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Academic results here speak for themselves, but Wimbledon High is about so very much more. Girls feel empowered and their passage through the school is one paved, if not with gold, at least with opportunities, challenge and fun. There really is something for everyone and, as one student told us, ‘It is cool to be clever and it is fine not to be perfect,’ while another said, ‘Everyone finds their place and their tribe.’ All the girls we met were erudite and confident but without a hint of arrogance and leavers appear supremely well-prepared to face whatever challenges and adventures may lie ahead. One happy parent summed it up: ‘It is so much more than just a school - it is an extraordinary and a lovely place’.
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Overview & data
- Pupil numbers
- 743 ·
- Sixth form numbers
- 210 ·
- Religion
- None
- Fees
- £28,857 pa
- Local authority
- London Borough of Merton
- Area guides
- Linked schools
- School ownership
- Girls’ Day School Trust school
Headteacher
Head
Ms Fionnuala Kennedy
Since 2020, Fionnuala Kennedy. Her father was in the air force while her ‘wildly Irish name’ pays tribute to her mother’s northern Irish roots. Educated in Bath, she boarded from aged eight and loved it, readily acknowledging that the military
Entrance
At 11+, four classes of 25 (five every fifth year). About 40 from the junior school, the rest from many different independent preps and state primaries (around a third from the latter). Excellent public transport links mean pupils come from all
- Open days
- See school website
Exit
A sizeable number depart post GCSE, mainly to boys’ schools that accept girls in their sixth forms (King’s College Wimbledon and Westminster) and to boarding schools.
In 2025, post A levels, pupils headed to a vast array of degree courses,
Latest results
In 2025, 86 per cent 9-7 at GCSE; 43 per cent A*/A at A level (95 per cent A*/B).
A levels or equivalent - Average points score (2024)
What is this?
These figures tell you the average grade and average points that pupils achieved in their academic qualifications. A maximum of 60 points are available for a grade A* at A level.
Teaching & learning
The school promotes the concept of playful scholarship and insists that fun, excitement and learning can (and should) go hand in hand. The lessons we visited suggested this is no pipe dream. We saw be-goggled year 7s conducting their first ever
- Qualifications taken in 2024
- A level
- EPQ
- GCSE
Learning support & SEN
Led by the SENCO and head of neurodiversity, SEND provision has ‘turned a corner’, a parent told us. Around 120 on the register; others being monitored. Mainly dyslexia, autism, ADHD plus some medical needs. ‘Amazingly smart girls can be expert
Arts & extracurricular
In the STEAM tower, which deliberately combines the sciences and the arts, both DT (‘everyone loves it’) and art are to be found. Genuinely extraordinary artwork is displayed throughout the school, much of it in tastefully shabby-chic glass-fronted
Sport
Back in the day, school was perceived as lagging behind local competition in terms of sports provision but a big push has seen the department doubling in size, facilities upgraded and the school ‘winning more things.’ Sport compulsory right through
Ethos & heritage
The school opened on part of the current site in 1880 and has since expanded to provide ever more complex, spacious and impressive facilities. Gaps between buildings have been filled in, basements dug out, floors added on, and structures remodelled,
Pastoral care, inclusivity & discipline
Personal development and pastoral care of students here comes under the umbrella of the Grow programme. The school is fully aware that there are different challenges for girls at different stages and that navigating these years can be tricky. Parents
Mobile phone policy
A clear mobile phone policy is a really important part of modern schooling. This school has provided us with their policy.
Mobile phone policy
Provided by the school and not part of our review Lower school (years 7 and 8) and middle school (years 9 – 11) students should have their phones off all day and leave them in their lockers. Lower school students must put their phones in their Phone Away (clear Perspex) locker by morning registration until the end of the school day. Year 11 students only are allowed to use their phones in their common room, although this privilege can be removed if it is abused by a member or members of the year group. Sixth formers can have their phones on their person and are allowed to use them within designated sixth form spaces (Cafe Sixth, common and quiet rooms) only.
Pupils & parents
Numbers at the school have risen steadily with a more ethnically diverse intake recently. GDST schools ‘attract a slightly different demographic’ in terms of parents, ‘less flashy’ and ‘generally very grounded’, according to the head. Many dual
Money matters
Scholarships (numerous usually 5-10 per cent, occasionally 20) and means-tested bursaries (up to 110 per cent). About 5 per cent of existing pupils hold bursaries with school keen to increase this proportion.
- Fee information
- £28,857 pa
The last word
Academic results here speak for themselves, but Wimbledon High is about so very much more. Girls feel empowered and their passage through the school is one paved, if not with gold, at least with opportunities, challenge and fun. There really is
