Welcome

Why Choose SHS?

We believe that the opportunities we offer for girls’ education and personal development make Sheffield High School a very attractive option –

• first-class teaching which develops every girl’s potential

• exceptionally high academic standards –

at GCSE, 76% of the grades awarded in 2010 were at A*/A grades (nationally it’s just over 22%), with 40% of the results being at A*. Almost three quarters of our Year 11 girls gained A* or A grades in all their subjects. Our overall pass rate at GCSE was 98.5%, compared with the rate nationally of 69%. Over a quarter of our Year 11 students gained seven or more A* grades, with many individuals achieving 10 or even 11 A* passes!

at A-level, 20% of the grades awarded in 2010 were at A* (nationally it’s 8%). 55% of our girls gained grades A* or A in their subject, compared to 35% nationally. Almost half our students achieved straight ‘As’ across all their subjects. The breakdown of our results shows that, in the school’s unrivalled eighth year of a 100% pass rate, 93% of our students achieved grades A* to C, with 55% of grades being A* or A. One student gained five A* grades and 7 of the girls achieved three A* grades or more!

• we are one of the top 20 schools in the country providing best value for money *
• we provide seamless independent education for girls from 4-18 years – Infants, Juniors, Seniors and Sixth Form
• our average teaching group sizes at Key Stage 3 is 20 girls. At GCSE, this figure is around 18 and, in the Sixth Form, a typical teaching group consists of 8 students
• our GCSE value-added score (measuring the progress made by our pupils between Year 7 and Year 11) puts us in the top 5% of schools (independent and maintained) in the country †
• we offer a single-sex environment which develops dynamic, confident and open-minded young women
• we have very high standards of behaviour and a focus on consideration and respect for others
• we are a structured, caring community which caters for the needs of every individual
• the School has excellent facilities, including a large Sports Hall, an Astroturf pitch, an upgraded and extended science building, new additional art rooms and ICT rooms – all on one attractive campus. Our Sixth Form Centre now boasts the addition of large a 2-storey extension completed in 2010
• there are over 50 lunchtime and after school clubs which encourage excellence in sport, music, drama and art
• there is before and after-school care for all ages

• transport to and from School is available from a wide area

*source: Financial Times
†source: Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring, University of Durham

If you would like to find out more about the School, please contact us for further details –

Telephone

(Senior School) (0114) 266 0324
(Junior School) (0114) 266 1435

E-mail

enquiries@she.gdst.net

By post

Sheffield High School, 10 Rutland Park, Sheffield S10 2PE, England