Redmaids' High School GDST A GSG School
- Redmaids' High School GDST
Westbury Road
Westbury-on-Trym
Bristol
BS9 3AW - Head: Mr Paul Dwyer, BA (Oxon)
- T 0117 962 2641
- F 01179 621687
- E [email protected]
- W www.redmaidshigh.co.uk/
- An independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18 with a linked junior school.
- Read about the best schools in Bristol
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Bristol
- Pupils: 515; sixth formers: 129
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £20,448 pa (last updated on 15/01/2025)
- Open days: October and November
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: Redmaids' High Junior School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Possessing a more interesting back story and a richer heritage than many schools, and proud to be the oldest girls’ school in the country, dating as it does from 1634, Redmaids’ High has existed only in its present form since 2016 and is the result of the merging of Redland High and the Red Maids’ School. Academically selective but claims to take girls who are ‘average or above’ – so those excellent results must be proof of top-class teaching and students’ hard work. Girls sit between nine and 12 GCSEs including a compulsory modern language; one parent thought perhaps that too much emphasis was placed on…
What the school says...
Redmaids’ High combines 390 years of excellence in girls’ education with a new step in our history; joining the Girls’ Day School Trust. Our results are just part of the story. A bustling extracurricular timetable and outstanding pastoral care enrich the student experience. The school is set in spacious 12-acre grounds with a further, dedicated sports complex a 10-minute drive away. Bursaries are available and scholarships are awarded for academic, music and sporting excellence in year 7 and art from year 9. ...Read more
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Sports
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
Fencing
Sailing
What The Good Schools Guide says
The Head of the Senior School
Since 2020, Paul Dwyer BA Oxon PGCE FCCT. Brought up in Accrington, his career was launched by a perceptive and supportive teacher at the FE college where he did his sixth form years. A couple of Sutton Trust summer schools - the teacher’s suggestion - gave him the confidence to apply to Oxford, where he read history and went on to do his PGCE, the first member of his family to go to university. Early years were spent in the state sector, which included a formative spell at one of the dauntingly selective Bucks grammars, Sir William Borlase, followed by a leap into the independent sector and just girls at Putney High and North London Collegiate. But he has remained committed to widening access to academically rigorous education for...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Girls with SEN are monitored throughout the year, a detailed Learning Profile is created for them and provided to staff. This is reviewed as needed, and in the summer term following a meeting with the SEN Co-ordinator. Parents will have the opportunity to meet with the SEN Co-ordinator at parents evenings and at another designated appointment time each year. Support lessons can be organised at school as a private arrangement with a qualified specialist support teacher, these take place on a rotation basis. All staff are informed of a girl's needs and the reasonable adjustments required to meet these needs. Extra time in examinations is allowed throughout the school subject to appropriate assessment. All girls requiring access arrangements at GCSE will need a further assessment in Year 9. All girls joining the school also have routine dyslexia screening in Year 7 and 10, with parents and teachers being informed of any relevant findings from this.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Might cover/be referred to as;
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Autism, High functioning autism, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), PDA , Social skills, Sensory processing disorder |
Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Hearing Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment |
|
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Learning needs, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty |
Y |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, Sensory processing |
Y |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic , OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, Tics, Tourettes |
Y |
| PD - Physical Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
PD - Physical Disability |
Y |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, Global delay, Global developmental delay, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty |
Y |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Might cover/be referred to as;
Anxiety , Complex needs, Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), Mental Health, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Trauma |
Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
Might cover/be referred to as;
DLD - Developmental Language Disorder, Selective mutism, SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication |
Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, Cerebral Palsy (CP) |
Y |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing, DCD, Developmental Co-ordination Difficulties (DCD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Other specific learning difficulty, SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) |
Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Special facilities for Visually Impaired, VI - Visual Impairment |
Y |
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