City of London School for Girls A GSG School
- City of London School for Girls
St Giles' Terrace
London
EC2Y 8BB - Head: Jenny Brown
- T 020 7847 5500
- F 020 7638 3212
- E admissions@clsg.org.uk
- W www.clsg.org.uk
- A mainstream independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: City of London
- Pupils: 711; sixth formers: 193
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £23,778 pa
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: City Junior School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Parents who have worried whether CLSG will be too feisty academically have found pressures are largely generated by the girls themselves. ‘We’re competitive!’ chorused our tour guides. Girls have a tutor to help ensure they don’t overload themselves, and school now has two counsellors who can be seen without charge and in confidence. Very different – but always clever – girls thrive and are cleverly grouped at the outset by their postcodes so they quickly befriend others they can travel with. Thereafter, classes are…
What the school says...
City of London School for Girls is a non-denominational, independent day school and a member of the Girls Schools Association (GSA). The school has acquired an academic pre-eminence, earning its place in the premier league of leading independent schools in the country.
Entrance examination consists of: 7+ written examinations and activity based assessments, 11+ - English and Maths written examination, 16+ - chosen AS subjects written assessment, with interview for Art, Music and DT. ...Read more
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
Sports
Fencing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmistress
Since 2019, Jenny Brown. Educated at North London Collegiate before reading English at Oxford. Both her parents taught English and she has a daughter in the profession. In common with other bred-for-the-job teachers, she briefly fought the inevitable with a foray into publishing before joining Cranleigh’s English department, then Highgate School, South Hampstead High, Channing and St Paul’s Girls’ where she was director of senior school. This is her second headship after the highly academic St Albans High School for Girls (and her identical twin, Jane, is head of Alleyn’s).
Forced to deal with the pandemic within just a few months, her vivacity ensured she still made an immediate impact. Stylish and talkative, she’s a natural speaker, brilliant on camera, and smiles like the cat that got the cream: ‘There...
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Special Education Needs
The School has a Special Educational Need Co-ordinator, who deals mainly with those girls who have mild dyslexia or dyspraxia. We have accepted pupils with physical disabilities. There is screening in Year 7 to pick up any problems and girls are referred to the SENCO for further help, study skills and assessment throughout the school.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | Y |
| 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 | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill House | 2023 | 1 | ||
| L'École Bilingue Élémentaire | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Newton Prep | 2023 | 3 | ||
| North Bridge House Preparatory School | 2023 | 3 | ||
| Pembridge Hall School | 2023 | 2 | ||
| St Christopher's School | 2023 | 3 | ||
| The Academy School | 2023 | 2 | ||
| The Lyceum School | 2023 | 3 | ||
| The Study Preparatory School | 2023 | 1 |
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