Monmouth School for Girls A GSG School
- Monmouth School for Girls
Hereford Road
Monmouth
Monmouthshire
NP25 5XT - Head: Rachel Rees - Acting Head
- T 01600 711100
- F 01600 711233
- E [email protected]
- W www.habsmonmouth.org/
- An independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Monmouthshire
- Pupils: 395; sixth formers: 292 (171 boys and 121 girls)
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: Day £18,993 - £19,977; Boarding £37,191 - £41,844 pa
- Open days: September, January and May; families are welcome to visit at any time.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: Monmouth School for Boys, Monmouth Prep School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
No surprise that music is thriving in a school with both a recording studio and purpose-built recital hall complete with Steinway grand piano (perfect for tea concerts). Girls choose from no fewer than five choirs including chamber and a capella groups – and there’s a fledgling rock band, string, jazz, flute and symphonic wind groups and numerous chamber music groups. The symphony orchestra is joint with the boys’ school – and everything else will follow when the school goes co-ed, albeit ‘gradually’. The performing arts centre and Blake Theatre have seen...
What the school says...
Monmouth School for Girls guides day and boarding pupils aged 11-18 through this crucial stage of their educational and emotional development. Our girls thrive and flourish within a positive, constructive and inspiring single-sex community, set in the outstanding natural beauty of the Wye Valley. Education is carefully planned to motivate girls; we deliver a broad choice of subjects, with teaching specifically tailored to their learning styles and subject choices free from any gender stereotyping. Monmouth girls develop a can-do attitude and make the most of the superb facilities on offer for sports, culture and the arts. Through our Diamond model, our girls benefit from the invaluable interaction with Monmouth School for Boys, sharing many trips and expeditions, events and community projects. Understanding the pressures of adolescence, our focused approach prepares girls for our co-educational Sixth Form, where they have the confidence to aim high in their specialist academic subjects and to fulfil their particular sporting, musical or artistic ambitions.
The school's preparatory department, Monmouth Prep School, is fully co-educational and was launched in September 2021.
As pupils progress into the Sixth Form, co-educational teaching and extensive joint social and co-curricular activities ensure a successful transition from school to university life.
The boarders, some of whom are weekly, play an important part in the life of the school and enjoy a more intimate atmosphere than is possible in a larger boarding community. There is a superb variety of clubs and societies at all levels of the school and a substantial commitment to the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. ...Read more
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Sports
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
Rowing
Fencing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Acting head
Since 2023, Rachel Rees BA MEd PGCE, acting head. Previously senior deputy head pastoral, and before that director of sixth form. She has also taught at Langley Park School for Boys in Beckenham and Ravensbourne School in Bromley. She has 22 years’ experience teaching modern foreign languages throughout the key stages in both state and independent schools. She recently completed an MEd at Buckingham University.
Simon Dorman, current head of Monmouth School for Boys, will take over as head of the new co-ed school from September 2024, and Rachel Rees will become deputy head pastoral.
Entrance
From September 2024, the girls’ and boys’ senior schools, along with the prep, will become one co-ed school. Years 7-11 will be based on the current senior boys’ site at Almshouse Street (with year 11s going...
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Special Education Needs
The school considers pupils with a range of learning needs who would thrive in an academic environment; for example, dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, and high functioning ASD.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| 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 | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouth Prep School | 2023 | 100% of students went on to the senior schools. |
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