St Albans High School for Girls A GSG School
- St Albans High School for Girls
Townsend Avenue
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 3SJ - Head: Amber Waite
- T 01727 853800
- F 01727 792516
- E admissions@stahs.org.uk
- W www.stahs.org.uk
- An independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Read about the best schools in East Hertfordshire and West Hertfordshire
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Hertfordshire
- Pupils: 820; sixth formers: 180
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: £22,605 pa
- Open days: October and November
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: St Albans High School Prep
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Parents praised school’s rigorous approach to ensuring ‘nobody slips through the gaps’, and we couldn’t find anyone to tell us that academic success was ever left to chance, although head was careful to reinforce message that ‘mistakes are normalised’ and the atmosphere is not pressure cooker. Public exam candidates have...
What the school says...
At STAHS we believe it is our responsibility prepare young people for life beyond school. We call this our Teach to 25 philosophy. Our vision is for each child to become a happy, resilient young person who embraces opportunities. It's how pupils at STAHS are prepared to live lives of consequence.
From our character education programme which starts in Reception, to our Super-curriculum that stretches pupils beyond the limits of exam specifications, to our formal two-year leadership programme for Sixth Formers, Teach to 25 runs through every aspect of a STAHS education. We equip STAHS pupils with the skills, independence and knowledge needed to navigate their path in the critical early years of adult life. ...Read more
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Other features
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.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmistress
Since 2019, Amber Waite, previously deputy head pastoral at St Dunstan’s College. In the running for prize for The Good Schools Guide’s most unusual route to headship; American by birth, she was educated in Texas and New Jersey and spent 10 years as a biogeochemical oceanographer (yup, we had to google it too) before realising vocation to teach. Having pursued a teaching career in the US she moved to the UK as director of the schools and universities learning programmes for the Civil Service. Thence back into teaching, arriving in current post via stints at Headington, Abingdon and Ashford Schools before St Dunstan’s. Was a somewhat reluctant applicant for STAHS headship as she isn’t a ‘proponent of single sex education’ but was won round when she learned of the strength of school community. Neither,...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
We have a qualified specialist teacher who undertakes diagnostic assessments. Girls are given individual and group tuition tailored to suit and accommodate particular needs. Nov 09.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | Y |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| 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 | Y |
| PD - Physical Disability | Y |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment | Y |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beechwood Park School | 2023 | 1 |
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