20 Years of Girls at King’s: Profile – Charlotte Gurran

Our next alumnae profile to celebrate 20 years of girl’s at King’s focuses on 2013 leaver Charlotte Gurran.

Charlotte joined King’s in 2006. Whilst here she studied Art, Design Technology, French and Music. After leaving King’s, she competed an Art and Design Foundation Diploma at Oxford Brookes University before completing a Fine Art Degree at Lancaster University.

Charlotte is currently an interior designer based in the Lake District and you can see some of her stunning work here: https://charlottegurran.weebly.com/

In her spare time, Charlotte enjoys making the most of her beautiful surroundings by taking regular hikes.

What is your favourite memory from your time at King’s?

This is a hard question – there are so many to choose from. I can say for sure that it will be laughing about something with my friends – I was fortunate to have hugely varied friend groups throughout school and we all had so much fun.

Did you have a favourite teacher?

I felt very closely connected to my teachers in later years. Mr Lloyd, Mr Robinson, Mrs Hollingworth to name a few – they were so encouraging of my passions. But Mr Downey offered me great support for difficulties I had outside of academia during my last couple of years at King’s so between that and his support of my love for painting I would have to say he was.

What advice would you offer current students who may be interested in a similar path to yours?

Whilst you’re at King’s be sure to make the most of all of the wonderful extra-curricular activities such as the sport, orchestras and choirs, extra learning sessions. Do as much of it as you will enjoy because when you’re out in the world working afterwards it’s hard to keep time for passions such as playing a musical instrument or training.

What is your ultimate ambition?

My ultimate ambition, is and always will be: to be happy and surrounded by the people I love. My professional ambition is to be a leading interior designer globally.

If you are one of the hundreds of female students to have attended King’s over the past 20 years, please take a minute to fill out this quick questionnaire by clicking this link and email a recent photograph of yourself to ilc@kingschester.co.uk