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 Sherborne Girls, also known as Sherborne School for Girls, is an independent day and boarding school for girls, located in Sherborne, North Dorset, England. There were 485 pupils attending in 2019–2020, with more than 90 per cent of them living on campus in the seven boarding houses. Recognition for Sherborne Girls has included a double "excellent" rating in its Independent Schools Inspectorate Report.

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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