List Of Girls' Schools In The United Kingdom
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This is a list of, in the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies, and British Overseas Territories, schools that only admit girls, or those that only admit girls at certain levels, years, or grades—or those that follow the
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; Bedfordshire * Bedford Girls' School ** Bedford High School, Bedfordshire and
Dame Alice Harpur School Dame Alice Harpur School (also known as DAHS), known from 1882 until 1946 as Bedford Girls' Modern School, was a private girls school in Bedford, England, for girls aged 7–18. In September 2010 the junior department of the school merged with t ...
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Challney High School for Girls Challney High School for Girls is a comprehensive secondary school for girls, located in the Challney area of Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The school is situated next to Challney High School for Boys and the M1 motorway. The school educates g ...
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The Abbey School, Reading The Abbey School is a private selective day school for girls, in Reading, Berkshire, England. Overview The Abbey School provides education for girls aged 3 to 18 years. The school is based in the centre of Reading, on Kendrick Road. The curren ...
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Downe House School Downe House School is a private girls' boarding and day school in Cold Ash near Newbury, Berkshire, for girls aged 11–18. Entrance is selective, and the school has an enrollment of 559. The '' Good Schools Guide'' described Downe House ...
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Cold Ash Cold Ash is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire centred from Thatcham and northeast of Newbury. Geography The village of Cold Ash is situated at about above sea level, along the top of a ridge, marked by Hermitage Road and The Ridg ...
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Heathfield School, Ascot Heathfield School is a girls' independent boarding and day school in Ascot, Berkshire, England. In 2006, the school absorbed St Mary's School, Wantage and was briefly named Heathfield St Mary's School but reverted to Heathfield School in 2009 ...
* The Marist Schools *
Queen Anne's School Queen Anne's School is a private boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18, situated in the suburb of Caversham just north of the River Thames and Reading town centre and occupying a campus. There are around 450 pupils. Nearly half are ...
* St Gabriel's School (coed junior school, girls only from ages 12-18) *
St George's School, Ascot St George's School, Ascot is an independent girls' boarding and day school in Ascot, Berkshire, England. It was founded as a boys' school but later became a girls' school. History The school was founded in 1877 as a boys' preparatory school. ...
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St Mary's School Ascot St Mary's School Ascot is a Roman Catholic independent day and boarding school for girls in Ascot, Berkshire, England.2011 ISI InspectioReport/ref> It is a member of the Girls' Schools Association. It was named 2015 " Public School of the Yea ...
* Windsor Girls' School ; Bristol *
Badminton School Badminton School is a private boarding and day school for girls aged 4 to 18 years situated in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England. Named after Badminton House in Clifton, Bristol, where it was founded, the school has been located at its curren ...
* Montpelier High School * Redmaids' High School **
Redland High School for Girls Redland High School for Girls was a selective and independent, non-denominational girls' school in the suburb of Redland, Bristol, England. The school merged with the Red Maids' School in May 2016, with the new merged school named Redmaids' H ...
and The Red Maids' School merged into Redmaids' High ; Buckinghamshire * Dr Challoner's High School * Pipers Corner School *
Wycombe Abbey Wycombe Abbey is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private girls' boarding and day school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The school was founded in 1896 by Dame Frances Dove (1847–1942), who was previously headmistress of ...
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St Mary's School, Cambridge St Mary's School, Cambridge, England, is a private school run in the Catholic tradition, offering day and boarding provision for girls aged three to eighteen. The school occupies three sites within walking distance of each other, and Cambridge ci ...
; Cheshire *
Alderley Edge School for Girls Alderley Edge School for Girls is an independent day school for girls in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England. The school caters for pupils aged three to eighteen, providing both secondary and primary school education, as well as a nursery and sixt ...
* Queen's School, Chester ; Cornwall *
Truro High School Truro High School for Girls is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day and boarding school for girls in Truro, Cornwall. The school consists of a girls-only prep school, senior school and sixth form. It is a member of the Girls' Sc ...
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Durham High School for Girls Durham High School is a single-sex independent day school for girls aged 3 to 18 years old in Durham, United Kingdom. History and current status The school was founded in 1884 and has occupied various sites during its history. It now has pr ...
; Devon * Devonport High School for Girls *
The Maynard School The Maynard School is a private selective day school for girls aged 4–18 in the city of Exeter in Devon. Founded in 1658, the school is the second oldest girls' school in the country, only predated by the Redmaids' High School in Bristol (1 ...
* Torquay Girls' Grammar School ; Dorset *
Sherborne School for Girls Sherborne Girls, formally known as Sherborne School for Girls, is an independent day and boarding school for girls, located in Sherborne, North Dorset, England. There were 485 pupils attending in 2019–2020, with more than 90 per cent of them ...
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Talbot Heath School Talbot Heath School is a selective, private day and boarding school for girls aged 2–18 located in Talbot Woods, Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The school was founded as Bournemouth High School in 1886 by founding headmistress Mary Broad. Ta ...
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Newland School for Girls Newland School For Girls is a secondary school for girls aged 11– 16, situated in the Newland, Kingston upon Hull, Newland area of Kingston upon Hull, England. History Newland School was founded in 1907 to meet the growing demand for girls' ...
; East Sussex * Brighton Girls * Mayfield School, Mayfield (formerly St Leonards-Mayfield School) *
Roedean School Roedean () is a private boarding school governed by royal charter on the outskirts of Brighton, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1885 by three sisters to educate wealthy daughters and heiresses of aristocracy and industrial elites of the 19t ...
; Essex *
Chelmsford County High School for Girls Chelmsford County High School for Girls or "CCHS", is a selective grammar school for girls aged 11–18 located in Chelmsford, Essex, England. Entrance to the school is by an academic selection test. CCHS is traditionally rated among the most co ...
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Colchester County High School for Girls Colchester County High School for Girls is a selective girls' grammar school with Academy (English school), academy status in Colchester, Essex. The school consistently scores highly in the league tables for the UK. It was joint first in the cou ...
(Grammar - entry by 11+) * Southend High School for Girls (Grammar - entry by 11+) *
Westcliff High School for Girls Westcliff High School for Girls, also known by its initialism WHSG, is a selective grammar school and academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name tra ...
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New Hall School New Hall School is a Catholic co-educational private boarding and day school in the village of Boreham near Chelmsford, Essex, England. It was founded in 1642 in the Low Countries, now Belgium, by sisters of the Catholic order Canonesses of ...
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St Mary's School, Colchester St Mary's School is a private day school for girls in Colchester, Essex, England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers ...
; Gloucestershire *
Cheltenham Ladies' College Cheltenham Ladies' College (CLC) is a private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding and day school for girls aged 11 or older in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The school was established in 1853 to provide "a sound academic edu ...
* Denmark Road High School * Ribston Hall High School * Stroud High School ; Greater London *
James Allen's Girls' School James Allen's Girls' School, abbreviated JAGS, is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school situated in Dulwich, South London, England. Founded in 1741, it is the second oldest girls’ independent school in Great Britain, with ...
* Ayesha Siddiqa Girls School *
Blackheath High School Blackheath High School is a private day school for girls in Blackheath Village in southeast London, England. It was founded in 1880 as part of the Girls' Day School Trust; the Senior School occupied a purpose-built site in Wemyss Road for ov ...
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Bromley High School Bromley High School is a girls' private day school located in Bickley, Greater London, part of the Girls' Day School Trust. Originally located in the middle of Bromley, in 1981 it relocated to occupy new buildings set in of grounds and playing ...
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Camden School for Girls The Camden School for Girls (CSG) is a comprehensive secondary school for girls, with a co-educational sixth form, in the London Borough of Camden in north London. It has about one thousand students of ages eleven to eighteen, and specialis ...
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Channing School Channing School is an independent day school for girls at Highgate Hill in Highgate, North London. Channing School is a member of the Girls' Schools Association. The junior school is for pupils aged four to twelve and includes the Early Years ...
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Chislehurst School for Girls Chislehurst School for Girls is a secondary school in Chislehurst, in outer South East London, England. It caters for girls in academic years 7-11 and offers a co-educational sixth form education. History Chilslehurst school was founded in 18 ...
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City of London School for Girls The City of London School for Girls (CLSG) is a private school adjacent to the Barbican Centre, part of the Barbican Estate, in the City of London. It is the partner school of the all-boys City of London School and the City of London Freemen's ...
* Connaught School for Girls * Croydon High School *
Eltham Hill School Eltham Hill School is a comprehensive secondary school for girls, and a mixed sixth form. It is located in the Eltham area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England. History Grammar school The school was founded as Eltham Hill Gram ...
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Francis Holland School Francis Holland School is the name of three separate private day schools for girls in central London, England, governed by the Francis Holland (Church of England) Schools Trust. The schools are located at Clarence Gate (near Regent's Park ...
* Glendower Preparatory School *
Godolphin and Latymer School The Godolphin and Latymer School is a private day school for girls in Hammersmith, West London. The school motto is an ancient Cornish phrase, ''Francha Leale Toge'', which translates as "free and loyal art thou". The school crest includes a ...
* Grey Coat Hospital School * Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich *
Henrietta Barnett School The Henrietta Barnett School is a grammar school with academy status for girls, in Hampstead Garden Suburb in London. The '' Good Schools Guide'' called the school 'One of the best academic state schools in the country, providing a gentle, ins ...
* Hornsey School for Girls * La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School * Lady Eleanor Holles School * The Laurels School * Madani Girls' School *
Marymount International School London Marymount International School or Marymount London is a selective private day and boarding school for girls in Kingston, London. It was founded by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary in 1955 to educate the children of overseas business, ...
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Mulberry School for Girls Mulberry School for Girls (known up to 1986 as Tower Hamlets School for Girls) is a secondary school, secondary comprehensive school and sixth form for girls located in the Shadwell area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. Approxima ...
* Newstead Wood School *
North London Collegiate School North London Collegiate School (NLCS) is a private day school for girls in England. Founded in Camden Town, it is now located in Edgware, in the London Borough of Harrow. Associate schools are located in South Korea, Jeju Island, Dubai, Vietnam ...
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Northwood College Northwood College for Girls is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school for girls aged 3 to 18. The school was founded in 1870 and is located in Northwood, London, Northwood, London, England. History Northwood College for ...
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Notting Hill and Ealing High School Notting Hill and Ealing High School is a private day school for girls aged 4–18 in Ealing, London. Founded in 1873, it is one of the 26 schools that make up the Girls' Day School Trust. It has a junior department of 310 girls (ages 4–11) an ...
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Old Palace School The Old Palace of John Whitgift School is a selective independent school for girls in Croydon, London. It was founded in 1889, and is scheduled to close in 2025. It is based in the Croydon Palace, Old Palace in Old Town, Croydon, Old Town, a Gra ...
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Palmers Green High School Palmers Green High School is a private girls' day school located in Hoppers Road, Palmers Green, North London. It consists of three divisions: Preparatory (Reception-Year 2), Junior School (Years 3-6) and the Senior School (Year 7-11). It does ...
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Putney High School Putney High School, GDST is an independent girls' day school in Putney, London. Often referred to as simply Putney, the school admits students from the ages 4–18. Founded in 1893 it is a member of the Girls' Day School Trust, a union of 26 ...
* Queen Elizabeth's School for Girls *
Queen's College, London Queen's College is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school for girls aged 11–18 with an adjoining prep school for girls aged 4–11 located in the City of Westminster, London. It was founded in 1848 by theologian and social ...
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Queen's Gate School Queen's Gate School is a private day school for girls aged 4–18 in Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London, England. The '' Good Schools Guide'' described it as a "Charming popular school, with a mixed intake, which does jolly well by its gi ...
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South Hampstead High School South Hampstead High School is a private day school in Hampstead, north-west London, England, which was founded by the Girls' Day School Trust (GDST). It is for girls aged 4–18 with selective entry at ages 4+, 7+, 11+ and 16+ (Sixth Form). ...
* St Catherine's School, Twickenham *
St Helen's School St Helen's School London is a private day school for girls aged three to eighteen in Northwood, North West London. It is associated with the Merchant Taylors' Company and works in close collaboration with the local Merchant Taylors' School in a ...
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St James Independent Schools St James Independent Schools are three fee-paying schools in England for children aged 2 to 18. The Nursery, Preparatory and Senior Girls' Schools are in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and the Senior Boys' School in Ashford, Sur ...
Senior Girls School * St Margaret's School Hampstead * St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls *
St Paul's Girls' School St Paul's Girls' School is a private day school for girls, aged 11 to 18, located in Brook Green, Hammersmith, in west London, England. The school is included in The Schools Index as one of the world's 150 best private schools and among top ...
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Streatham and Clapham High School Streatham ( ) is a district in south London, England. Centred south of Charing Cross, it lies mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, with some parts extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth. Streatham was in Surrey ...
* Surbiton High School (coeducational ages 4-11, and girls until 18) * Sutton High School, London *
Sydenham High School Sydenham High School is a private day school for 4- to 18-year-old girls located in London, England. Sydenham High School was founded by the Girls’ Public Day School Trust in 1887. Since then, the original school roll of 20 pupils has grown ...
* Tayyibah Girls' School * Tiffin Girls' School *
Tolworth Girls' School Tolworth Girls' School is a secondary school and sixth form for girls aged 11–20 in Surbiton, London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames. The school currently has 1035 girls on roll and just under 290 students in the mixed ...
* Ursuline Preparatory School * Waldegrave School * Walthamstow School for Girls * The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls *
Wimbledon High School Wimbledon High School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private girls' day school in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, South West (London sub region), South West London. It is a Girls' Day School Trust school and is a member of the Girls' ...
; Greater Manchester * Altrincham Grammar School for Girls *
Bolton School Bolton School is a private day school in Bolton, Greater Manchester. It comprises a co-educational nursery (ages 0–4), co-educational infant school (ages 3–7), single sex junior schools (ages 7–11) and single sex senior schools including ...
Single Sex Junior, Senior, and Sixth Form schools * Bolton Muslim Girls' School *
Bury Grammar School Bury Grammar School is a 3–18 private day school for boys in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, that has existed since c.1570. It is now part of a group of schools for preschool, junior, senior and sixth form studies. Since 2017, when Bu ...
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Fairfield High School for Girls Fairfield High School for Girls, is an all-girls' secondary academy in Droylsden, Greater Manchester, England. Admissions There are around 950 girls and over 50 teachers. The current Headteacher, in post since September 2024, is Fee Lealman. ...
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Flixton Girls' School Flixton Girls' School (formerly Flixton Girls' High School) is a secondary school with academy status, located in the Flixton area of the borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The school first opened in 1933 and converted to acad ...
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Manchester High School for Girls Manchester High School for Girls is an English Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school for girls and a member of the Girls School Association. It is situated in Fallowfield, Manchester. The head mistress is Helen Jeys who took ...
* Whalley Range High School *
Withington Girls' School Withington Girls' School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school in Fallowfield, Manchester, United Kingdom, providing education for girls between the ages of seven and eighteen. Withington is a member of the Girls' School ...
; Hampshire * Farnborough Hill * Portsmouth High School, Southsea * St Nicholas' School, Hampshire *
St Swithun's School, Winchester St Swithun's School is an independent day, weekly and full-boarding school for girls in Winchester, Hampshire. It is named after Saint Swithun, a Bishop of Winchester and patron saint of Winchester Cathedral. History St Swithun's was founded ...
; Hertfordshire *
Abbot's Hill School Abbot's Hill School is an independent day school for girls aged 4–16 years and a day nursery and pre-school for girls and boys from 6 months in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain ...
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Berkhamsted School Berkhamsted School is a private day school (known in the UK as a public school), in the market town of Berkhamsted, in Hertfordshire, England. The present school was formed in 1997 by the amalgamation of the original Berkhamsted School, founded ...
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Haberdashers' Girls' School Haberdashers' Girls' School is a private day school in Elstree, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as "Habs" (or "Habs Girls" to distinguish it from the neighbouring Haberdashers' Boys' School). The school was founded in 1875 by the Worshipf ...
(formerly Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls) * Hitchin Girls' School * Queenswood School *
The Royal Masonic School for Girls The Royal Masonic School for Girls (RMS) is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private school in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, with day and boarding school, boarding pupils. The school was instituted in 1788, with the aim of car ...
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St Albans High School for Girls St Albans High School for Girls is a selective, Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school for girls aged 4 – 18 years, which is affiliated to the Church of England and takes girls regardless of their faith or lack of faith. Th ...
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St Albans Girls' School St Albans Girls' School, usually referred to as STAGS, is a girls' secondary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire. It was formerly known as "St Albans Girls' Grammar School." It is one of three schools for girls in St Albans, the others being Lore ...
* St Francis' College, Letchworth * St Margaret's School, Bushey *
Watford Grammar School for Girls Watford Grammar School for Girls (commonly abbreviated WGGS) is an academy for girls in Watford in Hertfordshire, UK. Despite its name, it is only a partially selective school, with 25% of entrants admitted on academic ability and 10% on music ...
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Benenden School Benenden School is a private boarding school for girls in Kent, England, in Hemsted Park at Benenden, between Cranbrook and Tenterden. Benenden has a boarding population of over 550 girls aged 11 to 18, as well as a limited number of day s ...
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Cobham Hall School Cobham Hall School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day and boarding school in the English parish of Cobham, Kent, for girls only in Years 7 to 11 and co-educational in the Sixth Form . It is a Round Square (educational organis ...
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Dartford Grammar School for Girls Dartford Grammar School for Girls is a grammar school for girls in Dartford, Kent, England. Formerly known as Dartford County School, the school opened in 1904. It is the sister school of Dartford Grammar School for Boys. History Early histo ...
* Kent College, Pembury * Maidstone Grammar School for Girls * Walthamstow Hall *
Wilmington Grammar School for Girls Wilmington Grammar School for Girls (WGSG), previously known as the Grammar School for Girls Wilmington, is a grammar school with academy status in Wilmington, Kent, England. The uniform consists of maroon blazers, maroon jumpers and skirts/b ...
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Lancaster Girls' Grammar School Lancaster Girls' Grammar School (LGGS) is a selective state grammar school with academy status for girls on ''Regent Street'' in Lancaster, England. It was established in 1907. About LGGS LGGS gained Technology College status in 1995, and ...
* Penwortham Girls' High School *
Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School and Sixth Form College (TIGHS) is a secondary school for girls in Beardwood, Blackburn, England.
; Leicestershire * Leicester High School for Girls *
Loughborough High School Loughborough High School is an independent school for girls in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It is one of five independent schools known collectively as the Loughborough Schools Foundation (LSF), Loughborough Grammar School for boys, ...
* Loughborough Amherst School (formerly Our Lady's Convent School) - Coed ages 4-11 then girls only until 18 ; Lincolnshire * Boston High School *
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School (KGGS) is a grammar school with academy status for girls in Grantham, Lincolnshire, established in 1910. It has over 1000 pupils ranging from ages 11 to 18, and has its own sixth form. History KGGS was fou ...
* Spalding High School * Stamford High School ; Merseyside * Birkenhead High School Academy ( Wirral) * Greenbank High School *
Merchant Taylors' Girls' School Merchant Taylors' Girls' School is a selective private girls' school in Great Crosby, Merseyside, England. History Merchant Taylors' Girls' School was established in 1888, having inherited the buildings from the boys' school that had moved ...
; North Yorkshire *
Harrogate Ladies' College Harrogate Ladies' College is a private boarding and day school located in the town of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. Founded as a girls' senior school in 1893, the college includes Highfield Prep School and educates girls from ages 2 to 1 ...
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The Mount School, York The Mount School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom , private Quaker day and boarding school for girls ages 3–18, and a co-ed Junior School, located in York, York, England. The school was founded in 1785, and the current Head is Anna W ...
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Queen Margaret's School, York Established in 1901, Queen Margaret's (QM) is an independent Boarding school, boarding and day school for girls aged 11–18 set in 75 acres of parkland, six miles south of York. History Queen Margaret's was established in 1901 in Scarborough, ...
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Queen Mary's School Queen Mary's School is a private day and boarding school for girls in Baldersby Park near Topcliffe, between Ripon and Thirsk in North Yorkshire, England. Established in 1921, the school is set on of landscaped grounds and houses approximate ...
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Skipton Girls' High School Skipton Girls' High School, founded in 1886 by the Petyt Trust, is an all-girls selective grammar school situated in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. The school is a founding member of Northern Star Academies Trust, and leads Northern Lights ...
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Northampton High School, England Northampton High School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school for girls in Hardingstone, Northampton, England and is part of the Girls' Day School Trust Location The school is about from Northampton town centre along ...
* Southfield School ; Norfolk *
Norwich High School for Girls Norwich High School for Girls is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school for girls aged 3 to 18 in Norwich, United Kingdom, Norwich, England. The school was founded in 1875 by the Girls' Public Day School Company, Girls’ Pu ...
; Nottinghamshire * Nottingham Girls' High School ; Oxfordshire * Cranford House School *
Headington School Headington School is an independent girls' school in Headington, Oxford, England, founded by a group of evangelical Christians in 1915. In 2024, it merged with Rye St Antony School to form Headington Rye Oxford. History Headington School was ...
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Oxford High School, England Oxford High School is a private day school for girls in Oxford, England. It was founded by the Girls' Day School Trust in 1875, making it the city's oldest girls' school. History Oxford High School was opened on 3 November 1875, with twenty ...
* Rye St Antony School *
St Helen and St Katharine St. Helen and St. Katharine is a private girls' day school in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. History St. Helen's School, Abingdon was founded in 1903 by the Community of St Mary the Virgin to provide a Christian education for girls. In 1938, St He ...
* Tudor Hall School, Banbury ; Shropshire * Adcote School *
Moreton Hall School Moreton Hall is a private boarding and day school for girls aged 6 months to 18 and boys aged 6 months to 11, situated in North Shropshire four miles from the market town of Oswestry. Founded in 1913, Moreton Hall celebrated its centenary in 2 ...
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Shrewsbury High School, Shropshire Shrewsbury High School is a private day school for girls from ages 4 – 18 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It is an original member school of the Girls' Day School Trust. History Shrewsbury High School opened as a day school for girls in ...
(coed from ages 3-13 and girls only ages 13-18) ; Somerset * Bruton School for Girls *
Royal High School, Bath Royal High School Bath is a private day and boarding school for girls located in Bath, Somerset, England. Established in 1998 from the merger of two older schools, the Royal School (founded in 1864) and Bath High School (founded in 1875), it e ...
; South Yorkshire * Sheffield High School, South Yorkshire ; Surrey * Limpsfield Grange School * Manor House School, Little Bookham *
Notre Dame School, Surrey Notre Dame School is an Independent schools, independent Catholic girls day school located in Cobham, Surrey, Cobham, Surrey, England. The school includes both a Preparatory school (UK), preparatory school and a senior school. History Notre D ...
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Prior's Field School Prior's Field is an independent girls' boarding and day school in Guildford, Surrey in the south-east of England. Founded in 1902 by Julia Huxley, it stands in 42 acres of parkland, 34 miles south-west of London and adjacent to the A3 road, whi ...
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Rosebery School Rosebery School is an all-girls school located in Epsom, Surrey. It consists of a lower school for those aged between 11 and 16, and a sixth form for those aged between 16 and 18. The school has academy status. It is situated close to the A24, ...
* Sir William Perkins's School *
St Catherine's School, Bramley St Catherine's School is an independent girls' boarding and day school in the village of Bramley, near Guildford, Surrey, England. The school is divided into a senior school, for ages 11–18, and a preparatory school for girls aged 3–11. ...
* St Teresa's School Effingham *
Tormead School Tormead School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school for girls aged 4–18 years old in Guildford, Surrey, England. It comprises a Reception (school), reception, Preparatory school (United Kingdom), prep school, senior ...
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Woldingham School Woldingham School is an Private schools in the United Kingdom, independent Boarding school, boarding and day school for girls, located in the former Marden Park of outside the village of Woldingham, Surrey, in South East England. It is a Roman ...
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Newcastle High School for Girls Newcastle High School for Girls is a private day school for girls aged 3–18 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The Junior School is at Sandyford Park and the Senior School is located in the neighbouring suburb of Jesmond. The school was formed ...
** Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School (merged into Newcastle High School for Girls) *
Westfield School, Newcastle upon Tyne Westfield School is a private day school for girls aged 3 to 19 in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is a Round Square school and a member of the Girls' Schools Association. History Westfield School was founded in 1960 by a group of pa ...
; Warwickshire * The King's High School for Girls * The Kingsley School (coed for preparatory school, girls only for senior school and sixth form) * Stratford Girls' Grammar School ; West Midlands * Birmingham ** Edgbaston High School ** Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy ** Hillcrest School, Birmingham ** Hodge Hill Girls' School **
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, also known as Camp Hill Girls, is a selective grammar school in Kings Heath, Birmingham, for students aged 11 to 18 (Year 7 to Year 13). It is one of the most academically successful schools in the Un ...
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King Edward VI High School for Girls King Edward VI High School for Girls (KEHS) is an all-girls public school (United Kingdom), public school located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. It was founded in 1883 and occupies the same site as, and is twinned with the King Edward's Scho ...
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King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls (formerly Turves Green Girls' School) is a secondary school located on Turves Green in the Northfield area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Previously a foundation school administered ...
** Kings Norton Girls' School ** Selly Park Girls' School ** St Paul's School for Girls ** Swanshurst School *
Wolverhampton Girls' High School Wolverhampton Girls' High School is a grammar school for girls in Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England. Overview Wolverhampton Girls' High School, founded in 1911, educates girls from the age of 11 to 18. There are 1178 girls enroll ...
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Burgess Hill Girls Burgess Hill Girls (previously named Burgess Hill School for Girls) is an independent, girls-only day and boarding school for girls aged between 2½ and 18 years (full boarding is offered from 11 years), founded in 1906 by Miss Beatrice Good ...
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Farlington School Farlington School is an independent day and boarding school for pupils aged four to eighteen in Horsham, West Sussex, England. Farlington was founded in 1896 originally as a girls' school in Haywards Heath but moved to its present site at Stroo ...
(has boys only at reception) ; West Yorkshire *
Bradford Girls' Grammar School Bradford Girls' Grammar School is a free school for girls aged 5 – 16 and boys aged 5 – 11. Founded in 1875, the school is on the outskirts of Bradford city centre in West Yorkshire, England. Recent public examination results put the schoo ...
(coed ages 5-11, girls only ages 11-18) *
Gateways School Harewood ( ) is a village, civil parish, former manor and ecclesiastical parish, in West Yorkshire, England, today in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 3,734. Etymology The name ...
(coed until age 11, girls only ages 11-18) *
Wakefield Girls' High School Wakefield Girls' High School (WGHS) is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private school in Wakefield, England, established in 1878 in Wentworth House. The initial enrolment of 59 pupils has since increased to 665. Community The school is ...
; Wiltshire *
Godolphin School Godolphin School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school, boarding and day school for girls in Salisbury, England, which was founded in 1726 and opened in 1784. The school educates girls between the ages of three an ...
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St Mary's School, Calne St Mary's School is a private day and boarding school in Calne, Wiltshire, England, for girls aged 11 to 18. The school is a registered charity. In 2023, the school's A Level results ranked third in the UK and joint second in the south-west of ...
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St Mary's School, Shaftesbury St Mary's School was a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private Roman Catholic day and boarding school for girls, founded in 1945 in a rural setting near Shaftesbury, England. The school had a sixth form and was a member of the Girls' Scho ...
; Worcestershire *
Malvern St James Malvern St James School is an independent school in Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England. Founded in 1893 as Malvern Girls' College, it was renamed Malvern St James following a merger in 2006 with St James's School in West Malvern. It continue ...
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RGS Dodderhill RGS Dodderhill is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private school on the outskirts of Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, England. Girls and Boys are educated from 2 to 11 years of age; most boys continue their education at RGS Worcester, and ...
* St Mary's School, Worcester


Former girls' schools in England

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Amberfield School Amberfield School was a small private school in Nacton, England, coeducational up to the age of 7 years, and for girls up to the age of 16 years, which was established in 1927 and closed in 2011 due to financial problems. The last headmistress w ...
(girls only for ages 7-16) * Bedgebury School (Girls only ages 7-18) closed. * Brigidine School, became Queensmead School Windsor, became coeducational, and closed * Cambridgeshire High School for Girls which became the
Long Road Sixth Form College Long Road Sixth Form College (LRSFC) is a state co-educational sixth form college in Cambridge, England. It is on Long Road, from which it draws its name, and is next to the Cambridge Bio-Medical Campus which encompasses Addenbrooke's Hospital ...
* Carlisle & County High School for Girls (now (
Richard Rose Central Academy Richard Rose Central Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status. It is located in Carlisle in the English county of Cumbria. History Grammar school The school traces its roots to Carlisle & County High School ...
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Casterton School Casterton School was an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 3 to 18 years in the village of Casterton, Cumbria, Casterton in rural Cumbria. In its final years it also admitted boys, up to the age of 11. The school ceased to exist ...
(became coeducational for a year and merged into
Sedbergh School Sedbergh School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school, boarding and day school, day school) in the town of Sedbergh in Cumbria, North West England. It comprise ...
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Clarendon School for Girls Clarendon School for Girls was a girls' independent boarding school, which began in 1898 in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. It moved three times: first to Kinmel Hall near Abergele in Denbighshire in 1948 and then to Haynes Park in Bedfords ...
(merged with
Monkton Combe School Monkton Combe School is a public school ( fee-charging boarding and day school), in the village of Monkton Combe near Bath in Somerset, England. History Monkton Combe School was founded in 1868 by the Revd. Francis Pocock, a former curate ...
) * Commonweal Lodge (Closed) * Derby High School, Derbyshire (previously girls' only for years 7-12 but will begin admitting boys for those years in 2019, making it fully coeducational) * Donnison School, Sunderland Closed) *
Downham School Downham School was a private boarding school for girls based at Down Hall, a Victorian country house near Hatfield Heath, Essex. The school was established in 1932. Eleanor Louisa Houison-Craufurd was the first principal from 1932 to 1950. The sc ...
* Droylsden School, Mathematics and Computing College for Girls, merged with Littlemoss High School to form
Droylsden Academy Droylsden Academy is a secondary school in Droylsden, Manchester. It opened in September 2009 on the site of the former Droylsden School, Mathematics and Computing College for Girls which it replaced. The former Littlemoss High School for Boys ...
* Heatherton House School (merged into
Berkhamsted School Berkhamsted School is a private day school (known in the UK as a public school), in the market town of Berkhamsted, in Hertfordshire, England. The present school was formed in 1997 by the amalgamation of the original Berkhamsted School, founded ...
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Heathfield School, Pinner Heathfield School was a private day school for girls in Pinner in the London Borough of Harrow. It merged with Northwood College in 2014 and the site was taken over by Pinner High School. History Heathfield was founded by Miss Gayford in 1900 ...
* Hethersett Old Hall School (closed in 2019) * Ipswich High School (Suffolk) - Became coeducational in 2018 * Leeds Girls' High School, merged with Leeds Grammar School into the Grammar School at Leeds * Leweston School, previously had a girls' only senior school, later became fully coeducational * Manchester Central High School for Girls, which merged into Manchester Academy (secondary school), Manchester Academy in 1967 * St Martha's Catholic School for Girls, became Mount House School, and as of 2018 is coeducational * The Peterborough School (fully coeducational since 2010) * Princess Helena College (became coeducational in 2019) * The Royal School, Hampstead * The Royal School, Haslemere (became a Diamond school in 2011) * St Dominic's Grammar School (became coeducational by 2018) * St Dominic's Priory School, Stone (now coeducational) * St Joseph's Convent School, Reading, which became coeducational and is now St Joseph's College, Reading * St Mary's School, Wantage * Stonar School (became coeducational) * Westholme School - Previously had a separate girls' junior school * Winchester County High School for Girls - Now The Westgate School, Winchester (coeducational) * Wykeham House School - had separate boys and girls schools - closed Teesside High School used the Diamond model for a period but no longer does.


Northern Ireland

* Belfast Model School for Girls * Hunterhouse College * St Genevieves High School


Scotland

* The Mary Erskine School, Edinburgh * St George's School, Edinburgh * St Margaret's School for Girls, Aberdeen Former girls' schools * Albyn School for Girls (became coeducational beginning in 2005) * Glasgow Industrial School for Girls * St Margaret's School, Edinburgh * Kilgraston School, Perth (closed in 2024) * Butterstone House School (merged with Kilgraston School in 2003) * St Leonards School (became coeducational beginning in 1999) * Hutchesons' Grammar School (had separate girls' school - became coeducational in 1976) * Notre Dame High School, Glasgow (became coeducational in 2019) * Park School for Girls, Glasgow (closed in 1996)


Wales

* Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls * Howell's School, Llandaff ; Former schools *Aberdare Girls' School *Cowbridge Girls School *Howell's School, Denbigh. Now Middleton College International School *St.Brigid's School, Denbigh. Now a co-educational state school *Lowther College, Flint *Kent College, North Wales


Crown Dependencies

; Guernsey * Ladies' College, Guernsey ; Jersey * Beaulieu Convent School (co-educational sixth form) * Jersey College for Girls


British Overseas Territories

; Bermuda * Bermuda High School ; Gibraltar * Formerly for girls only: Westside School, Gibraltar (now coeducational)


See also

* Girls' Schools Association * Girls' Day School Trust * List of boys' schools in the United Kingdom * List of girls' schools in Hong Kong (Hong Kong was formerly a territory of the UK)


References

{{Female education Lists of schools in the United Kingdom, Girls Girls' schools in the United Kingdom, * Lists of girls' schools, United Kingdom