Guildford High vs St Caths

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Considering one of them for DD1 (10 soon) for Y7 entry. Very academic, into science, art, music, dance, bilingual, loves school. Not that confident and struggles socially occasionally (summer child and emotionally young)
any recent experiences on either of those schools? What do I need to consider for the assessment?
have not visited schools yet, will do in September.

@Notonyours I did say I only know a handful and obviously not the whole school and didn’t want to cause offence. Apologies if I have it wasn’t my intention.
people are allowed to have a preference of one school over another in fact all parents at my DDs have whether it’s state or private.

@Bankholidayboredom23 yes it’s one of the ones in Y7, it’s French.

My girls were at GHS from 7-11.

I'd say it sounds a perfect school for the OP's daughter who sounds very similar to one of my daughters (except for the bilingual issue).
I didn't notice that the sixth form felt flat, but then I had nothing to compare it with.

The standard of music is excellent - with a wide range of choirs and orchestras.

The new head used to be the deputy head responsible for pastoral care so I'd say there will be even more of a focus on that than there used to be (and I always thought it was fine).

Mine were there a few years ago and the application process has changed so I won't comment on that. My girls genuinely did no preparation as it was just English and maths tests plus an interview.

Just to add that Tormead was our fall-back option. My girls did prepare for that, because they had never done any verbal or non-verbal reasoning before. But I just bought them a book and they worked through it themselves.

We applied only for those two schools. I didn't consider St Cat's or other schools. That was partly because of location (my children had to travel to school independently by train, partly because I didn't want a boarding school, and partly because of cost.

Thank you @Fifthtimelucky appreciate hearing about your experiences.

This is purely anecdotal, but DC went to a boys school in that area, so socialised with girls from St Catz, GHS and Tormead. The GHS girls worked themselves to the bone academically, the St Catz girls were party animals (may just have been that crowd) The Tormead girls were sweet, happy and may not have been the most academic but certainly seemed balanced and sane!