Alderley Edge School for Girls A GSG School

- Alderley Edge School for Girls
Wilmslow Road
Alderley Edge
Cheshire
SK9 7QE - Head: Caroline Wood
- T 01625 583028
- F 01625 590271
- E [email protected]
- W www.aesg.co.uk
- An independent school for girls aged from 2 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Cheshire East
- Pupils: 447; sixth formers: 51
- Religion: Christian
- Fees: £11,466 - £18,186 pa (last updated on 16/12/2024)
- Open days: September
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Rewind the clock a decade or so and the local perception was that while a lovely school, academic stretching was not necessarily a driving force. Not so now, say parents, who report that girls are ‘engaged and stretched’ and ‘well tracked’. Small size of school ‘allows staff to really know the girls and quickly support them whenever they need it,’ said a parent. Several told us they had chosen the school over larger local schools for this reason. DT room the most pristine we’ve ever seen – we couldn’t decide if that’s a good or a bad thing. In pre-prep, we saw reception pupils…
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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 2024, Caroline Wood BA PGCE, previously deputy head for pastoral care since 2011. Has worked in education for over 25 years. Following her geography degree and PGCE from University of Leicester, she was a teacher and housemistress at Ashby Grammar School before coming here. She remains a key member of the geography department and specialises in physical geography at A level, which is her passion. Also an ISI inspector.
Entrance
Pupils join nursery at 2+, pre-prep at 4+ and prep at 7+. Many join in between including mid-academic year. Informal assessments for tinies, with the addition of maths and English from year 3, ‘although we try not to make them realise they’re being tested,’ says school. Nearly half of year 7 come up from prep, the rest from other preps and state primaries. All...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Who came from where
School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hale Preparatory School | 2024 | 2 | ||
Lady Barn House School | 2024 | 1 | ||
The Ryleys School | 2024 | 2 | ||
Wilmslow Preparatory School | 2024 | 2 |
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