Wimbledon High School A GSG School
- Wimbledon High School
Mansel Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4AB - Head: Ms Fionnuala Kennedy
- T 020 8971 0900
- E [email protected]
- W www.wimbledonhigh.gdst.net/
- A mainstream independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Merton
- Pupils: 700; sixth formers: 190
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £23,154 pa
- Open days: See school website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Wimbledon High Junior School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
If we had a fiver for every school that describes itself as ‘highly academic but not a hot house’, we could retire early. But here it’s really true! School has courageously taken the decision that girls take nine GCSEs (10 if they add further maths or Greek). This leaves room for a mind-broadening unexamined politics, philosophy and economics (PPE) course in year 10 that should be a model for other schools. In common with most high-octane London schools, parents can be a competitive bunch. Some told us that they would like to have a better idea of how their girls’ achievement compares to others in their class, but this isn’t going to happen. ‘Girls don’t need…
What the school says...
Wimbledon High School students are lively, creative and academically successful. In a stimulating, intellectually challenging and friendly environment, girls enjoy a fully rounded school life, getting involved and taking the lead from an early age. Our teachers are passionate about sharing their knowledge, inspiring girls to probe deeper, question further. With the support of friends and peers, our students' self-confidence and independence of spirit grow. They learn to be resilient learners, able to manage risk and the tough challenges that life can present. ...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.
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2020, Fionnuala Kennedy. Educated at Prior Park College, then read English language and literature at Exeter College Oxford. Worked in publishing before moving into teaching at Royal Hospital School Holbrook, where she worked her way up to deputy housemistress and then head of middle school, later joining Woldingham School as head of sixth form. Was deputy head (pastoral) and then senior deputy head at Wimbledon High School (WHS) for five years before seamlessly taking up the head’s baton.
Unusually, for the head of a thriving school, she maintains a wide range of interests outside the classroom. Was a choral scholar at Oxford and still loves choral singing – ‘There’s a magic to music-making. The shared endeavor gives you a sense of flow that just can’t be replicated online.’ Big fan...
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Special Education Needs
We aim to support every student to become a successful independent learner with high self-esteem. We identify students with particular educational needs and aim to help them achieve their best, and help teachers devise classroom strategies to support their learning. Study skills and time management workshops are provided for individual year groups. All students are screened for Specific Learning Difficulties during their time in the junior school and in year 7. New entrants to the senior school in years 8-13 are also routinely screened. We are committed to developing a close relationship with parents, informing them about, and involving them in, all decisions relating to the students. If a Specific Learning Difficulty is identified, we hope that parents will agree to pay for support tuition and an Educational Psychologist's assessment if required. An Individual Educational Plan with specific targets is drawn up and the student's progress monitored closely. There are students at Wimbledon High School with dyslexia, dyspraxia and dsycalculia. We aim to offer careful and sensitive management so that teaching and learning can proceed in a positive fashion. Both junior and senior departments have Learning Support Co-ordinators and Able and Gifted Co-ordinators. Visiting Learning Support teachers come into the junior school. The senior school offers advice and links for students with English as an Additional Language.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill House | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Holy Cross Preparatory School | 2023 | 2 | 2 | |
| Hurlingham School | 2023 | 4 | ||
| Newton Prep | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Prospect House School | 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 Music Scholarship |
| Rowan Preparatory School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| The Study Preparatory School | 2023 | 7 | ||
| Thomas's Battersea | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Thomas's Clapham | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Thomas's Fulham | 2023 | 1 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
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