Sherborne Girls A GSG School
- Sherborne Girls
Bradford Road
Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 3QN - Head: Dr Ruth Sullivan
- T 01935 818224
- E registrar@sherborne.com
- W www.sherborne.com
- An independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Read about the best schools in Dorset
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Dorset
- Pupils: 474; sixth formers: 180
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £28,800; Boarding £36,750 - £44,850 pa
- Open days: We offer a mix of virtual and onsite Tour Mornings
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Sherborne Girls and all-boys Sherborne School market themselves as ‘separate, yet together’ and parents reckon pupils get the best of both worlds here – lessons in a single-sex environment and co-curricular activities, music, sport, drama and social events with boys at Sherborne School. The two schools are looking to align even further, with joint CCF, debating, a pastoral pupil forum and a joint school council...
What the school says...
We are proud to be one of the leading, full-boarding girls’ schools for all-round personal development and academic fulfilment. We aim to send out into the world girls of character, commitment and compassion who think creatively, choose wisely and have the courage to make a difference. Our unique collaboration with Sherborne School offers the best of both worlds; single-sex education alongside a wealth of joint opportunities. ...Read more
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Sports
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
Fencing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmistress
Since 2018, Dr Ruth Sullivan BSc PhD PGCE. Educated at City of London School for Girls and then Sherborne Girls for the sixth form (she loved boarding there and says ‘a whole new world opened up’ when she arrived). Studied geography at Edinburgh, followed by a PGCE at Moray House Institute of Education (Edinburgh). Her first teaching job was at St John’s School, Leatherhead, where she became a housemistress and head of outdoor pursuits as well as teaching geography. Moved to Glenalmond as head of geography, then to the Queen’s School, Chester as head of sixth form. In her mid-30s she decided to do a master’s in population and health, followed by a PhD in non-communicable epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
She was appointed as...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Roughly 10 per cent of pupils have ESL lessons and 12 per cent have mild SEN. 10-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farleigh School | 2023 | 4 | ||
| Hazlegrove School | 2023 | 7 | 4 | Scholarships: 1 x Academic, 2 x Sport, 1x Art |
| King's College Prep School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Lambrook School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Sandroyd School | 2023 | 3 | 2 | Drama Scholarship; Sports Scholarship |
| Sherborne Preparatory School | 2023 | 8 | Music Scholarships (2); Sports Scholarship; Academic Scholarships (2); Art Scholarship; Drama Scholarship | |
| St Peter's Preparatory School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Walhampton School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Westbourne House School | 2023 | 3 |
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