Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls A GSG School
- Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls
Aldenham Road
Elstree
Hertfordshire
WD6 3BT - Head: Rose Hardy
- T 020 8266 2300
- F 020 8266 2303
- E [email protected]
- W www.habsgirls.org.uk
- A mainstream independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Hertfordshire
- Pupils: 873; sixth formers: 217
- Religion: Christian Inter-denominational
- Fees: £19,311 pa
- Open days: October; Open mornings: November
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Haberdashers’ Aske’s Junior School for Girls
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Set amongst vast grounds just minutes from the roar of the M1, the Habs’ campuses offer the unique balance of a leafy country feel for the London set and something a bit edgier for those hailing from the comfy home counties. ‘Outstanding’ music, perceived across the board to be ‘just as cool as sport’. The 50-strong symphony orchestra is the cherry on top, performing not just at school but on international tours and at prestigious venues such as the Barbican. School recognises that its charges’ careers and lives are going to be global...
What the school says...
At Haberdashers' we are committed to a love of learning. We encourage girls to join us with enquiring minds and a thirst for knowledge. Habs is not just a school, it's a way of life! Entrance examinations consist of: 11+: Maths, English, VR & an interview. 16+: exam papers in 4 AS subjects and an interview. No past papers given. ...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.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmistress
Since September 2019, Rose Hardy, previously head of St Margaret’s Bushey. Read history at Oxford, then studied for a PGCE at London University and more recently completed an MEd in educational leadership. Spent 10 years at St Albans School, latterly as second master (sic).
Entrance
Ferociously competitive – over 600 hopefuls. Fifty move up from junior school; applications for the remaining year 7 places from approximately 50 per cent state primaries and 50 per cent prep schools, with feeders including Manor Lodge, Radlett Prep, Orley Farm and Beechwood Park. A new format sees girls tested in English (including reading for understanding), maths and verbal reasoning. Applicants spend a whole day in school and are looked after by older pupils.
They are looking for about 80 girls who can ‘think on their feet’....
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Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Every girl is treated as an individual. Special individual needs include: those of the exceptionally able; those with mild learning difficulties; those with physical difficulties; those whose religious or other commitments who require special consideration. A specialist co-ordinater works, across the age range (4 - 18), and closely with, the co-ordinator for gifted and talented, the pastoral heads and senior management. There are on-going observations by subject staff of year groups, the feedback from which is followed up by the specialist staff. Girls with known medical conditions are on a special medical register and the school nurse holds individual medical plans. All staff are expected to familiarize themselves with girls' needs on a need-to-know basis. Special provision is made for those who need to miss school, or fast, for religious reasons.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connaught House School | 2020 | 1 | ||
| Orley Farm School | 2020 | |||
| Pembridge Hall School | 2020 | 1 |
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