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Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls A Specialist College for Language and Science, Stratford-upon-Avon

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Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls A Specialist College for Language and Science
Shottery Manor, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 9HA

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Exam data

Authority:

Warwickshire

Type:

Community

Admissions:

Selective

Gender of entry:

Girls

Age range:

11-18

Number of students:

602

Gender of sixth form:

Girls

Last inspection:

March 2006. Read the full inspection report.

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General information

Background: Opened in 1959; located in Shottery on outskirts of Stratford; and draws pupils from a 17-mile radius; small, selective community school with large sixth form for its size, some sixth-formers having come from other schools. Set in attractive grounds, once the orchard gardens of 14th-century Shottery Manor, in which sixth-form centre now based. Three modern teaching blocks sited in Manor grounds. Stratford Language Centre opened in 2003; used in evenings by community. Formal twinning agreement signed in 2004 with Japanese school. Stratford Academy of Music opened in spring 2006. The school values academic excellence, but also enables girls to develop individual talents and gifts by offering wide range of activities in the UK and abroad. Over-subscribed. Specialist language college status from September 2002; Sportsmark (1998); DfES achievement award (2001, 2002, 2003). Ethos: 'The school aims to provide a caring, challenging community, which respects the individual, has consideration for others and enables each and every girl to develop and maximise their full potential.' .

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