Emma Darwin Hall

Emma Darwin Hall - August 2011 Housemistress: Mrs Kait Weston
(House colours: Wedgwood Blue and Green)
Address: Emma Darwin Hall, Shrewsbury School, 50 Kennedy Road, Shrewsbury SY3 7AA
Telephone: 01743 280880
Email: kmw@shrewsbury.org.uk

Emma Darwin Hall opened in September 2011 for Sixth Form girls, thus becoming the second girls' house at Shrewsbury School.  Our first girls' house, Mary Sidney Hall, was also purpose-built and opened its doors to girls in September 2008 when Shrewsbury's Sixth Form became co-educational.

Emma Darwin Hall provides superb accommodation for both day girls and boarders. The accommodation is light and airy yet cosy. The social spaces are generous and the house is modern in every sense. The girls enjoy their own courtyard and gardens.

The official opening of Emma Darwin Hall was carried out on 17th September 2011 by Charles and Emma Darwin's great-great-grandaughter Ruth Padel, the renowned poet, novelist and former academic.

Kait WestonMeet the Housemistress:
Kait Weston, the founding Housemistress of Emma Darwin Hall, was educated at Taunton School and Cardiff, Newcastle and Oxford Universities. At Oxford she rowed in the Womens’ Boat Race, and won. Kait has taught Biology at Shrewsbury since 2004 and was Assistant Housemaster in Port Hill from 2008 to 2011. Married to Andrew, they have two sons: Charlie and Bertie.

Outside the classroom, Kait enjoys gardening, running and rowing. Less energetic pursuits include handicraft, and the EDH bunting is testament to her enthusiasm for the house and her inability to keep still.

The House Tutor Team for 2011/12:
Mrs Clare Wilson (Assistant Housemistress: 01743 280884 chlw@shrewsbury.org.uk)
Miss Pauline Mayer (Matron: 01743 280882)

Mr Struan Hellier
Mr Paul Kaye
Miss Rachael Pile
Mrs Elizabeth Turner
Miss Grace Woo, Resident Tutor: 01743 280879

For further information, please see the Emma Darwin Hall handbook and the EDH Summer Term Fasti (Word files).

Please also see our page Girls at Shrewsbury to see what some of our current and former girls have said about their time here.