Pickhurst Academy 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

Caterham School is one of the UK’s leading co-educational HMC day and boarding schools. Learning at Caterham School is an exciting adventure, full of opportunities for personal development, achievement and enjoyment. From aged 3 years to Sixth Form we offer an education for life, giving our pupils the knowledge, skills and values they need to create their own success as thoughtful and confident individuals in the world beyond.

Since 1999, Ravens Wood School has maintained strong links with Lulea University in Sweden. An 'exchange programme' was operated each year with them, whereby in May their trainee English teachers came to spend time at Ravens Wood and they then reciprocated with our trainee teachers. This programme forged strong links, enhancing the teacher training for both parties involved. Both educational systems offer very different approaches and many lessons were learned. In July 2003 the school was recognised by the DfES as a 'Leading Edge School'. In January 2005, Ofsted named Ravens Wood School as being in the top 37 schools in London, out of 234 named schools in Britain. The Thinking and Learning Schools' Alliance (TLSA) was formed in 2004. This alliance was aimed at bringing together schools and staff in England and Canada, to improve the education provided for their students. The school includes amongst its Old Boys: Cllr David Mannion, David Bowie, Peter Frampton, Hanif Kureishi, John Pienaar, Tom Solesbury and James Alaka. The number on roll has swelled from 800 in the 1980s to the current figure of over 1400. The intake for Years 7s has risen from 154 at the start of the nineties, peaking at 278 in 2003, (including 44 boys and 20 girls waiting to transfer to Bishop Justus whilst the school was under construction), and settling at the current figure of 224.