GIRLS’ SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION
The Girls’ Schools Association (GSA) is an association of the headteachers of independent girls’ schools with membership drawn predominantly from schools in the United Kingdom. The organisation was established in 1974 replacing the Association of Headmistresses of Girls’ Schools which had acted as a sister body to the Headmaster’s Conference (historically catering for boys schools only). The GSA schools include some of the best-known and most academically successful schools in the country.
ABOUT
The Girls Schools Association was established in 1875 as the Association of Headmistresses of Girls’ Schools in order to advance the interests of providers of education to young women, at the time often overlooked in the educational reforms taking place during the Victorian era. The GSA predates the Headmasters Conference which was established to protect and advance the interests of Britain’s public schools (private schools in the UK being commonly known as public schools as they are open to pupils from all over as opposed to pupils taken from the immediate vicinity or from a specific community only).
As the leading voice for independent girls’ schools in the UK, The GSA has typically been the preferred association for the top tier girls’s schools in the United Kingdom and further afield. Traditionally, the heads of elite girls’ schools equivalent to public schools, would join the GSA whilst the heads of boys or mixed schools of a similar ethos and or would join the HMC. Though HMC has since widened its membership criteria with some schools now being members of both associations. Unlike the HMC, the GSA is also open to primary level schools that educate girls (preparatory schools typically). Membership is also open to schools that operate separate or segregated boys and girls schools or diamond model structures. Nearly all of the GSA’s members are in the private education sector except those that are managed by the Girls’ Day Schools Trust (which isa member of the GSA as an organisation and, subsequently, all of GDST schools are GSA members too). The state-sector equivalent is the Association of State Girls’ Schools.
The notion of the English Public School tradition remains poorly defined but is commonly accepted as including the member schools of the HMC and, following the 1944 Fleming Report, the GSA. These associations are the senior associations that exist for secondary level schools in the independent sector in the United Kingdom.
The GSA focuses primarily on the United Kingdom and matters of concern within the UK, however international members are included and many of the GSA schools have an international presence. The association works closely with corresponding counterpart associations, particularly the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools in the United States (albeit with an increasingly international membership) and the Alliance of Girls’ Schools Australasia and the Association of Heads of Independent Girls’ Schools.
The GSA is one of the constituent associations of the Independent Schools Council meaning that all members of the GSA are also members of the ISC and are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (so-called “association schools” as opposed to “non-association schools”).
Membership is afforded to applicant head teachers as opposed to the schools themselves and so official membership status may change as heads move or memberships lapse. Furthermore, many current members are moving to fully co-educational and so will likely withdraw membership in the coming years. As such, membership varies but has included the schools below. Check with the GSA for details of current membership.
MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES
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ST. ANTHONY’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
ST. ANTHONY’S / ST. ANTHONY’S GIRLS
IVY HOUSE, NORTH END ROAD, HAMPSTEAD, LONDON NW11 7SX, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 2016
FEE-PAYING
DAY
GIRLS
AGES 4 – 11 (RECEPTION – YEAR 6)
ROMAN CATHOLIC
ST AUGUSTINE’S PRIORY
HILLCREST ROAD, EALING, LONDON W5 2JL, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1634
FEE-PAYING
DAY
GIRLS (CO-EDUCATIONAL NURSERY)
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
ROMAN CATHOLIC
ST CATHERINE’S, BRAMLEY
CAT’S / ST CATHERINE’S SCHOOL / ST CAT’S
STATION ROAD, BRAMLEY, GUILDFORD, SURREY GU5 0DF, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1885
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS
AGES 4 – 18 (RECEPTION – SIXTH FORM)
CHURCH OF ENGLAND (ANGLICAN)
ST CATHERINE’S SCHOOL
CROSS DEEP, TWICKENHAM, MIDDLESEX TW1 4QJ, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1914
FEE-PAYING
DAY
GIRLS
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
ROMAN CATHOLIC (SISTERS OF MERCY)
ST CHRISTOPHER’S HAMPSTEAD
ST CHRISTOPHER’S
32 BELSIZE LANE, HAMPSTEAD, LONDON NW3 5AE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ST. FRANCIS’ COLLEGE
BROADWAY, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, HERTFORDSHIRE SG6 3PJ, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1933
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
CHRISTIAN (ROMAN CATHOLIC)
ST GABRIEL’S
SANDLEFORD PRIORY, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE RG20 9BD, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1894
FEE-PAYING
DAY
GIRLS (CO-EDUCATIONAL BY 2024)
AGES 0 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
CHURCH OF ENGLAND (ANGLICAN)
ST GEORGE’S ASCOT
ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL, ASCOT
WELLS LANE, ASCOT, BERKSHIRE SL5 7DZ, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1877
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS
AGES 11 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
CHURCH OF ENGLAND (ANGLICAN)
ST GEORGE’S EDINBURGH
ST GEORGE’S / ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
GARSCUBE TERRACE, MURRAYFIELD, EDINBURGH EH12 6BG, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1888
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS (CO-EDUCATIONAL NURSERY AND PRE-PREPARATORY SCHOOL)
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – S6)
ST HELEN & ST KATHARINE
SHSK
FARINGDON ROAD, ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE OX14 1BE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ST HELEN’S SCHOOL
ST HELEN’S
EASTBURY ROAD, NORTHWOOD, MIDDLESEX HA6 3AS, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ST JAMES SCHOOLS
EARSBY STREET, KENSINGTON, LONDON W14 8SH, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOYS SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1975
FEE-PAYING
DAY
GIRLS & BOYS (SEGREGATED SENIOR SCHOOLS)
AGES 4 – 18 (RECEPTION – SIXTH FORM)
ADVAITA VEDÃNTA
ST MARGARET’S SCHOOL
MERRY HILL ROAD, BUSHEY, HERTFORDSHIRE WD23 1DT, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1749
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
CHURCH OF ENGLAND (ANGLICAN)
ST MARGARET’S HAMPSTEAD
18 KIDDERPORE GARDENS, HAMPSTEAD, LONDON NW3 7SR, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
GIRlS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ST. MARGARET’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
ST. MARGARET’S
17 ALBYN PLACE, MANNOFIELD, ABERDEEN AB10 1RU, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRE-SCHOOL, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ST MARY’S COLCHESTER
ST MARY’S SCHOOL / SMS
91 LEXDEN ROAD, COLCHESTER, ESSEX CO3 3RB, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1908
FEE-PAYING
DAY
GIRLS (CO-EDUCATIONAL NURSERY)
AGES 3 – 16 (NURSERY – YEAR 11)
ST MARY’S SCHOOL
SMS
PACKHORSE ROAD, GERRARDS CROSS, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE SL9 8JQ, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1872
FEE-PAYING
DAY
GIRLS
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
ANGLICAN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND)
ST MARY’S SCHOOL ASCOT
ST MARY’S
ST. MARY’S ROAD, ASCOT, BERKSHIRE SL5 9JF, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1885
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS
AGES 11 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
ROMAN CATHOLIC (INSTITUTE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY)
ST MARY’S SCHOOL CAMBRIDGE
ST MARY’S
BATEMAN STREET, CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE CB2 1LY, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1898
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
ROMAN CATHOLIC (INSTITUTE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY)
ST NICHOLAS’ SCHOOL
SNS
REDFIELDS HOUSE, REDFIELDS LANE, CHURCH CROOKHAM, FLEET, HAMPSHIRE GU52 0RF, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1935
FEE-PAYING
DAY
GIRLS (CO-EDUCATIONAL PRE-PREPARATORY SCHOOL)
AGES 3 – 16 (NURSERY – YEAR 11)
ANGLICAN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND)
ST PAUL’S GIRLS’ SCHOOL
SPGS
BROOK GREEN, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON W6 7BS, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
ABOUT
ST SWITHUN’S
ALRESFORD ROAD, WINCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE SO21 1HA, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1884
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS (CO-EDUCATIONAL NURSERY)
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
CHURCH OF ENGLAND (ANGLICAN)
ST TERESA’S EFFINGHAM
BEECH AVENUE, EFFINGHAM HILL, EFFINGHAM, SURREY RH5 6ST, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
SPORTS ACADEMY (EQUESTRIAN / TENNIS)
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1928
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS
AGES 2 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
ROMAN CATHOLIC
EFFINGHAM SCHOOLS
SAN SILVESTRE SCHOOL
COLEGIO SAN SILVESTRE
AVENIDA SANTA CRUZ 1251, MIRAFLORES, LIMA 18, PERÚ
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BILINGUAL SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1932
FEE-PAYING
DAY
GIRLS
AGES 3 – 18 (EARLY YEARS – FORM VI)
INTERNATIONAL (BRITISH)
SARUM HALL SCHOOL
15 ETON AVENUE, BELSIZE PARK, LONDON NW6 3EL, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
SHEFFIELD GIRLS’
SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS / SHS
10 RUTLAND PARK, SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE S10 2PE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1878
FEE-PAYING
DAY
GIRLS
AGES 4 – 18 (RECEPTION – SIXTH FORM)
GIRLS’ DAY SCHOOL TRUST
SHERBORNE GIRLS
SG
BRADFORD ROAD, SHERBORNE, DORSET DT9 3QN, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1899
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS
AGES 11 – 18 (YEAR 7 – SIXTH FORM)
CHURCH OF ENGLAND (ANGLICAN)
SHREWSBURY HIGH SCHOOL
SHS
32 TOWN WALLS, SHREWSBURY, SHROPSHIRE SY1 1TN, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1885
FEE-PAYING
DAY
GIRLS (CO-EDUCATIONAL PREPARATORY SCHOOL)
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
GIRLS’ DAY SCHOOL TRUST
SIR WILLIAM PERKINS’S SCHOOL
SWPS
GUILDFORD ROAD, CHERTSEY, SURREY KT16 9BN, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
ABOUT
SOUTH HAMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL
SHHS
3 MARESFIELD GARDENS, SOUTH HAMPSTEAD, LONDON NW3 5SS, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1876
FEE-PAYING
DAY
GIRLS
AGES 4 – 18 (RECEPTION – SIXTH FORM)
GIRLS’ DAY SCHOOL TRUST
STAMFORD
STAMFORD ENDOWED SCHOOLS / STAMFORD SCHOOLS
BRAZENOSE HOUSE, ST. PAUL’S STREET, STAMFORD, LINCOLNSHIRE PE9 2BE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
BOYS SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1532
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
BOYS & GIRLS (CO-EDUCATIONAL NURSERY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL) (SEGREGATED SENIOR SCHOOLS)
AGES 2 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
STORMONT SCHOOL
THE CAUSEWAY, POTTERS BAR, HERTFORDSHIRE EN6 5HA, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
STREATHAM & CLAPHAM HIGH SCHOOL
SCHS
42 ABBOTSWOOD ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON SW16 1AW, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1887
FEE-PAYING
DAY
GIRLS
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
GIRLS’ DAY SCHOOL TRUST
SURVAL MONTREUX
SM / SURVAL
ROUTE DE GLION 56, 1820 MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND
SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FINISHING SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ABOUT
SUTTON HIGH SCHOOL
SHS
55 CHEAM ROAD, SUTTON, SURREY, SM1 2AX, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1884
FEE-PAYING
DAY
GIRLS
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
GIRLS’ DAY SCHOOL TRUST
SYDENHAM HIGH SCHOOL
SHS
19 WESTWOOD HILL, SYDENHAM, LONDON SE26 6BL, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1887
FEE-PAYING
DAY
GIRLS
AGES 4 – 18 (RECEPTION – SIXTH FORM)
GIRLS’ DAY SCHOOL TRUST
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