The Worthgate School
| The Worthgate School | |
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| Location | |
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68 New Dover Road , CT1 3LQ England | |
| Coordinates | 51°16′11″N 1°5′37″E / 51.26972°N 1.09361°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Private day & boarding |
| Established | 1952 |
| Founder | Colonel Harry & Joyce Allsopp |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 13 to 19 |
| Website | worthgateschool |
The Worthgate School[1] (formerly CATS[2] College Canterbury, Stafford House College) is a coeducational Private day and boarding school located in Canterbury, England, catering primarily for foreign students. It is owned by the CATS Global Schools group.[3] The school specialises in preparing students for pre-university exams such as A-Levels and the International Baccalaureate as well as providing additional English tuition.
The Worthgate School has been authorised to offer the IB Diploma Programme since April 2007; the programme is taught in English.
History
Established in 1952 by Harry Allsopp as Stafford House Tutorial College.[4] It started out in the London location of Kensington, but later was moved to Canterbury. After Harry Allsopp's death in 1959, his wife Joyce Allsopp ran the college until she retired 1992. Stafford House Tutorial College as it was then known was a founding member of "CIFE – the Council for Independent Education."[5] It was the first school in the UK to offer University Foundation programmes for students wanting to go to university from overseas.
The school was renamed from CATS Canterbury to The Worthgate School in October 2022 with a new gold and green school livery being unveiled as part of an overall rebrand.[6]
References
- ^ "Home". The Worthgate School. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ CATS stands for Cambridge Arts, Technology and Science
- ^ "Our CATS Global Schools | CATS Global Schools". catsglobalschools.com. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "News Archives". The Worthgate School. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
