Alderley Edge School for Girls is an

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day school for girls in

Alderley Edge Alderley Edge is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. In 2011, it had a population of 4,780. Alderley Edge is northwest of Macclesfield and south of Manchester, at the base of a steep and thickly wooded sandstone escarpment, Alder ...

, Cheshire,

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. The school caters for pupils aged three to eighteen, providing both secondary and primary school education, as well as a nursery and sixth form. It is a member of the

Girls' Schools Association The Girls' Schools Association (GSA) is a professional association of the heads of independent girls' schools. It is a constituent member of the Independent Schools Council. History The GSA can trace its history back to the Association of Headm ...

(GSA) and is a registered Apple Distinguished School (ADS) and Apple Regional Training Centre.

History

The school was founded in 1999 from a merger of Mount Carmel and St Hilary's. The

Sisters of St Joseph The Sisters of St. Joseph, also known as the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, abbreviated CSJ or SSJ, is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women founded in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, in 1650. This congregation, named for ...

founded Mount Carmel School in 1945 and St Hilary's School was founded in 1876 and became part of the

Woodard Corporation Woodard Schools is a group of Anglican schools (both primary and secondary) affiliated to the Woodard Corporation (formerly the Society of St Nicolas) which has its origin in the work of Nathaniel Woodard, a Church of England priest in the Anglo- ...

in 1955. The school combines the Catholic traditions of the Order of St Joseph and the Anglican (Anglo-Catholic) heritage of the Woodard Corporation. Both religious traditions are taught and girls of all faiths are admitted.

References

External links

School website

GSA website
Independent schools in the Borough of Cheshire East Girls' schools in Cheshire Member schools of the Girls' Schools Association Educational institutions established in 1999 1999 establishments in England {{Cheshire-school-stub