Private Girls, Boys and Mixed Schools in UK

Thomas Wolsey's Outreach Project was started in the summer of 2000 to support the successful inclusion of children with difficulties into mainstream schools. All the staff at Thomas Wolsey School make an ongoing commitment to working with children with complex physical and educational needs and are skilled in providing a rich educational setting in which everyone can learn together.

It is our aim:

• To teach the skills and knowledge to develop the understanding each pupil/student needs to play a full part in their local community and the wider world.
• To develop confident, happy pupils and students who can make their own decisions, contribute to their own development and make choices about their own lifestyles.
• To teach each pupil/student to respect life and recognise the needs of other people as well as their own.
• To provide a broad and balanced curriculum designed to seek the highest possible achievements for all pupils/students.

Norwich High School stands in spacious grounds close to the city centre. Excellent academic results are achieved within a caring community. A wide range of subjects is available, currently 23 at A level and 21 at GCSE. There is before and after school provision. Bursaries and scholarships are available.

We provide a broad and balanced education which enables girls to achieve their academic, personal and social potential within an intellectually stimulating, caring and secure environment. Our academic results are excellent and all students go on to university. We place particular emphasis on enterprise, leadership and the international dimension, having Mandarin as our core language.

Heathfield has modern specialist facilities for ICT, Music, Drama, Careers and Science, as well as a Sports Hall and indoor pool. We offer a wide range of extra-curricular activities from Young Enterprise to The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. A high priority is placed on pastoral care and our small size ensures a happy family atmosphere.

Fairmead School is committed to its success as a whole and to the well being and highest achievement possible for each individual pupil. We want the pupils to enjoy their time here. The school seeks to promote a happy and purposeful teaching and learning environment in which students and teachers work closely together.

Parents are welcome to visit at any time please telephone to arrange a mutually agreeable time.

Fax: 01935 410552
Email: office@fairmead.somerset.sch.uk

Web: www.fairmead.somerset.sch.uk

We have recently been awarded Beacon School Status.

Fax: 01937 541471
E-mail: info@stjohns.org.uk

Web: www.stjohns.org.uk

Handcross Park has a proud tradition of excellent education and family based principles. We promote independence, but also encourage children to co-operate as members of a larger community, laying the foundations for a successful and fulfilled life. Each child is allocated a personal tutor who oversees their pastoral, social and academic development.

The facilities at Handcross Park are outstanding providing the children with everything they require for a broad and challenging range of opportunities both in and out of the classroom. With a vibrant Music Department, inspiring Art Studio, excellent sports coaching and facilities and well-equipped Science, IT and Design Technology Rooms, pupils are offered the best opportunities to foster and showcase their talents.

Serving both the local and international communities, our staff are dedicated to recognising and developing the spark of genius in every child and helping them to reach their full potential.

To arrange a visit or for further information, please contact the Admissions office.

Email: admissions@wpis.org

Web: www.wpis.org

The GDST is the leading provider of independent education in the UK with nearly 20,000 girls in its 25 schools, offering an outstanding educational experience from age 3 or 4 to 18.

Sutton High School is a vibrant and friendly community situated on an attractive, green site near the heart of Sutton embracing modern and sympathetically refurbished buildings with specialist laboratories, workshops, and computer suites.

Girls are tested for entry at 4+, 11+ and 16+ although we always try to find a space for a bright girl who applies at other times. Scholarships and bursaries are available for applicants to the Senior School.

Fax: (020) 8642 2014
Email: office@sut.gdst.net

Web: www.gdst.net/suttonhigh/

Shrewsbury High School is situated in Shropshire's historic county town. Opened in 1885 it remains, to this day, one of the county's top performing schools. The school occupies a magnificent building beside the River Severn. There has been considerable investment in the building and there are now impressive facilities for sports, music and science. Alongside an enviable academic record, pupils are encouraged to pursue their natural abilities and interests in a relaxed, happy atmosphere.

Fax: (01743) 364942
Email: Enquiries@shr.gdst.net

Web: www.gdst.net/shrewsburyhigh

Situated in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne, Central Newcastle High School is one of the country's leading day schools for girls. Central High is committed to using its strong traditions of academic excellence and sound moral values to offer the girls of today the opportunity to grow into the strong and independent women of tomorrow.

The School's ethos encourages curiosity, independence and enthusiasm as well as a lifelong love of learning. It offers girls age 3 - 18 the opportunity to develop and mature in an environment that focuses on their individual needs. The academic standards are high and there is a vibrant and happy atmosphere that permeates the whole School. Pastoral care is a priority as the School helps to guide girls through all their stages of development.

Fax: (0191) 2816192
Email: cnhs@cnw.gdst.net

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The classes are small and every child has half an hour daily of individual tuition. Our staff are a highly dedicated team of specialists who in addition to catering for the educational needs of the dyslexic child, also aim to meet emotional and social needs by providing a friendly environment.

As well as emphasis on numeracy and literacy and most other aspects of the National Curriculum we also encourage development in creative, imaginative or sporting abilities.

Please contact us for more information on how the Unicorn School teaches those with dyslexia.

Each child is treated as an individual and encouraged to make the most of their special interests and talents, and to develop self discipline. Above all our ethos is that children should find learning an exciting enjoyable experience!

We offer part-time and full time education for children from 6 months to 5 years+, for 51 weeks of the year. We also run hugely enjoyable themed workshops through out the holidays and half terms. Children attend small groups and siblings up to seven may join us.

Please contact us for a prospectus.

Email: ask@draytonhouse.co.uk

Maple Hayes has the reputation of being a caring and friendly school which prides itself on its purposeful, structured, and well-disciplined environment where teachers know the individual, encouraging pupils to take pride in all they do and the results they achieve, at whatever level of their ability. Small classes ensure maximum individual attention. Experienced, well-qualified and specially trained staff assist the Principal and Headmaster in teaching the usual school subjects in a well balanced curriculum.

Please telephone to make an appointment.

Web: www.dyslexia.gb.com

Our Individual Tuition Unit provides strong support for pupils with special educational needs and we have many years' experience in helping with dyslexia, dyspraxia, aspergers, Specific Learning Difficulties and Communication Difficulties.

Web: www.neweccleshall.com

The school has a “work hard, play hard’ ethos and the excellent academic results are mirrored in outstanding success in sport. The sports facilities include a floodlit Astroturf hockey pitch, three floodlit netball courts, an indoor swimming pool, a sports hall and dance studio.

The arts are very strong in the school, there is a long tradition of exceptional music; there are three choirs, several orchestras and numerous ensemble groups, and the drama department stages regular performances.

Entry is through the school's own entrance tests, and the normal points of entry are at age three, four, seven, eleven and sixteen. Occasional places do sometimes arise in other years.

The ethos of Streatham & Clapham High School is that bright local girls should receive a first-class education, which is forward-looking, challenging and all-round, and the school draws pupils from a wide area of South London to its green-field site close to Tooting Bec Common. Facilities are impressive, pastoral support is very strong, a wide-range of extra-curricular activities is offered, and academic results are outstanding.

Senior Department and Sixth Form
42 Abbotswood Road, London SW16 1AW
Tel: 020 8677 8400
Fax: 020 8677 2001
Email: enquiry@shc.gdst.net

Junior Department and Nursery
Wavertree Road, London SW2 3SR
Tel: 020 8674 6912
Fax: 020 8674 0175
Email: enquiry@shj.gdst.net

We aim to prepare each girl to move forward, confident that she has acquired the skills and knowledge to follow her chosen path, and meet the challenges facing her in the future. Our team of dedicated, hard-working staff and intelligent, well-motivated pupils fosters leadership, teamwork, flexibility and reliability, together with academic excellence, always striving to nurture the talents of the individual, and remembering that school days are also a time for fun and friendship.

Fax: (0115) 9240757
Email: enquiries@not.gdst.net

Top Independent Girls’ School in Bromley, Kent.

Bromley High School provides first class education for girls from the ages of 4 to 18 which will equip them for life academically, socially, physically and artistically. We encourage the development of the talents of each individual within our school. Academic success is high and we have an excellent record of success at GCSE and A Level with girls regularly achieving places at Oxford and Cambridge. We pride ourselves on the quality and strength of our pastoral care. Bromley High School offers a wide range of extra curricular activities, with art, music, dance, sport and drama being particularly strong. Because you want the best for your daughter.

We believe that developing independent aspiration is the key to unlocking the power that motivation gives us all. We encourage students to think for themselves and to discover the excitement which intellectual curiosity brings. This is why we give students the choice between A Levels and the International Baccalaureate Diploma in our successful Sixth Form College which opened in September 2008. We also offer various boarding options. Visit our website for information.

Fax: (01225) 465446
Email: royalhigh@bat.gdst.net

With an unlimited catchment area, extended opening hours, competitive fees and all year nursery provision including holiday schemes for all ages.

For an appointment to visit our school please call the above number. You are always welcome to visit whatever age your child and whatever their experiences.