Sherborne School for Girls

• Name — Sherborne Girls • Motto — μεγάλη καλόν τό άθλον καὶ ἡ ἐλπὶς (The prize is a fair one and the hope great) • Established — 1899 • Type — Private day and boarding school • Religious Affiliation — Church of England • Head Label — Head • Head — Ruth Sullivan • Founders — John and Charlotte Wingfield Digby • Address — Bradford Rd • City — Sherborne • County — Dorset • Country — England • Postal Code — DT9 3QN • Urn — 113919 • Enrolment — 485 • Gender — Girls • Lower Age — 11 • Upper Age — 18 • Houses — 7 • Free Label1 — Former pupils • Free Text1 — Old Girls • Website — http: www.sherborne.com • Illustration — Sherborne Girls main school building

The school, founded in 1899 by John and Charlotte Wingfield Digby, requires all girls to take English, maths, a science subject, religion and a foreign language. Most girls take nine or ten GCSEs and three or four A-Level subjects. Sherborne Girls previously offered the International Baccalaureate programme. Some subjects at AS/A-Level are taught jointly with Sherborne School for boys, under a cooperation scheme. Both also collaborate in activities and functions such as theatre productions, specialist societies and social activities.

The campus includes Oxley Sports Centre, which opened in 2007, with a swimming-pool, a fitness suite, squash courts, badminton courts, a floodlit AstroTurf hockey pitch, a climbing-wall, a bouldering-wall, grass pitches and dance studio.

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