Caitlyn Scott-Lee a student in Year 11, was found in a wooded area near a playing field at the £44,000 a year Wycombe Abbey School on Friday night. She is the student found dead in a top-notch boarding school just weeks before her GCSE exams.
It is understood that her parents, banker Jonathan Scott-Lee, and his accountant wife Tara, were abroad at the time and had to fly back to Britain following the tragic news. In an email to Caitlyn’s Parents of the Year, known as Upper V, this week, Principal Jo Duncan said: ‘They are a closed year group and as you understand are very shocked and upset.
“This is an extremely difficult time for everyone and we will do everything we can to provide the additional pastoral care the girls will need.” A charity event and funfair for parents have been canceled over the weekend as a mark of respect.
Caitlyn Scott-Lee Age
Caitlyn Scott-Lee was 16 years old.
Caitlyn Scott-Lee Found dead at the £44,000 a year school · Wycombe Abbey School
Ms. Duncan ended her letter by saying: “I am sure you will join me and everyone at Wycombe Abbey in sending our deepest condolences to Caitlyn’s parents, siblings, and family who are all in our thoughts and prayers at this sad time. “.
Two years ago, Mr. Scott-Lee, a senior HSBC executive in markets and acquisitions who also specializes in cybersecurity, wrote an article with his wife, a public accountant, promoting the school on her website. . At the time, Caitlyn’s younger sister Beatrice was about to transfer from the Hong Kong branch of Wycombe Abbey to her main school in High Wycombe.
She recalled that Caitlyn and her sister had spent time at various schools when the family lived in Singapore, but added: “Caitlyn, she’s always had an affinity for the UK, and it was in her own mind that she really wanted to go to boarding school.” school.
“During our time in Singapore, Caitlyn was always the one who worked hard to get into a boarding school. “We did extensive research abroad and looked at the best boarding schools in the UK and Wycombe Abbey in the UK was a perfect fit for Caitlyn.
“However, it was Caitlyn’s exemplary work ethic and drive that led to her winning a place at Wycombe Abbey UK.”
She added: ‘She’s thriving so much and loving her there. Beatrice will also start in September 2021 in the group of the same year, Upper Third, and she is excited to start the same Wycombe Abbey journey as her big sister”.
She praised Wycombe Abbey Hong Kong‘s handling of the pandemic, concluding: “If you want your children to be highly academic and learn to refine a character you would be proud of, Wycombe Abbey is the school for you.”
“There is a clear heritage of academic excellence with an emphasis on developing well-rounded learners. “It has been a wonderful journey for my daughters at Wycombe Abbey, and we look forward to being part of the Wycombe Abbey family for years to come.”
Tara Scott-Lee, who studied at Royal Holloway, University of London, and spent the early years of her career at Grant Thornton, now works as an account manager for mental health charity MIND in Buckinghamshire.
Her husband, Jonathan, describes himself on LinkedIn currently working in Ontario, Canada, and as a Neurodiversity (Mental Disability) Ambassador for HSBC. In its most recent Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) report, Wycombe Abbey was rated ‘excellent’ for pupils’ academic achievement and personal development.
Wycombe Abbey, established in 1896, has 650 schoolgirls aged 11-18 and each girl has her own ‘House Mother’, a girl in the previous year in the same house who looks after her, especially in her early days at school.
It is regularly ranked among the best schools for girls in the country and the Good Schools Guide (GSG) summary reports: “The workload is immense” was the top theme from parents; “It’s hard for girls to take it all in.”
‘Conflicting views from parents about whether the school allows for a well-rounded education. We heard from some girls with CVs so full they didn’t have room for that little DofE Gold thing on the UCAS form and others who had limped along for seven years with no time for anything but hard work.
The entry continued: ‘In Olympics exam results, Wycombe go for gold. Parents report (mainly, but not exclusively) ‘impeccable’ teaching, with the primary aim being to deliver a clean sheet of stellar marks at GCSE and A level. ‘”It doesn’t happen by accident”, consider the students. “Looking out the window is just not an option, the teachers are totally into it.”
On pastoral care, the GSG reported that: ‘not all of the parents we spoke to sang its praises, but for those with daughters who really needed intervention during their time here (for example, with mental health issues, eating disorders or SEN diagnoses), cheers erupted.
In 2019, another student at the school, the talented violinist Katya Tsukanova, 17, died at her father’s Kensington mansion after taking a deadly cocktail of cocaine and ketamine. She was one of the most brilliant musicians in Britain and she had given a concert at the Royal Opera House a few days before her death.
Her father, former Russian banker Igor Tsukanov, found her unconscious in her family home at dawn and she was rushed to hospital, but doctors could not save her.
Notable former students of the school include actors Rachael Stirling and Sally Phillips, former Chief Justice Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, and Lady Nicholas Windsor, daughter-in-law of the Duke and Duchess of Kent.
A Thames Valley Police spokesperson said: “Thames Valley Police were called to Wycombe Abbey School at around 11:40pm on Friday after a 16-year-old girl was found dead.
“His death of hers is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.” Wycombe Abbey School declined to comment. Caitlyn’s funeral will take place next month at Greenacres Chiltern, a wooded churchyard and ceremonial park in Buckinghamshire.
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