Sherborne Girls A GSG School
- Sherborne Girls
Bradford Road
Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 3QN - Head: Dr Ruth Sullivan
- T 01935 818224
- E registrar@sherborne.com
- W www.sherborne.com
- An independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Read about the best schools in Dorset
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Dorset
- Pupils: 475; sixth formers: 182
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £34,470; Boarding £43,974 - £53,640 pa (last updated on 15/01/2025)
- Open days: We offer a mix of virtual and onsite Tour Mornings
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Learning skills (hard digital and softer collaboration and problem-solving) sit comfortably alongside a good range of subjects from modern – eg entrepreneurship – to ancient, eg Latin. Adventure and leadership and future-ready skills are listed among the core academic subjects: independent learning is promoted from the get-go. SG seems to be one of very few remaining national girls’ boarding schools, ‘But it wouldn’t suit really urban families who don’t like outdoor pursuits,’ in the view of one mother, or girls who…
What the school says...
We are proud to be one of the leading, full-boarding girls’ schools for all-round personal development and academic fulfilment. We aim to send out into the world girls of character, commitment and compassion who think creatively, choose wisely and have the courage to make a difference. Our unique collaboration with Sherborne School offers the best of both worlds; single-sex education alongside a wealth of joint opportunities. ...Read more
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Sports
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
Fencing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2018, Dr Ruth Sullivan BSc MSc PGCE PhD, formerly deputy master at Haileybury and a variety of teaching and pastoral posts at independent schools up and down the land (Queen’s Chester and Glenalmond among others) before that. Dr Sullivan grew up in London but escaped to the country – well, Sherborne anyway – for her sixth form years: yes, she now heads the school she attended. Fond memories of her sixth form years at Sherborne – ‘I just flew!’ – and clearly the magic has not worn off. ‘I love every aspect of the school,’ she told us. Some years after her geography degree from Edinburgh, Dr Sullivan returned to academia to do a doctorate in epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine but her self-confessed love of educating kids...
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Special Education Needs
The School focuses on quality first teaching by subject specialists who meet the individual needs of pupils. Where there is a need, the Learning Support department offers individual specialist learning support lessons. Roughly 5 per cent of pupils have ESL lessons and 12 per cent have mild SEN.
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broomwood Prep – Girls | 2024 | 3 | 1 | |
| Bryanston Prep | 2024 | 1 | Scholarships: 1 x academic | |
| Cargilfield School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Farleigh School | 2024 | 3 | ||
| Hazlegrove School | 2024 | 5 | 3 | 1 Academic, 2 Sports scholarships |
| Highfield and Brookham School | 2024 | 1 | ||
| King's College Prep School | 2024 | 2 | ||
| Port Regis | 2024 | 9 | 2 | Academic Scholarship(1); Music Scholarship(1); Sports Exhibition(1) |
| Sandroyd School | 2024 | 7 | 3 | Drama Exhibition; Drama Scholarship; Art Scholarship |
| Sherborne Preparatory School | 2024 | 8 | 2 | Academic Scholarship; Drama Scholarship |
| Thomas's Battersea | 2024 | 1 | ||
| Westbourne House School | 2024 | 1 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
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