George Abbot School

George Abbot School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Burpham, north-east of the town centre of Guildford. The school is named after the Guildford-native 17th-century Archbishop of Canterbury George Abbot. Surrey County Cricket Club's Cricket Academy is in the grounds of the school. The school is currently under the leadership of headteacher Mrs. Kate Carriet. The school caters for seven years (years 7 to 13, typically ages 11 to 18) with years 7 to 11 each split into ten classes containing around 30 pupils which totals around 300 students a year. In a given year, the school may teach an additional form, Q, to help students who are underperforming at the school. The school is often oversubscribed with up to 350 students applying for the 300 spaces available in September each year. It currently has 1, 924 students on roll with around 400 in the sixth form. CampusThe two main buildings are Elmslie and Raynham, named after the two headteachers when the buildings were separate schools, Miss Elmslie for girls, and Mr Raynham for boys. In addition to these, the school has a textiles block, art block, photography block (which was also the old sixth form centre), sports hall (Surrey County Cricket Club's Cricket Academy), Wilson building (for English) and has in 2006 completed the building of a performing arts centre (which includes the sixth form centre).

George Abbot School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Burpham, north-east of the town centre of Guildford. The school is named after the Guildford-native 17th-century Archbishop of Canterbury George Abbot. Surrey County Cricket Club's Cricket Academy is in the grounds of the school. The school is currently under the leadership of headteacher Mrs. Kate Carriet. The school caters for seven years (years 7 to 13, typically ages 11 to 18) with years 7 to 11 each split into ten classes containing around 30 pupils which totals around 300 students a year. In a given year, the school may teach an additional form, Q, to help students who are underperforming at the school. The school is often oversubscribed with up to 350 students applying for the 300 spaces available in September each year. It currently has 1, 924 students on roll with around 400 in the sixth form. CampusThe two main buildings are Elmslie and Raynham, named after the two headteachers when the buildings were separate schools, Miss Elmslie for girls, and Mr Raynham for boys. In addition to these, the school has a textiles block, art block, photography block (which was also the old sixth form centre), sports hall (Surrey County Cricket Club's Cricket Academy), Wilson building (for English) and has in 2006 completed the building of a performing arts centre (which includes the sixth form centre).