Jarrow School Competitors

A family of 25 girls’ schools, including 23 independent schools and two academies, across England and Wales. We have over 4,000 staff, over 19,000 students between the ages of three and 18, and an alumnae network of over 100,000 - the largest of its kind in the UK. As a charity that owns and runs a network of girls' schools in England and Wales, it reinvests all its income in its schools. Founded in 1872, the GDST has a long history of pioneering innovation in the education of girls, and is the largest single educator of girls in the UK (and the UK’s largest educational charity). GDST schools and academies: ● The Belvedere Academy, Liverpool ● Birkenhead High School Academy ● Blackheath High School ● Brighton Girls ● Bromley High School ● Croydon High School ● Howell’s School, Llandaff, Cardiff ● Kensington Prep School ● Newcastle High School for Girls ● Northampton High School ● Northwood College for Girls ● Norwich High School for Girls ● Notting Hill & Ealing High School ● Nottingham Girls’ High School ● Oxford High School ● Portsmouth High School ● Putney High School ● Redmaids' High School, Bristol ● Royal High School, Bath ● Sheffield Girls' ● South Hampstead High School ● Streatham & Clapham High School ● Sutton High School ● Sydenham & Dulwich Girls ● Wimbledon High School

Bexley Grammar School is a co-educational state grammar school in Welling, in the London Borough of Bexley, UK. Students are admitted into Year 7 at age 11 on the basis of an exam (the 11+) or into Year 12 at age 16 on the basis of their GCSE results. The school has a strong culture of inclusivity and excellence and offers opportunities for students to excel both academically and wherever their extra-curricular talents lie. In the sixth form students follow the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Bexley Grammar School has the only fully IB Sixth Form in Southeast London. It consistently sends the highest number of Oxbridge students from the London Borough of Bexley.

Set on a 25-acre riverside estate in Barnes, South West London, Harrodian is a high-achieving independent school for boys and girls aged between 4 and 18 years old. Its beautiful site on the south bank of the Thames includes departments tailored to meet the needs of three age groups – Pre-Prep, Prep and Senior/Sixth – that make up a single, close-knit whole. Combining strong academic performance with warmth, friendship and community, Harrodian offers a special environment in which children can develop, grow and flourish.