- This selective school’s elegant Georgian manor house building in east London was completed in 1768, with gardens designed by Humphry Repton. The school is a founding member of the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools, a global network dedicated to empowering its students.
- All three sciences are taught in year 9 to avoid narrowing the curriculum, and every pupil studies French in year 7 and can also pick up German or Latin.
- Cooking, sewing and self-defence are on the long list of extracurricular activities that help pupils to get the most out of their school years. In addition to playing more traditional sports, girls can learn dance, trampolining or fencing.
- Proximity to central London provides plenty of opportunities for trips to concerts, plays, exhibitions and masterclasses. Further-reaching expeditions — which involve a fundraising element, physical challenge and participation in a community project — have included trips to Nepal and Cambodia.
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