Royal High School Bath | The Good Schools Guide

Royal High School Bath
Lansdown Road
Bath
Somerset
BA1 5SZ
Head: Hadrian Biggs (Interim head)
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: 500; sixth formers: 150
Religion: Non-denominational
Fees: Day £13,983 - £14,595 pa; Boarding £26,718 - £32,286 pa
Open days: A Saturday in early November and a Tuesday in March: personal visits welcome any time.
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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...

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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

From January 2020, Kate Reynolds MEd LLB PGCE (early 50s), currently 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.

Interim head during the autumn 2019 term is Hadrian Biggs, deputy head academic.

Academic matters

Excellent teaching and very good results. One parent praised the Royal High’s teaching as ‘the very highest calibre’ while another told us that girls achieve their potential without the element of pressure sometimes found in girls’ schools....

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Please note: Independent schools frequently offer IGCSEs or other qualifications alongside or as an alternative to GCSE. The DfE does not record performance data for these exams so independent school GCSE data is frequently misleading; parents should check the results with the schools.

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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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Who came from where

School	Year	Places	Scholarships	Description
Beaudesert Park School	2019	1	1	1 DT scholarship
Pinewood	2019	1

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