SHS Association
Welcome to the SHSA page! The SHSA brings together girls, alumnae, parents, staff, governors and all other friends and supporters.
We organise a series of annual events, including a Summer Fair, Parent Party, Winter Fair and Quiz Night. This is in addition to lectures, exhibitions and performances throughout the year. Everyone is welcome, and you can bring friends along too.
For current parents the SHSA meets bi-weekly with members of our Senior Leadership Team to share ideas and contribute to new initiatives in school. Many members also help at our Open Events, where they are on hand to answer any questions from prospective parents about life at Sutton High School.
Whatever your connection to our school, you have free and life-long membership of the SHSA (Sutton High School Association).
We are in the process of building the SHSA volunteer committee and are a very friendly bunch of parents who welcome everyone so please join us if you can spare some time. Contact the SHSA team @ shsa2023@yahoo.com
- Our next event is the SHSA Quiz Night on Friday 24th January 2025 from 6.30pm – 10.30pm. Buy Your Tickets Here
To volunteer at the bar on the day please contact the SHSA team @shsa2023@yahoo.com
- Recycled Uniform Sales
To be held at the start of each full term on a Friday morning between 8-10am (3 x per year) the next one will be Friday 10th January 2025 in the Sports Hospitality Suite entrance via Grove Road.
- Summer Fair – Saturday 5th July 2025– 12-4pm – Save the Date
*Remember to check our web page regularly for all the latest SHSA news and events
**News Update**
- The outdoor gym has been installed thank you to the whole Sutton High community who donated!
- The scientific elements table has been delayed however we have decided as we are going to build our own with the help of our school technician. We will update parents as soon as we have confirmed timings.
🎉Calling All Quiz Enthusiasts! SHSA Quiz Night Friday 24th January 2025, 6.30-10.30pm
Do you have what it takes to be crowned the ultimate quiz champion? Whether you can ace a dingbat, crack a ditloid, or breeze through your soaps and sudoku, it’s time to put your knowledge to the test!
Tickets £22 pp includes delicious fish and chips supper and paying bar to raise funds for the SHSA school fund. Book your tickets now!
Recent SHSA Events
The Magical SHSA 1884 Bursary Fundraiser Raises Nearly £4000!
We recently celebrated in true style with our #1884BursaryFundraiser, marking Sutton High School’s 140th anniversary as part of the GDST (Girls’ Day School Trust) family. And wow – what a night! 💜 Parents, governors, alumnae, and the wider SHS community came together for an evening of fun, fundraising, and generosity.
Head Beth Dawson, set the tone for the evening with her opening speech on how bursaries can transform lives, while we had the pleasure of welcoming back alumna and bursary recipient Aletha Shepherd from the #Classof200 who shared her inspirational story.
Things got really exciting when MC & DJ Andrew Morris hosted the auction, including a hotly contested bidding war for the Cook’d by Helen Nathan dinner party – eight lucky people will get to enjoy a fabulous feast! The Wheelbarrow of Beer raffle was a crowd favourite raising over £800, and the lucky winner was none other than Mrs Sharma.
A massive thank you to our tireless sixth formers who welcomed guests and served throughout the night, the amazing Chartwells team for keeping everyone fed, our fab in-house catering team, the ever-brilliant Sutton High caretakers, and the wonderful staff volunteers Mrs James, Mr Essenhigh, and Mrs Griffin. We can’t wait to do it all again next year!
Want to support our bursary fund? Please donate here: http://bit.ly/DonateSHSA
Silent Auction now Live!
Our silent auction is now live!
In celebration of our 140th year we are fundraising to be able to offer more girls a GDST education.
For a fantastic selection of one of a kind experiences place your bids here or simply make a donation via the link at the top of this page
Our silent auction will end at our 1884 ball on Saturday 5th October experiences to choose from including a Film Night for your daughter and her friends at school, Head for The Day, Head Chef for the Day, Claridges trained chef dinner party, Teeth Whitening, Oasis tickets, Interior Design Consultation and so much more.
1884 Bursary Ball tickets on sale now
Tickets are now on sale for our inaugural 1884 fundraiser ball will take place on Saturday 5th October 2024, 6.30pm – 11pm at Sutton High.
(Last orders 10.45pm).
The evening begins with MC Andrew Morris welcoming guests to drinks in the Lees Hall, followed by a delicious three course sit down meal, speeches from Head Beth Dawson & SHS alumna Aletha Shepherd, a live fund raising auction, then dancing with last orders at 11pm.
We are offering a range of tables to choose from consisting of 4, 6, 8 & 10 places. Incomplete tables will be filled up randomly.
The aim of the fundraiser is to expand the Sutton High School bursary programme & enable more talented girls, no matter their background, to receive the opportunity of a Sutton High School education.
We anticipate this event will sell out quickly so please book your tickets here
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DKLM
Sutton High’s Sunny Summer Fair raises almost £8,000
We had an amazing day at our summer fair on Saturday 27th June. Thank you to all who took part. We have raised almost £8000!
A big thank you goes to our main sponsor, Watson Homes. If any of you happen to be thinking about selling a property, please do consider giving them a call. If you mention Sutton High they are offering a discounted fee of 0.75%.’
Contact Watson Homes on
020 3196 1686
cheam@watsonhomesproperty.com
Congratulations to Natasha in Year 6 for her winning eye-catching, multicoloured sweetie jar! Thank you to all who entered our sweetie jar decoration competition – it was incredibly difficult to choose a winner due to the high standard of entries.
Thank you to our SHSA! The outdoor gym has been installed
We are delighted to share that our new outdoor gym has been installed. The gym equipment has been funded courtesy of the SHSA, our school parent association. Thank you to all of our parents and the wider Sutton High community who all helped to raise funds for this much needed outdoor activity space. As you can see from the photos the girls are really enjoying using their new gym equipment!
‘Craggy Islanders’ emerge triumphant in epic SHSA quiz battle
On Friday 12th January twenty-one intrepid parents and staff quiz teams battled it out in the school’s Lees Hall to win the coveted title of SHSA Sutton Quiz Champions 2024.
Parent teams the Craggy Islanders, Snow Idea, Risky Quizness and Winging it from Wimbledon faced off with SHS staff teams including Mr Chadwick’s Linguistic Legends, and Mrs Clarke’s 1884’s.
If you knew which female singer sang ‘White Flag’, who is Sachin Tendulkar or just how big Argentina is you’d have been in good company.
The evening kicked off with a quick fire round of global general knowledge questions posed by the Head’s PA and half of the amazing quizzing husband and wife duo, Clare Hayward and husband Graham.
Our catering team, Chartwells, hosted a delicious meal of traditional fish and chips at half time before the teams went on to battle it out for first, second and third place. The eventual winners were the formidable Craggy Islanders, closely followed by the SHS staff team, The Linguistic Legends and in third place, The Pesky Parents.
The evening raised an amazing £750 for the SHSA fund.
Thanks to all those who made the night a success.
SHSA Summer Fair 2023 raises over £11,000
We are delighted to report we raised almost £11,000 from the summer fair held in July. Thanks to all parents and the Sutton High community who took part and helped us to achieve this. The money raised will fund an outdoor gym for the girls. Watch this space for further updates.
