The Surbiton High School Podcast

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A podcast that gives a transparent look inside one of the UK's most successful independent schools. Episodes follow the day-to-day of students and include conversations between experienced teachers and senior leaders as they share their knowledge of what makes a successful learning environment.

  1. JAN 25

    ep. 67 The Community Bank - Outreach and Community Action

    In this episode, we sit down with Stuart Bird, Rachel Lawson (Outreach and Partnerships Team) and a selection of student volunteers to tell us about the Surbiton High School Community Bank in Kingston. We learn about how donations are collected sorted and given to people in society who need them most.

    10 min

  2. 12/04/2025

    ep. 66 UKUA: Principal Matthew Shoults shares his views on the programme (pt 2)

    In this episode, we sit down with Principal Matthew Shoults and talk about how and why Surbiton High School became involved in the UAUK scheme, and how we feel our community benefits by being host to a dozen Ukrainian students.

    7 min

  3. 12/04/2025

    Ep. 65 UKUA: A visit from friends in Ukraine (pt 1)

    In this episode, we sit down with a dozen students from Ukraine who visited us in November 2025 as part of the UAUK student visitor scheme. This saw students live with host families in our communities and attend lessons and activities at Surbiton High School for a fortnight. We hear about their experiences on this trip, including: eating British and international food, sight-seeing around London, visiting the Houses of Parliament and meeting Sir Keir Starmer PM.

    30 min

  4. 09/21/2025

    ep. 64 Profile: Learning Support

    In this episode, we sit down with Dionne King the Head of Learning Support (SENCO). We learn about how our specialist team works with SEN and EAL students to support their learning from Year 7 all the way through to Year 13.

    14 min

  5. 09/21/2025

    ep. 63 Sports Spotlight: Hockey at Surbiton

    In this episode, we sit down with Jonny Gall, Head of Hockey at Surbiton High School and talk about what makes our hockey offering particularly special: what is special about our staff, how do we schedule training for our students, and how have our hockey teams been performing this last season?

    7 min

  6. 09/21/2025

    ep. 62 An interview with author and alumnus, Jacob North

    In this episode, we sit down with author and alumnus, Jacob North. While at Surbiton high school, Jacob was mentored by Stuart Bird our Writer in Residence and Deputy Head of English. A decade later, Jacob has his first book out, ‘Ice Apprentices’ and is working on his follow-up in the series as well as other projects. Reunited after a decade, Stuart and Jacob talk about the writing process and the journey of publishing a novel.

    32 min

  7. 02/23/2025

    ep. 61 Celebrating Founders’ Day 2025

    In this episode, we sit down with Polly Rumbold, Head of Development, Alumni Relations and Whole School Events, and talk about celebrating our 141st Founders’ Day. We talk about our church service at St Mark’s Church, our hymns, the traditional iced buns and the importance of marking Founders’ Day each year.

    7 min

  8. 01/26/2025

    ep. 60 Introducing Principal Matthew Shoults

    In this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Surbiton High School’s new Principal, Matthew Shoults. We get to know a bit about his background, what brought him into teaching, his first impressions of Surbiton High School and his thoughts on what makes a worthwhile 21st century education.

    13 min
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A podcast that gives a transparent look inside one of the UK's most successful independent schools. Episodes follow the day-to-day of students and include conversations between experienced teachers and senior leaders as they share their knowledge of what makes a successful learning environment.

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