Royal High School Bath A GSG School
- Royal High School Bath
Lansdown Road
Bath
Somerset
BA1 5SZ - Head: Kate Reynolds
- T 01225 313877
- E [email protected]
- W www.royalhighbath.gdst.net
- A mainstream independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils: 505; sixth formers: 150
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: Day £13,983 - £14,595 pa; Boarding £26,718 - £32,286 pa
- Open days: See website for virtual tours
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Royal High Prep School Bath
What The Good Schools Guide says..
One of the most popular members of the school community is Spitfire, an 18-month-old black lurcher, who belongs to the student welfare co-ordinator (she also teaches biology and is known as ‘Spitfire’s mum’). A well-being dog, Spitfire is a comforting presence when girls feel stressed, worried or tired. When the registrar announced to a group of year 9s that Spitfire had just become a father to seven puppies, a unanimous ‘aaaaah’ went round the room...
What the school says...
The Royal High School Bath is a secret gem of a school that gives girls confidence, capability and a strong set of values needed to underpin success at university, throughout careers and in achieving aspirations in every aspect of life. Its a leading independent boarding and day school for girls aged 3-18, a seamless journey with four unique experiences from the Nursery to the Junior School, Senior School to Sixth Form College (offering A levels as well as the International Baccalaureate). Its an all-through, all-encompassing, all-girls education that delivers outstanding academic results and nurtures self assured, courteous and articulate young women who are aware of, and who can achieve, their full potential.
Established in 1864 and set in beautiful grounds within walking distance of the centre of Bath, a city combining history and tradition with a vibrant, contemporary cultural scene, RHS is inclusive and caring, the perfect place for girls to study, have fun, make friends, enjoy life and develop a global perspective in education. ...Read more
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Curricula
International Baccalaureate: diploma - the diploma is the familiar A-level equivalent.
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
Head
Since January 2020, Kate Reynolds MEd LLB PGCE (early 50s). Previously head of Leweston School. Read law at Bristol, followed by two years at a top London law firm. She then did ‘the best thing I ever did’ and decided to become an English teacher. After a PGCE at Bath Spa University, she taught English and drama at Gillingham School, then Sherborne School. Joined Leweston in 2002, became head of EAL in 2013 and was appointed as head two years later.
Entrance
Competition for year 7 places is less intense than you might think. Around 100 girls a year apply and the school offers 80 places. The entrance assessment takes place in January – an interview first, then English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-reasoning tests a few days later. Around 95 per cent from the junior...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
As a selective independent school we tend to primarily provide support for students who have English as a second language and for those who demonstrate dyslexic tendendencies. As such, we have in-house peripatetic specialists available if students opt to have support lessons. These sessions (either on an individual or small group basis) tend to be timetabled outside of lesson times to cause minimum disruption to the students academic day. Nov 09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| 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 |
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