Stamford High School, Stamford | The Good Schools Guide

Stamford High School
St Martin's
Stamford
Lincolnshire
PE9 2LL
Head: Mrs Vicky Buckman
T 01780 484200
F 01780 484201
E headshs@ses.lincs.sch.uk
W www.ses.lincs.sch.uk
An independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
Boarding: Yes
Local authority: Lincolnshire
Pupils: 579; 38 full, 21 weekly/flexi boarders; sixth formers: 196 (joint sixth form)
Religion: Church of England
Fees: Day £14,764; Boarding £20,723 - £27,352 pa
Open days: October
Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
ISI report: View the ISI report
Linked schools: Stamford School, Stamford Junior School

What The Good Schools Guide says..

It must be one of the most gorgeous English towns in which to educate children. Something of a period feel is continued inside the school, with the girls up to sixth form wearing very long skirts. Sixth formers are allowed knee length school skirts. No-one seemed to mind. There is a High School spirit of rolling your sleeves up and getting on with it. Girls are not precious princesses. They know life has rocks as well as roses and that…

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What the school says...

All sixth form classes are taught in mixed classes with the boys from Stamford School. Lessons are taught on both sites. Stamford Junior School, a 2-11 co-educational junior school, together with Stamford High School and Stamford School form part of the Stamford Endowed Schools. The schools provide high quality day and boarding education for girls and boys in a family atmosphere. ...Read more

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Head

Since 2015, Mrs Vicky Buckman, previously deputy head at City of London Freeman's School. Leeds University graduate; spent 15 years as housemistress at Christ's Hospital. She is an ISI inspector, has been involved in sport and D of E, and is a qualified scuba diver.

Principal of all three schools since September 2016 is Will Phelan (40s), previously head of Stamford School. Read medieval and modern history at Royal Holloway, followed by PGCE at Reading and MBA in education management. Formerly deputy head at Warwick, head of sixth form and director of rugby at Abingdon School, and head of year at Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe.

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The Stamford Endowed Schools have a diamond structure. Girls and boys are taught together in the junior school, separately from 11 to 16, then...

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