- This independent day and boarding school for girls, set in 45 acres on the Hampshire Downs, encourages its students to “feel the fear and do it anyway”.
- Etched above the front door is Caritas, humilitas, sinceritas, qualities inspired by St Swithun — the ninth-century Bishop of Winchester — to encourage students to be kind, quietly self-confident and honest.
- As a member of High Performance Learning’s world-class schools fellowship, St Swithun’s teaches girls to be risk-taking, enquiring, concerned for society and original, both inside and outside the classroom.
- Half of the 2024 A-level leavers achieved all As and above, and 10 per cent earned places at Cambridge or Oxford.
- Former pupils include the philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock and the broadcaster Fi Glover.
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