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Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School

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Established
  
1905

Headmistress
  
Linda Wybar

Ofsted
  
Reports

Number of students
  
1,100

Local authority
  
Kent County Council

Type
  
Grammar school

DfE URN
  
118789 Tables

Phone
  
+44 1892 520902

Founded
  
1905

Location
  
Southfield RoadTunbridge WellsKentTN4 9UJEngland

Address
  
Southfield Rd, Royal Tunbridge Wells TN4 9UJ, UK

Similar
  
Tonbridge Grammar School, Tunbridge Wells Grammar, Weald of Kent Grammar, The Judd School, The Skinners' School

Profiles

Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School (TWGGS), established in 1905, is an all-female selective school in Royal Tunbridge Wells, a town in Kent, England. The "eleven plus" examination represents the main entrance criterion, along with residence within the catchment area (1.6 miles as of 2015) A small number of spaces are reserved for students outside of the catchment area, which are called governess places. These are generally only given to students with high marks in the 11+. The current head mistress is Mrs Linda Wybar.

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About the school

The school is a specialist school in Music with English. The school has taken part in many sporting events such as football, curling, hockey, netball and dance. There are 5 forms per year named 'T', 'W', 'I', 'G' and 'S', and each class has around 30 pupils.

Notable former pupils

  • Ellie Beaven, actress
  • Jo Brand, stand-up comedian
  • Nazaneen Ghaffar, television weather presenter
  • Virginia Wade, tennis player
  • References

    Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School Wikipedia