The Abbey

Independent

National rank

61

62

Rank last year

87.4%

A-level

A-level

A*-B

89.1%

GCSE

GCSE

A*/A/9/8/7

Need to know

Head teacher

Will le Fleming

Gender of entry

Girls

Total pupils

993 (3-18)

Head teacher

Will le Fleming

Gender of entry

Girls

Total pupils

993 (3-18)

Head teacher

Will le Fleming

Gender of entry

Girls

Total pupils

993 (3-18)

UK day fees per term*

£7,575 (11-18) includes lunch

*Fee correct as of November 21, 2024
Our methodology
Results

A-level 2024 rank: 80

Grade

%

A*

27.8

A

37.1

B

22.5

A*/A

64.9

A*-B

87.4

GCSE 2024 rank: 36=

Grade

%

A*/9/8

72.1

A/7

17

A*/A/9/8/7

89.1

International baccalaureate 2024 rank: 3=

Grade

%

Higher Level 7

42

Higher Level 6

43.5

Higher Level 5

13

Higher Level 7 and 6

85.5

Higher Level 7, 6 and 5

98.5

Diploma pass

100

Average IB points

40

What the school inspection says

Date of report
2023
Verdict
Excellent
“The school aims to provide an outstanding, challenging and fulfilling education that equips pupils to live with confidence, purpose and joy. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) or English as an additional language (EAL), demonstrate an extremely high level of achievement in their academic studies. This reflects the realisation of the school’s ambitious aims to provide pupils with an outstanding, challenging education in which individuals can fulfil their potential. Pupils achieve outstanding academic, musical, sporting, linguistic and dramatic distinctions. They are highly eloquent and effective communicators … The way in which pupils engage in contributing to the lives of others in the school, the local community and wider society is outstanding.” There was an additional inspection in 2023.
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About the school

  • Named Independent Girls’ School of the Year 2024, this 137-year-old day school prides itself on nurturing a “diverse and down-to-earth community full of enthusiasm, spark and energy”.
  • The all-girl school’s initiatives include Abbey IP (ideas and passion), which encourages students to explore learning beyond the curriculum, and Human Intelligence, which focuses on human endeavour in a growing world of AI and puts students in charge of their own learning.
  • The Abbey has been an International Baccalaureate World School since 2008. Its IB cohort achieves a far higher score than the global average.
  • The wide extracurricular offering includes more than 50 lunchtime and after-school clubs and activities from gardening and coding to circus skills and ultimate frisbee.
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