Sheffield High School for Girls

Our aims

At Sheffield Girls' we aim to nurture a love of learning and curiosity in our girls that encourages them to explore, question and challenge.

We want our girls to be confident, to flourish and be ready to take their place, and make a difference, in an ever-changing world.

We want our girls to be proud! Proud of themselves, proud of each other, proud to be forged at Sheffield Girls'.

“Teaching her everything so she can be anything”

Our values

We have three school values: Positivity, Kindness and Courage.

We want our girls to be positive. Positive in the way they approach their learning, positive in the outlook on life, positive in their aspiration for the future.

We want our girls to be kind. Kind to others, kind to themselves, kind to the world they live in.

We want our girls to have courage. Courage to stand out from the crowd, courage to speak up for what is right, courage to push herself that little bit further.

Girls only by design

Schools like ours can offer a learning environment dedicated to girls' learning needs and preferences, an environment where girls can establish their own identities attitudes and self-worth free from gender stereotypes during those crucial formative years.

We firmly believe that girls' education has never been more important, because it has a purpose and a unique position in a world that can only benefit from the contribution these girls will make to a better future for us all.

An exceptional education from 4-18

Founded in 1878, Sheffield Girls’ is situated in Broomhill, a very pleasant area of the city between the University and the Botanical Gardens.

The school serves a wide geographical area attracting girls from the neighbouring towns of Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham as well as Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire.

The school is spread across several buildings within close proximity of each other, and we have specialist facilities to support learning across all ages.

At Sheffield Girls’, our pupils are immersed in a purposeful environment, free from disruptive behaviour, where it is cool to work hard and do your best, which means the girls are enthusiastic and motivated in their learning.

The learning is rigorous, but it is fun. Lessons are fast-paced with students engaged as active learners and they are delivered by inspirational teachers who bring a wealth of experience and are innovative in their approach. Learning takes place in a supportive environment where mistakes are encouraged. We aim to develop the girls’ resilience and confidence and instil a ‘can-do’ attitude.

There are currently 750 girls on roll which includes approximately 150 girls in the Junior School and a Sixth Form of around 150 students.

We have a commitment to innovation, sustainability, skills development, and equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). Our strategic actions over the last three years have seen us achieve Unicef Rights Respecting Schools Silver Award status; become the national hub for World Education Robotics (WER); introduce and embed a competency based curriculum across our all phases; appear in 18th position in the School Sports Magazine’s ‘Top 200 sporting schools’; achieve the highest judgements in our ISI Educational Quality Inspection in September 2021; be named the Sunday Times Top Independent Secondary School in the North of England 2023 and, most recently, achieve the title of Prep School of the Year at the Independent School of the Year Awards 2023.

Part of the GDST

Sheffield High School for Girls is one of 25 schools administered by the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST).

The GDST is the leading network of independent girls’ schools in the UK, with nearly 20,000 pupils and over 3,700 staff in its 23 fee-paying schools and two academies. The GDST is also the UK’s largest educational charity with an annual turnover of more than £200m. The GDST is fully committed to its current and future students, parents and staff and any surplus is reinvested in its schools, for the benefit of its pupils.

For further information on the school or the GDST, please visit  www.sheffieldhighschool.org.uk or www.gdst.net