Badminton School A GSG School
- Badminton School
Westbury Road
Westbury-on-Trym
Bristol
BS9 3BA - Head: Jess Miles
- T 01179 055271
- F 01179 623049
- E admissions@badmintonschool.co.uk
- W www.badmintonschool.co.uk
- A mainstream independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Read about the best schools in Bristol
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Bristol
- Pupils: 550; sixth formers: 125
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: Day £19,410; Boarding £36,390 – £46,770 pa
- Open days: 10 November 2023, 1 and 23 February 2024, 6 May 2024
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Badminton Junior School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Superbly equipped science labs and huge enthusiasm for STEM subjects. ‘Badminton is really good at getting girls interested in science,’ a year 8 told us. ‘We do loads of hands-on experiments.’ The school runs an impressive science outreach programme that pupils take to local primary schools, science events like the Big Bang Fair and music festivals. They demonstrate experiments to enthuse others about science; freezing flowers in liquid nitrogen and watching them shatter is always...
What the school says...
Badminton School is a thriving independent day and boarding school for girls aged 4-18, which has remained at the forefront of girls education for well over 150 years. Set within a campus of beautiful buildings and pleasant gardens in the city of Bristol, the school has an enviable sense of community which is felt the moment you step inside the gates. With a consistently outstanding academic record coupled with excellent pastoral care, Badminton's approach to the holistic education it provides is to broaden the girls' skills, knowledge and attitudes to ensure they are curious and confident. Badminton girls are characteristically thoughtful individuals who are understanding of the viewpoints of others and who leave school ready to face the changing and challenging wider world.
The best way to understand the school and to enjoy its atmosphere is to come and visit. We will look forward to welcoming you and your daughter to Badminton. ...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.
Sports
Rowing
Fencing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2023, Mrs Jessica Miles, previously head of Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls. A degree in Spanish and linguistics from Oxford and a PGCE from KCL preceded a teaching career (and other responsibilities such as head of sixth form and mistress of rowing) in some prestigious schools: Dulwich College, Sherborne, Leweston and a foray up north for her first leadership at Queen Margaret’s, York.
A self-confessed ‘passionate advocate’ of single-sex education, particularly for girls, Mrs Miles is married with two teenage sons.
Entrance
Most arrive in year 7, with applicants taking exams in English and maths, plus an online cognitive ability test. Each girl has an interview with a senior member of staff. The transition from the junior school isn’t automatic but virtually all move up. Badminton Junior girls do exactly the same assessments...
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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 do not have many children with additional needs. The only ones we have are either dyslexic pupils where we do one-to-one mentoring, and work with the Bristol Dyslexic Centre in more extreme case; and gifted pupils which again have one-to-one mentoring.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaudesert Park School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| The Downs Preparatory School | 2023 | 1 |
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