Tormead School is a private day school for girls aged 4–18 years old in Guildford, Surrey, England. It comprises a reception, prep school, senior school and sixth form. It was founded in 1905 and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) and Girls Schools Association (GSA).
Additions to the building include Alleyne House in the Junior School (named after former headmistress, Honor Alleyne), the science wing, and specialist design technology, home economics and textiles rooms. In 2008, construction was completed on a new performing arts centre.
In 2015 the most recent developments took place, with the addition of a new atrium to the old school house and a refit of all the classroom facilities and library.
In 2022 planning permission was granted for the development of the Tormead Urn Field Sports Ground, 5 minutes from the main school site. Despite fierce opposition from local residents, the new sports facility is due for completion in 2024 and will provide Hockey, Football, Rugby, Cricket and Athletics facilities for Tormead School, their partner state school, Guildford County School and a variety of local clubs and sporting groups.
The school has a Music Department. Four orchestras and four choirs operate within the school, as well a Jazz Band, which tours Europe during the summer every two years and has played at numerous events and locations. The school has held musical events to celebrate its 90-year anniversary, the turn of the millennium and its centenary. Formal music events are arranged throughout the school year, with male singers for vocal performances often "borrowed" from the Royal Grammar School, Guildford.
Other extra-curricular activities of note are Young Enterprise, Young Consumer, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, public speaking and debating. The debating squad frequently enter the Cambridge, Oxford and Mace debating competitions. In 2009, they also were picked as one of the first schools in Britain to take part in the YPI project (Youth Philanthropy Initiative).
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