St Paul's Girls' School A GSG School
- St Paul's Girls' School
Brook Green
London
W6 7BS - Head: Sarah Fletcher
- T 020 7603 2288
- F 020 7602 9932
- E [email protected]
- W www.spgs.org/
- An independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Hammersmith & Fulham
- Pupils: 806; sixth formers: 226
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £31,593 - £33,966 pa
- Open days: See website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Teachers are ‘phenomenally enthused and engaged’, say parents and girls agree, telling us, ‘They are really proactive in providing help’ and ‘take their excitement about their subject outside the classroom’ into clubs and trips. Girls relish being ‘given the opportunity to explore and make mistakes’ through very open assignments (a year 8 biology task stipulated only that it must include a cheese sandwich) and teachers are ‘generally very open-minded about finding your own way to present your work’. They ‘don’t micro-manage the girls’, observed one parent, ‘it’s not a school for the faint-hearted’...
What the school says...
11+ entrance examination begins with online cognitive testing (November) to provide smaller cohort to sit the maths, English and comprehension papers in January. Girls are interviewed after taking exams. 16+ applicants are examined in the subjects they want to take at A level or Pre-U and those shortlisted are then invited for interview in those subjects alongside a general interview. ...Read more
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Curricula
Cambridge Pre-U - an alternative to A levels, with all exams at the end of the two-year course.
Sports
Unusual sports
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
Rowing
Fencing
What The Good Schools Guide says
High mistress
Since 2017, Sarah Fletcher, sparky and full of intellectual energy. Previously the first female head of City of London School, and she has also been deputy head at Rugby School and head at Kingston Grammar. A passionate historian, she read history at Oxford followed by a PGCE at Exeter in history with a subsidiary in special needs, and still teaches all year 7s history.
Relishes scholarship and her credentials for promoting independent learning are impressive - she was involved with the development of the EPQ. Her educational vision remains dynamic - parents love that the school ‘is constantly challenging itself on how to prepare girls for the future’, such as developing an EPQ-style qualification in sustainability - ‘it’s refreshing and exciting,’ enthused one. Her enthusiasm for the new creative technology...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | Y |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| PD - Physical Disability | Y |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment | Y |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connaught House School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Glendower Preparatory School | 2024 | |||
| Hurlingham School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Kew College Prep | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Queen's College Prep School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Ruckleigh School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Saint Christina's School | 2024 | 2 | ||
| Sarum Hall School | 2024 | 5 | ||
| St Christopher's School | 2024 | 5 | ||
| Twickenham Preparatory School | 2024 | 1 |
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