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day school for girls from ages 4 – 18 in

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History

Shrewsbury High School opened as a day school for girls in 1885. In 1893 the rising star Ethel Gavin took over as head. The school had outgrown its site and it moved to its present location on the banks of the

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in central Shrewsbury in 1895. Gavin moved on to another headship in 1897. The junior department transferred to Kennedy Road in 1959. In 2008 a new prep school was formed by the merger of the existing junior department with Kingsland Grange, a boys’ prep school. The Junior Department has now moved to the historic Town Walls campus as an all-through all-girls school from 4-18. The Senior Department is located on Town Walls, by the banks of the River Severn.

Notable former pupils

* Lois Baxter, actress * Mary Beard, classicist * Alice Bunn, Director of

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* Hilda Murrell, naturalist

Notes and references

External links

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{{authority control Girls' schools in Shropshire Schools in Shrewsbury Schools of the Girls' Day School Trust Member schools of the Girls' Schools Association Private schools in Shropshire Educational institutions established in 1885 1885 establishments in England