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Guildford High School

Field	Value
name	Guildford High School
logo	Guildford High School (crest).jpg
logo_size	120px
image	Guildford High School - geograph.org.uk - 646885.jpg
coordinates
motto	As one that serveth
established	1888
type	Private day school
religious_affiliation	Church of England
head_label	Head
head	Karen Laurie
chair_label	Chairman of Governors
address	London Road
city	Guildford
county	Surrey
country	England
postcode	GU1 1SJ
local_authority	Surrey
urn	125342
enrolment	985 (2011)
gender	Girls
lower_age	4
upper_age	18
free_label_1	Affiliation
free_1	United Church Schools Trust
website	www.guildfordhigh.co.uk

Guildford High School is a private day school for girls that was founded in 1888. Approximately 1,000 girls between ages 4 to 18 are attending the school from Guildford and its surrounding towns and villages. The school comprises a junior school, senior school and sixth form.

History

From the beginning, Guildford High School, founded by the Church Schools Company in 1888, was a progressive school. While some early girls' schools were designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of prospective governesses, Guildford High School sought to provide a feminine counterpart to the reformed public schools for boys. The current site on London Road was completed in 1893 and is still in use. During the post-World War II years, the school underwent rapid expansion. By the 1980s, student numbers had increased to over 600. Today the school has over 980 girls and is still part of the company (now known as the United Church Schools Trust).

Campus

The school possesses a sports centre separate from the main campus. This includes an indoor swimming pool, gym, sports hall, fitness suite and social area. The main campus consists of the Senior school, the sixth form house (Morton House), Nightingale Road House, and the Junior school. Harper House was bought and added to the premises, also enlarging the gardens, in August 2011. The garden of the original Nightingale Road House were converted into a social area when the site was acquired in 2006.

Notable former pupils

Lorna Arnold, military historian
Call Me Loop, singer and songwriter
Pamela Cooper, socialite
Anne Davies, newsreader
Ella Hickson, playwright
Fiona Hodgson, Baroness Hodgson of Abinger, independent sector healthcare assessor
Celia Imrie, actress
Sophie Kauer, cellist and actress
Clemmie Moodie, journalist
Misha Nonoo, fashion designer
Julia Ormond, actress
Claire Phillips, British portrait artist
Lucy Prebble, playwright
Justine Roberts, founder and chief executive of Mumsnet
Louise Roe, television presenter, fashion journalist and model
Annabel Tollman, fashion stylist
Alexandra Wedgwood, architectural historian
Julia Wilson-Dickson, voice and dialect coach

References

"Our History".
StudyLink, Britannia. (2023-02-15). "Guildford High School Review: Rankings, Fees And More".
Allfree, Claire. (January 13, 2023). "''Tár''{{’}}s star cellist Sophie Kauer: 'It's not helping anyone by saying you refuse to play music by white male composers'".

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