly in the Sumdog Maths competition with schools from around the Southeast. The children played games during which they answered questions set at their individualised targets. Copthorne classes finished in the first three places in the ‘Top Classes’, and six pupils finished in the top 10 individual results, with one of our pupils in…
Caterham School Hits Top GCSE Results
Pupils at Caterham hit the top numbers once again this year with almost half of all GCSE grades the highest possible Grade 9. The average result profile for a Caterham pupil in 2024 is 10 GCSEs at grade 8 (previously an A*) and the average individual grade an 8. A total of 20 pupils got…
Best Ever A-Level Results for Caterham School Pupils
A Level records have been re-written at Caterham School with over 70 per cent of results A* or A grades and 92 per cent at A* to B grades. Almost a third of all grades were the top A* grade and the average holding for a Caterham pupil in 2024 is A*, A, A. 15…
Copthorne Connect
Connect With Us! Experience Copthorne Prep in action and find out first-hand what it is like to be part of the Copthorne Prep community. We run a range of events and activities during the year, designed to help parents and prospective parents connect with the school. ‘Bounce Back to School’ and Flying Start Nursery…
Old Dresses Get New Life
Old Copthorne summer dresses were sent to a school in the town of Alaska, Zimbabwe. Mary Tipa (Gogo) of Grace Y4, along with Zara, who will be joining us in September, was delighted to send these dresses to young girls who might not otherwise have a school uniform. It is heart-warming to know that, in…
Classical Indian Dance Distinction
Congratulations to Siya, who passed her RSL examination in Classical Indian Dance with Distinction.