St Albans High School for girls

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Can anyone tell me more about this school, specially under the new management with their new Head.
I visited the school few months go, went for an open day well before the lockdown,
I need some advise about this school, its culture and how they are comapred to good state schools.
Do they really nuture their students as they say or is it an academic factory. Pls help

My daughter has been at STAHS since Reception and she will start Y12 in September. She had the option of moving at looked at SAS but decided to stay.

My son goes to a less competitive school which suits him, STAHS suits my daughter.

I suggest you pick a school which suits your child. Results and the coffee book appeal of a school are not the most important factor. I just hope that they seize the opportunities that they are given, do the best they can academically and finish school as well-rounded, half-decent people.

My DD started SCD last year. We've been really happy with it and she went to an independent primary school where the majority of girls in her year went to STAHS. Its very difficult to compare the 2. One is £20k per year and one is free. The question I had to ask myself was am I compromising DD's education and the conclusion I came to when we viewed SCD was no. What's lovely now is that so many of her friends are a stone's throw away and that adds so much value to quality of life.

thank you FollyG and Mag007,
surely SCD is under rated and as you both realised these schools dont show off or market the school as much as most indies.
The only concerns at SCD, their extracurricular prposition and large intake, there must be quite a lot who are misbehaved and lot of gov schools have students that they use foul language (swear) and kids pick them so fast.

Thank you Bored2, I agree with you.
I wounder how it is at SCD during the lockdown.
did they offer proper online proposition. I heard high school offered as many indies.
I heard from a friend at Mill Hill County only offered few email updates about home work, nothing much.

But private schools have to consider their income and can be a closed shop if issues are raised.

@TLC50

My daughter finished at Stahs last summer. I don't understand your comment about the girls choosing 'easy' subjects at Uni.

The head girl, a brilliant all rounder was offered a scholarship to Harvard to study IT. My daughter was one of 4 Vet Students who were a minority compared to the Medics.

What I loved hearing when their degree choices were announced was the diversity of subjects they were all doing, and not just the usual ones.

It's not the right school for every girl and I'm sorry your daughter isn't thriving there but my daughter and a lot of her friends did.

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