Culture
Current headmistress Ms J Gandee describes the school as 'unashamedly but appropriately academic' and a place where girls are expected to work hard in class and at homework but then invited to put books away and have a go at something completely different with the understanding that the best learning is often achieved through initial failure but then perseverance to succeed. The principle of the school is to work hard in the day,and then be invited to put down the books and do something fun.
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