St Hilda's Preparatory School for Girls A GSG School
- St Hilda's Preparatory School for Girls
High Street
Bushey
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD23 3DA - Head: Mr Andy Kaye
- T 020 8950 1751
- E [email protected]
- W www.sthildasbushey.com
- An independent school for girls aged from 2 to 11.
- Read about the best schools in Hertfordshire
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Hertfordshire
- Pupils: 154
- Religion: Not Applicable
- Fees: £15,162 - £15,993 pa
- Open days: October
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The school buildings – comprising a large Victorian house and 1980s brick-built blocks – look modest from the road, but don’t be fooled...Despite a relatively small site, the facilities are impressive, not necessarily what you’d expect for a school of around 140 children. Parents praised the number of opportunities for sport and music, which they say are remarkable for the school’s size. ‘But it’s not elitist,’ says one, ‘everyone...
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2022, Andy Kaye, previously deputy head. From a forces family – his dad was an army doctor and his mother a nurse – he was educated at Harrow School, then graduated in psychology from the University of Worcester.
He always planned to enter teaching but made a deliberate decision to work in industry for six years first – working in logistics for a Spanish vending machine manufacturer. ‘I made a conscious decision to experience the world outside education first,’ he says, fearful that education can be ‘insular’ if you let it be. It has allowed him to bring more to the job, he says, and given him a useful perspective. After completing the Graduate Teacher Programme he launched into a career in primary teaching because it allowed him to...
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Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watford Grammar School for Girls | 2024 | 4 | ||
| Haberdashers’ Girls’ School | 2024 | 3 | 2 | Drama Scholarship; Creative Writing Scholarship |
| St Albans High School for Girls | 2024 | 3 | 1 | Instrumental Scholarship |
| Aldenham School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Rickmansworth School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Royal Masonic School for Girls | 2024 | 1 | ||
| St Helen's School | 2024 | 1 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
| St Margaret's School | 2024 | 1 |
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