St Ursula's Convent 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

St Mary's Calne is one of the UK's leading boarding and day schools for girls. Based in the beautiful Wiltshire town of Calne in south west England, girls flourish academically and personally. In 2024, 23% A Level grades were A* and at GCSE 63% were graded 8 or 9. St Mary’s Calne was ranked as the 25th independent secondary school in the country for A Level results in the Sunday Times School Guide 2024. St Mary's Calne is the perfect size where every year 360 girls benefit from an education where every girl is known and supported to flourish. A full boarding school where 80% of students board, both day and boarding girls taking full advantage of the stimulating curriculum and excellent extra-curricular clubs. societies and activities. Girls board in their year groups, forging close and lifelong friendships. There is a full and busy weekend programme. Facilities are excellent. Sport facilities include a purpose-built sport centre with a 25 metre pool, tennis academy and astro turf. There is a wonderful new library in the heart of the campus. The Sixth Form boarding facilities are exceptional. Music and drama are popular and performed to very high standards. Most students leave St Mary's Calne to accept places at leading UK and overseas universities. In recent years, popular university choices include Durham, Bristol, Exeter, Edinburgh and Oxford choosing a wide range of courses from medicine to geography and classic to economics. Alumnae have prominent positions in every profession from the law, politics and architecture to the arts, drama and sport. St Mary’s is located in the small market town of Calne close to historical Avebury and Lacock. London is less than two hours away by car and train. St Margaret's Prep is the junior school for St Mary's Calne. The school shares a beautiful campus on the edge of Calne.

Mount Carmel provides a safe, supportive, therapeutic, and non-judgmental environment for people with serious alcohol problems who see abstinence as their only way forward. We are an 18 bedroom residential treatment centre located in South London, also offering day programmes, counselling, and detox management. We take pride in the quality of care we offer. Our successful clients not only stop drinking - they change their lives.