Guildford High School

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location = Guildford, Surrey
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Guildford High School is an independent school not far from Guildford High Street, on London Road in Guildford. It is an all girls school and has a good reputation throughout Surrey. Its partner school is the Royal Grammar School. It houses a Junior and Senior school, and a sixth-form college. It has about 930 pupils and the school regularly performs well in the School League Tables, making them academically one of the best Girls' Schools in the country. The "Good Schools Guide" called the school "A superb school for very bright, confident girls and with room for all personality typee," adding that is is "Aiming for excellence in all things, [and] is a top class act from start to finish." [http://goodschoolsguide.co.uk/school/guildford-high-school.html]

Campus

Recently, the school has built a new sports centre, including a swimming pool and gym. There are a wide range of sports which can now be undertaken at this sports centre, which contains a sports hall, swimming pool, fitness room and social centre.

The main buildings are: The Senior School, which has 21 classrooms, a main hall and a smaller, activities hall, a canteen (shared with the Junior School), a library, 3 computer rooms, a staff room, several cloakrooms, many laboratories, music rooms, a music techonology room, 2 art rooms, 3 technology rooms (Textiles, Food technology and Resistant Materials), 2 Drama studios, an entrance hall, staff offices. Tragically, the school shop recently closed due to the retirement of the PE teacher who also managed the shop.

Morton House, which contains the sixth-form common room and extra language rooms, including a newly installed 'Language Lab'.

The Junior School, with classrooms, art room, library, music room, science lab, assembly hall and computer room.

The entrance examination mainly consists of English (Essay Writing and Understanding), Mathematics and Interview. For pupils taking part in 13+ and 16+ they will also take a French paper.

Nightingale Road, with extra sixth form teaching rooms, has a conservatory and garden with an adventure playground.

Sports Centre, including indoor swimming pool, canteen and indoor and outdoor netball and tennis courts.Also indoor badminton courts.

Headmistress : Fiona Boulton MA

Notable Alumnae

*Pamela Cooper, socialite

Governors

*Abigail Davison-Jenkins
*Rosie Samuel

External links

* [http://www.guildfordhigh.surrey.sch.uk/ School Website]
* [http://goodschoolsguide.co.uk/school/guildford-high-school.html Profile at the Good Schools Guide]