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List of girls' schools in the United Kingdom

This is a list of, in the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies, and British Overseas Territories, schools that only admit girls, or those that only admit girls at certain levels, years, or gradesÃ¢ÂÂor those that follow the Diamond Schools model, which separates students by gender at points.

England

Bedfordshire

Berkshire

Bristol

Montpelier High School, Bristol

; Westbury-on-Trym

Buckinghamshire

Cambridgeshire

St Mary's School, Cambridge

Cheshire

Cornwall

Truro High School, Truro

Devon

Dorset

East Riding of Yorkshire

East Sussex

Brighton Girls, Brighton and Hove (formerly Brighton and Hove High School)
Mayfield School, Mayfield, East Sussex (formerly St Leonards-Mayfield School)
Roedean School, Brighton

Essex

Chelmsford County High School for Girls
New Hall School Girls' Senior School

; Southend-on-Sea

Gloucestershire

Greater London

Bute House Preparatory School for Girls, Brook Green
Godolphin and Latymer School
Sacred Heart High School
St James Independent Schools Senior Girls School
St Paul's Girls' School, Brook Green

; Kingston Upon Thames

; Palmers Green

; Stamford Hill

Surbiton High School (coeducational ages 4-11, and girls until 18)
Tolworth Girls' School

Greater Manchester

Bolton School Single Sex Junior, Senior, and Sixth Form schools
Bolton Muslim Girls' School

Hampshire

Hertfordshire

Abbot's Hill School, Hemel Hempstead
Berkhamsted School, Berkhamsted Separate Girls' Senior School
Haberdashers' Girls' School, Elstree (formerly Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls)
The Hertfordshire and Essex High School, Bishop's Stortford
Hitchin Girls' School, Hitchin
Presdales School, Ware
The Royal Masonic School for Girls, Rickmansworth (coed Nursery)
St Francis' College, Letchworth
St Margaret's School, Bushey
Watford Grammar School for Girls, Watford

Loreto College
St Albans Girls' School (formerly St Alban's Girls' Grammar School)
St Albans High School for Girls

Kent

Lancashire

Leicestershire

Loughborough High School, Loughborough

Lincolnshire

Merseyside

North Yorkshire

Harrogate Ladies' College, Harrogate (coeducational for ages 2-11 with girls' only until age 18)
The Mount School, York
Queen Mary's School, Topcliffe
Skipton Girls' High School, Skipton

Northamptonshire

Norfolk

Norwich High School for Girls, Norwich

Nottinghamshire

Oxfordshire

Shropshire

Adcote School, Little Ness
Moreton Hall School, Oswestry
Newport Girls' High School, Newport
Shrewsbury High School, Shrewsbury (coed from ages 3-13 and girls only ages 13-18)

Somerset

South Yorkshire

Sheffield High School, Sheffield

Surrey

Tyne and Wear

; Newcastle upon Tyne

Warwickshire

The King's High School for Girls, Warwick
The Kingsley School, Leamington Spa (coed for preparatory school, girls only for senior school and sixth form)
Rugby High School for Girls, Rugby
Stratford Girls' Grammar School, Stratford-upon-Avon

West Midlands

West Sussex

West Yorkshire

Batley Girls' High School, Batley
Gateways School, Harewood (coed until age 11, girls only ages 11-18)
Wakefield Girls' High School, Wakefield

Belle Vue Girls' Academy
Bradford Girls' Grammar School (coed ages 5-11, girls only ages 11-18)
Feversham Girls' Academy

Wiltshire

Worcestershire

RGS Dodderhill, Droitwich Spa

Former girls' schools in England

; Closed

Abbots Bromley School, Abbots Bromley (1874-2019)
Allenswood Boarding Academy, Wimbledon (1870-1955)
Amberfield School, Ipswich (1927-2011)
Bedgebury School, Goudhurst (closed in 2010)
Bruton School for Girls, Bruton (1901-2022)
Camborne Grammar School, Camborne (1908-1976)
Chesterfield St Helena School, Chesterfield (1892-1991)
Clifton Hall Girls' Grammar School, Clifton (1958-1976)
Clovelly-Kepplestone, Eastbourne (1908-1934)
Commonweal Lodge (1916-2010)
Convent of the Assumption, Sidmouth (1914-1976)
Cranborne Chase School, Wardour (1946-1990)
Donnison School, Sunderland (1798-1910)
Downham School, Hatfield Heath (1932-1967)
East Haddon Hall School, East Haddon (1932-1971)
Felixstowe College, Felixstowe (1929-1994)
Greenacre School for Girls, Banstead (1933-2017)
Harrow County School for Girls, Harrow (1914-1975)
Hethersett Old Hall School, Norwich (1924-2019)
Lady Verney High School, High Wycombe (1956-1993)
Lavant House School, Lavant (closed 2016)
Liverpool Institute High School for Girls, Liverpool (1844-1984)
Loughborough Amherst School, Loughborough (1850-2025)
Mary Datchelor School, Camberwell (1877-1981)
Milham Ford School, Oxford (1890-2003)
Milton Mount College, Gravesend (1871-1960)
Miss Ironside's School, Kensington
Mount St Mary's Convent School, Exeter (closed 1997)
North Foreland Lodge, Sherfield on Loddon (1909-2003)
Notre Dame High School, Northampton (1880-1975)
Old Palace School, Croydon (1889-2025)
Parsons Mead School, Ashtead (1897-2006)
Peterborough County Grammar School for Girls, Peterborough (1904-1982)
Queen Margaret's School, York (1901-2025)
Queenwood Ladies' College, Eastbourne
Reading Abbey Girls' School (1755-1794)
Richmond County School for Girls, Richmond
Rotherham Girls' High School, Rotherham (1906-1973)
Rowen House School, Belper (1979-1992)
Southover Manor School, Lewes (1924-1988)
St Brandon's School, Clevedon (1831-2004)
St Hilda's School, Exeter (1885-1942)
St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls, Tulse Hill (1699-2024)
St Mary's School, Worcester (1934-2014)
St Stephen's College, Broadstairs (1867-1991)
Towers Convent School, Upper Beeding (1903-2020)
Wykeham House School, Fareham had separate boys and girls schools (1913-2015)
York College for Girls, York (1908-1997)

; Merged

Ark Helenswood Academy, St Leonards-on-Sea merged with Ark William Parker to become Ark Alexandra Academy in 2019.
Bedford High School and Dame Alice Harpur School merged into Bedford Girls' School, Bedford in 2012.
Clarendon School for Girls, Malvern merged into the Monkton Combe School in 1992.
Crest Girls' Academy, Neasden merged with Crest Boys' Academy to become the coed E-ACT Crest Academy in 2014.
Droylsden School, Mathematics and Computing College for Girls, Droylsden, merged with Littlemoss High School for Boys to form Droylsden Academy in 2009.
Dudley Girls' High School, Dudley merged with Dudley Boys Grammar School to become The Dudley School in 1975.
Ensham School, Tooting merged with Furzedown Secondary School to create the Graveney School in 1986.
Harvington School, Ealing merged into Durston House in 2023.
Heatherton House School, Amersham merged into the Berkhamsted School in 2011.
Heathfield School, Pinner merged into Northwood College in 2014.
Lawnswood High School, Lawnswood merged with the Leeds Modern School to become the coed Lawnswood School in 1972.
Leeds Girls' High School, Leeds merged with Leeds Grammar School to become the Grammar School at Leeds in 2008.
Manchester Central High School for Girls, Manchester which merged into Manchester Academy in 1967.
Moira House School, Eastbourne merged into the Roedean School in 2018.
Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School merged with Central Newcastle High School to become Newcastle High School for Girls in 2014.
Page School for Girls, Downend merged with Stockwell Hill Comprehensive School to become the coed Downend School in 1982.
Perse School for Girls, Cambridge merged with The Perse School to become the coed Stephen Perse Foundation Schools in 2008.
Redland High School for Girls merged with the Red Maids' School to become Redmaids' High School in 2016.
The Royal School, Hampstead merged into the North Bridge House School in 2011.
Royal School for Daughters of Officers of the Army, Bath merged into the Royal High School, Bath in 1998.
Rye St Antony School, merged with Headington School to become the coed Headington Rye Oxford in 2024.
St Edmund's Girls' School, Laverstock merged with Wyvern College to become Wyvern St Edmund's in 2022.
St Mary's School, Wantage merged into the Heathfield School in 2006.
Stamford High School, Stamford merged into the coed Stamford School in 2023.

; Became co-educational

Brigidine School, Windsor became the co-ed Queensmead School Windsor in 2018 and closed in 2019.
Cambridgeshire High School for Girls, Cambridge became the coed Long Road Sixth Form College in 1974.
Carlisle & County High School for Girls, Carlisle became the coed St Aidan's County High School in 1970, which became the Richard Rose Central Academy in 2008.
Casterton School, Casterton became coed in 2000 and merged into the Sedbergh School in 2013.
Derby High School, Littleover became coed in 2019.
Durham High School, Durham became coed in 2025.
Farlington School, Horsham became coed in 2020.
Godolphin School, Salisbury became coed in 2025.
Ipswich High School, Ipswich became coed in 2019.
Malvern St James, Great Malvern became coed in 2025.
Maria Fidelis, Camden became coed in 2013.
Notre Dame Catholic College, Liverpool became coed in 2012.
Ockbrook School, Derby became coed in 2013 and closed in 2021.
Oldfield School, Bath became coed in 2012.
The Peterborough School, Peterborough became coed in 2010.
Portsmouth Academy, Portsmouth became coed in 2017.
Princess Helena College, Preston became coed in 2019 and closed in 2021.
Retford High School for Girls, Retford became the coed The Elizabethan Academy in 2012.
The Royal School, Haslemere became coed in 2011 and closed in 2025.
St Dominic's Grammar School, Brewood became coed in 2017
St Dominic's Priory School, Stone became coed in 2011.
St Joseph's Convent School, Reading, became the coed St Joseph's College in 2010.
St Martha's Catholic School for Girls, Monken Hadley became the coed Mount House School in 2017.
Stonar School, Atworth became coed in the mid-1900s.
Teesside High School, Stockton-on-Tees had separate girls and boys schools from 2005 to 2015, after which it became coed.
Walton Girls' High School, Grantham became the coed Walton Academy in 2019.
Westholme School, Blackburn became coed in 2018.
Winchester County High School for Girls, Winchester became the coed Westgate School in 1973.
Wychwood School, Oxford became coed in 2023.

Northern Ireland

Former

Coleraine High School, Coleraine (1875-2015)
St Brigid's Girls' High School, Portadown merged with St Malachy's Boys' High School to become Drumcree College in 1985, which closed in 2017.
St Louis Grammar School, Ballymena became coed in 1970.
St Louise's Comprehensive College, Belfast became coed in 2019.
St Rose's Dominican College, Belfast (1961-2019)

Scotland

Former

Albyn School became coed in 2005.
Butterstone House School, Meigle merged into the Kilgraston School in 2003, which closed in 2024.
Craigholme School, Pollokshields (1894-2020)
Glasgow Industrial School for Girls, Glasgow
Hutchesons' Grammar School became coed in 1976.
Notre Dame High School, Glasgow became coed in 2019.
Oxenfoord Castle School, Pathhead (1931-1993)
Park School for Girls, Glasgow (1880-1996)
St Margaret's School, Edinburgh (1890-2010)
St Leonards School, St Andrews became coed in 1999.
St Trinnean's School, Edinburgh (1922-1946)

Wales

Former schools

Aberdare Girls' School, Aberdare (1913-2014)
Cowbridge Girls School, Cowbridge merged into Cowbridge Comprehensive School in 1974.
Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls, Monmouth merged with the Monmouth School for Boys to form the Haberdashers' Monmouth School in 2024.
Howell's School, Denbigh (1859-2013)
Lowther College, Flint became coed in 1977 and closed in 1982.
St Winifred's School, Llanfairfechan (1887-1968)

Crown Dependencies

The Ladies' College, Saint Peter Port

Beaulieu Convent School, St Helier (co-educational sixth form)
Jersey College for Girls, Saint Saviour

British Overseas Territories

Bermuda High School, Pembroke

; Former

Westside School, Queensway became coed in 2021.

See also

Girls' Schools Association
Girls' Day School Trust
List of boys' schools in the United Kingdom
List of girls' schools in Hong Kong (Hong Kong was formerly a territory of the UK)

References