It is a large school with a broad range of girls with different interests and talents. There are girls who are very talented at sport who particiapte at national level, but I don't think it's a school with a special reputation for sport. I think girls are encouraged to do sport at their level. There is a large range of activities and number of teams - including c and d teams. Those girls who become uninterested as they grow older are encouraged to exercise by perhaps learning squash or doing pilates or vist the pool or gym. Most do a fair amount I think. Ask. The pupil guides who show you round are not prepped and are told to give their own opinions. I know as mine are often guides.
My children work hard, love their work, and are keen to do well but there is a range of abilities in the school, and I have observed, through involvement with my daughters' friends, that girls whose strengths lie in other areas are supported to achieve in those areas and not 'pushed' beyond their capacity.
I do not feel mine are 'pushed' (specially not pre exam years) but they have enjoyed their work and want to explore it further and deeper as they get older - which is necessary for Oxbridge for example (my eldest was successful in gaining a place and the others seem keen to aim high) but if that is not your daughter's ambition, I do not see my daughters' friends pressured in that way.
I'd say from discussions with my daughters that the pressure to achieve tends to come from families, not teachers who see the girls day to day and are probably the only ones who actually know the girls' intellectually - the teachers are often suggesting a rest for girls who are working very hard and attempt to inject some caution into unrealistic parental hopes for the sake of the children's happiness.
My girls have had regular praise and rewards, including positions of responsibility, and their confidence has grown immeasurably. I am not aware of children whose best is, as described in a post above, not good enough, though I know the girls who are coasting during exam years are chivvied, which they might not like!
Children are individuals and families are all different. Girls often go through difficult times, so it is not going to be plain sailing for everyone all the time. In an interview a few years ago Mrs Tuck, the previous head suggested boarding school could be a refuge from pressurized, ambitious parenting, which is pretty much the opposite of the points made earlier. www.telegraph.co.uk/education/1573667/Helicopter-parents-hinder-childrens-learning.html
Now, do you think they'd give me a job in their marketing dept to help with those fees?!