About the School

For almost 150 years Sheffield Girls’ has been at the heart of all-girls education in Yorkshire achieving some of the best academic results in the region. In 2023 we were delighted to be voted the Top Independent Secondary School in the North by the Sunday Times, and UK Prep School of the Year. Our school values of kindness, positivity and courage are visible in the classrooms and corridors of our school, every day.

We are proud to offer an engaging education for girls from Infants to Sixth Form. We aim to bring out the best in all our pupils and encourage them within a happy, structured, and caring community to develop their personal and intellectual talents to the fullest, leaving school as strong, open-minded, confident young women.

Our Aims and Ethos

  • At Sheffield Girls’ we aim to nurture a love of learning and curiosity in our girls that encourages them to explore, question and challenge.
  • We want our girls to be confident, to flourish and be ready to take their place, and make a difference, in an ever-changing world.
  • We want our girls to be proud! Proud of themselves, proud of each other, proud to be forged at Sheffield Girls’.

We are committed to ensuring that talented and academically gifted girls from all backgrounds have access to an education at our wonderful school.

We ensure that these opportunities are available through providing bursaries and running an active outreach programme.

 

Our Values

We have three school values: Positivity, Kindness and Courage.

We want our girls to be positive. Positive in the way they approach their learning, positive in the outlook on life, positive in their aspiration for the future.

We want our girls to be kind. Kind to others, kind to themselves, kind to the world they live in.

We want our girls to have courage. Courage to stand out from the crowd, courage to speak up for what is right, courage to push herself that little bit further.

 

Our Approach

Our School’s approach also reflects the values of the Girls’ Day School Trust. These are:

We always put Girls First. They are the focus of everything we do.

We are Fearless. We act and speak with conviction and commitment and we are not afraid of thinking differently.

We are Forward-thinking. We stay ahead through purposeful innovation.

We are a Family of schools. We support each other and share our learning across our unique network.

Established

1878

Location

Sheffield

Type

Day, School for Girls

Age

4-18

Choose 3-4 subjects

Biology, Business, Chemistry, Classic Civilisation, Computer Science, Drama and Theatre, Economics, English Language, English Literature, Fine Art, French, Geography, Geology, German, History, Latin, Mathematics and Further Mathematics, Music (offered at Sixth Form at Sheffield Girls’ High School), Philosophy, Religion and Ethics, Physics, Physical Education, Politics, Psychology, Spanish, and Sociology.

*Please note that course offerings may change. For the latest information, please check the school’s official website.

The majority of students in the UK take around 9 subjects at GCSE

Biology, Business, Chemistry, Classical Greek (Twilight), Computer Science, Cookery and Nutrition, Double Science Award, Drama, Economics, English Language, English Literature, Fine Art, French, Geography, Geology (Twilight), German, History, Latin, Further Mathematics (Twilight), Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Religion and Ethics, Physical Education, Physics, and Spanish.

*Please note that course offerings may change. For the latest information, please check the school’s official website.

Admission Criteria

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  • Skype Interview
  • Recent School Report/Transcript
  • Schooling certificate/attendance certificate
  • Entrance Tests