Alderley Edge School for Girls A GSG School
- Alderley Edge School for Girls
Wilmslow Road
Alderley Edge
Cheshire
SK9 7QE - Head: Ms Helen Jeys
- T 01625 583028
- F 01625 590271
- E admissions@aesg.co.uk
- W www.aesg.info
- An independent school for girls aged from 2 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Cheshire East
- Pupils: 506; sixth formers: 64
- Religion: Christian
- Fees: £7,470 - £11,448 pa
- Open days: October
- 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..
Charming girls' school just beyond the very southernmost outstretched fingertip of Manchester's conurbation. A new vigour of academic purpose mingles with the strong Christian ethos that so celebrates and values each girl here, urging her on to be all that she can be. Compulsory monthly Eucharist is ‘boring’ in some girls’ books, and they’re not afraid to say so, but most accept it happily. Pupils are helped with learning difficulties and the head has re-launched gifted and talented scheme. Open to any who are...
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2015 Good Schools Guide Awards
- Best performance by Girls taking English Language at an English Independent School (GCE A level)
- Best performance by Girls taking English Language at an English Independent School (Cambridge International Certificate Level 1/Level 2)
2016 Good Schools Guide Awards
- Best performance by Girls taking French at an English Independent School (Cambridge Int Certificate Level 1/Level 2)
Curricula
Cambridge Pre-U - an alternative to A levels, with all exams at the end of the two-year course.
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 September 2016, Helen Jeys, previously deputy head at Manchester High School for Girls. Theology degree from Durham and PGCE from Cambridge; has taught religion and philosophy at Manchester Grammar, Malvern Girls’ College and Hulme Grammar School for Boys. She has written on philosophy and pastoral care, and enjoys playing the cello and piano.
Head of junior school since 2013, Bridget Howard BEd (50s), previously deputy head. Educated at St Albans High, then Rolle College Exeter; returned to St Albans to teach in the prep, then a stint in Sydney, before coming back to teach at Manchester High Prep and Bolton School Girls Junior.
Academic matters
Large ‘learning enhancement unit’ with SENCo’s office in junior school, mainly helping dyslexic pupils. Class size average is 15, maximum 22 herre. Maths sets from year 4,...
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