The Plusling Index

Independent girls’ schools

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2026 edition · Updated

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Independent girls’ schools

Across the UK · Secondary and sixth-form schools

160 schools

Independent girls’ schools in the Plusling Index
IndexSchoolLocationExplore
1Haberdashers' Girls' SchoolEast of EnglandBorehamwoodHertfordshireSchool guide: Haberdashers' Girls' School
2St Paul's Girls' SchoolLondonLondonHammersmith and FulhamSchool guide: St Paul's Girls' School
3Guildford High SchoolSouth EastGuildfordSurreySchool guide: Guildford High School
4The Godolphin and Latymer SchoolLondonLondonHammersmith and FulhamSchool guide: The Godolphin and Latymer School
5City of London School for GirlsLondonLondonCity of LondonSchool guide: City of London School for Girls
6North London Collegiate SchoolLondonEdgwareHarrowSchool guide: North London Collegiate School
7King Edward VI High School for GirlsWest MidlandsBirminghamSchool guide: King Edward VI High School for Girls
8Wycombe AbbeySouth EastHigh WycombeBuckinghamshireSchool guide: Wycombe Abbey
9Putney High School GDSTLondonLondonWandsworthSchool guide: Putney High School GDST
10South Hampstead High School GDSTLondonLondonCamdenSchool guide: South Hampstead High School GDST
11James Allen's Girls' SchoolLondonLondonSouthwarkSchool guide: James Allen's Girls' School
12Lady Eleanor Holles SchoolLondonHamptonRichmond upon ThamesSchool guide: Lady Eleanor Holles School
13Wimbledon High School GDSTLondonLondonMertonSchool guide: Wimbledon High School GDST
14Withington Girls' SchoolNorth WestManchesterSchool guide: Withington Girls' School
15Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDSTLondonEalingSchool guide: Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDST
16St Albans High School for GirlsEast of EnglandSt AlbansHertfordshireSchool guide: St Albans High School for Girls
17Oxford High School GDSTSouth EastOxfordOxfordshireSchool guide: Oxford High School GDST
18Cheltenham Ladies' CollegeSouth WestCheltenhamGloucestershireSchool guide: Cheltenham Ladies' College
19St Swithun's SchoolSouth EastHampshireSchool guide: St Swithun's School
20St Catherine's SchoolSouth EastGuildfordSurreySchool guide: St Catherine's School
21Francis Holland SchoolLondonLondonWestminsterSchool guide: Francis Holland School
22St Mary's School AscotSouth EastAscotWindsor and MaidenheadSchool guide: St Mary's School Ascot
23Sheffield High School GDSTYorkshire and the HumberSheffieldSchool guide: Sheffield High School GDST
24Channing SchoolLondonHighgateHaringeySchool guide: Channing School
25St Helen and St KatharineSouth EastAbingdonOxfordshireSchool guide: St Helen and St Katharine
26Redmaids' High SchoolSouth WestBristolBristol, City ofSchool guide: Redmaids' High School
27St Helen's SchoolLondonNorthwoodHillingdonSchool guide: St Helen's School
28Benenden SchoolSouth EastCranbrookKentSchool guide: Benenden School
29Queen's College, LondonLondonLondonWestminsterSchool guide: Queen's College, London
30Loughborough High SchoolEast MidlandsLoughboroughLeicestershireSchool guide: Loughborough High School
31Badminton SchoolSouth WestBristolBristol, City ofSchool guide: Badminton School
32The Abbey School ReadingSouth EastReadingSchool guide: The Abbey School Reading
33The Maynard SchoolSouth WestExeterDevonSchool guide: The Maynard School
34Sutton High School GDSTLondonSuttonSchool guide: Sutton High School GDST
35The Queen's SchoolNorth WestChesterCheshire West and ChesterSchool guide: The Queen's School
36Manchester High School for GirlsNorth WestManchesterSchool guide: Manchester High School for Girls
37Bromley High School GDSTLondonBromleySchool guide: Bromley High School GDST
38Downe HouseSouth EastThatchamWest BerkshireSchool guide: Downe House
39St Augustine's PrioryLondonLondonEalingSchool guide: St Augustine's Priory
40Francis Holland SchoolLondonLondonWestminsterSchool guide: Francis Holland School
41Croydon High SchoolLondonSouth CroydonCroydonSchool guide: Croydon High School
42St Francis CollegeEast of EnglandLetchworth Garden CityHertfordshireSchool guide: St Francis College
43Burgess Hill GirlsSouth EastBurgess HillWest SussexSchool guide: Burgess Hill Girls
—Adcote School for GirlsWest MidlandsShrewsburyShropshireSchool guide: Adcote School for Girls
—Al Islah Girls' High SchoolNorth WestBlackburnBlackburn with DarwenSchool guide: Al Islah Girls' High School
—Al Kauthar Girls AcademyYorkshire and the HumberLeedsSchool guide: Al Kauthar Girls Academy
—Al Madina School for GirlsLondonBarkingBarking and DagenhamSchool guide: Al Madina School for Girls
—Al Risalah Secondary SchoolLondonLondonWandsworthSchool guide: Al Risalah Secondary School
—Al-Ashraf Secondary School for GirlsSouth WestGloucesterGloucestershireSchool guide: Al-Ashraf Secondary School for Girls
—Al-Burhan Grammar SchoolWest MidlandsBirminghamSchool guide: Al-Burhan Grammar School
—Al-Khair Secondary GirlsLondonCroydonSchool guide: Al-Khair Secondary Girls
—Al-Madani Girls SchoolSouth EastSloughSchool guide: Al-Madani Girls School
—Al-Mahad Al-IslamiYorkshire and the HumberSheffieldSchool guide: Al-Mahad Al-Islami
—Al-Zahra SchoolLondonBrentSchool guide: Al-Zahra School
—Apex Secondary School for GirlsLondonIlfordRedbridgeSchool guide: Apex Secondary School for Girls
—Ateres Girls High SchoolNorth EastGatesheadSchool guide: Ateres Girls High School
—Ayesha Siddiqa Girls SchoolLondonSouthallEalingSchool guide: Ayesha Siddiqa Girls School
—Bahr AcademyNorth EastNewcastle-upon-TyneNewcastle upon TyneSchool guide: Bahr Academy
—Bedford Girls' SchoolEast of EnglandBedfordSchool guide: Bedford Girls' School
—Beis Chinuch Lebonos Girls SchoolLondonLondonHackneySchool guide: Beis Chinuch Lebonos Girls School
—Beis Malka Girls SchoolNorth WestSalfordSchool guide: Beis Malka Girls School
—Beis Malka Girls' SchoolLondonLondonHackneySchool guide: Beis Malka Girls' School
—Beis Ruchel Girls SchoolNorth WestSalfordSchool guide: Beis Ruchel Girls School
—Beis Trana Girls' SchoolLondonLondonHackneySchool guide: Beis Trana Girls' School
—Beth Jacob Grammar School for GirlsLondonLondonBarnetSchool guide: Beth Jacob Grammar School for Girls
—Birchfield Independent Girls' SchoolWest MidlandsBirminghamSchool guide: Birchfield Independent Girls' School
—Blackheath High School GDSTLondonGreenwichSchool guide: Blackheath High School GDST
—Bnois Jerusalem Girls SchoolLondonLondonHackneySchool guide: Bnois Jerusalem Girls School
—Bnos Yisroel School ManchesterNorth WestSalfordSchool guide: Bnos Yisroel School Manchester
—Bnos Zion of BobovLondonLondonHackneySchool guide: Bnos Zion of Bobov
—Bolton Islamic Girls SchoolNorth WestBoltonSchool guide: Bolton Islamic Girls School
—Bolton School Girls' DivisionNorth WestBoltonSchool guide: Bolton School Girls' Division
—Brighton Girls GDSTSouth EastBrighton and HoveSchool guide: Brighton Girls GDST
—Bury Park Educational Institute (Al - Hikmah Secondary School)East of EnglandLutonSchool guide: Bury Park Educational Institute (Al - Hikmah Secondary School)
—Cambridge Muslim Secondary SchoolEast of EnglandCambridgeCambridgeshireSchool guide: Cambridge Muslim Secondary School
—Eden Springs Girls SecondaryYorkshire and the HumberBradfordSchool guide: Eden Springs Girls Secondary
—Edenfield Girls' High SchoolNorth WestLancashireSchool guide: Edenfield Girls' High School
—Edgbaston High School for GirlsWest MidlandsBirminghamSchool guide: Edgbaston High School for Girls
—Excellence Girls AcademyWest MidlandsStoke-on-TrentSchool guide: Excellence Girls Academy
—Farnborough HillSouth EastFarnboroughHampshireSchool guide: Farnborough Hill
—Green Oak AcademyWest MidlandsBirminghamSchool guide: Green Oak Academy
—Hazrat Khadijatul Kubra Girls SchoolWest MidlandsBirminghamSchool guide: Hazrat Khadijatul Kubra Girls School
—Headington School OxfordSouth EastOxfordOxfordshireSchool guide: Headington School Oxford
—Iqra AcademyEast of EnglandPeterboroughSchool guide: Iqra Academy
—Islamia Girls SchoolLondonLondonBrentSchool guide: Islamia Girls School
—Islamiyah SchoolNorth WestBlackburnBlackburn with DarwenSchool guide: Islamiyah School
—Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad ZakariaYorkshire and the HumberBradfordSchool guide: Jaamiatul Imaam Muhammad Zakaria
—Jamea Al KautharNorth WestLancasterLancashireSchool guide: Jamea Al Kauthar
—Jameah AcademyEast MidlandsLeicesterSchool guide: Jameah Academy
—Jamia Al-Hudaa Residential CollegeEast MidlandsNottinghamSchool guide: Jamia Al-Hudaa Residential College
—King's High SchoolWest MidlandsWarwickWarwickshireSchool guide: King's High School
—Lady Nafisa SchoolLondonHillingdonSchool guide: Lady Nafisa School
—Leicester High School for GirlsEast MidlandsLeicesterSchool guide: Leicester High School for Girls
—Madani Secondary Girls' SchoolLondonLondonTower HamletsSchool guide: Madani Secondary Girls' School
—Madni AcademyYorkshire and the HumberDewsburyKirkleesSchool guide: Madni Academy
—Madrasatul Imam Muhammad ZakariyaNorth WestBoltonSchool guide: Madrasatul Imam Muhammad Zakariya
—Manchester Islamic Grammar School for GirlsNorth WestManchesterSchool guide: Manchester Islamic Grammar School for Girls
—Manchester Senior Girls SchoolNorth WestSalfordSchool guide: Manchester Senior Girls School
—Marymount International SchoolLondonKingston upon ThamesSchool guide: Marymount International School
—Mayfield SchoolSouth EastMayfieldEast SussexSchool guide: Mayfield School
—Me'or High SchoolNorth WestSalfordSchool guide: Me'or High School
—More House SchoolLondonKnightsbridgeKensington and ChelseaSchool guide: More House School
—Moreton Hall SchoolWest MidlandsOswestryShropshireSchool guide: Moreton Hall School
—Newcastle High School for Girls GDSTNorth EastNewcastle upon TyneSchool guide: Newcastle High School for Girls GDST
—Noorul UloomNorth WestBlackburn with DarwenSchool guide: Noorul Uloom
—Normanton House SchoolEast MidlandsDerbySchool guide: Normanton House School
—Northampton High School GDSTEast MidlandsWest NorthamptonshireSchool guide: Northampton High School GDST
—Northwood College for Girls GDSTLondonNorthwoodHillingdonSchool guide: Northwood College for Girls GDST
—Norwich High School for Girls GDSTEast of EnglandNorwichNorfolkSchool guide: Norwich High School for Girls GDST
—Notre Dame SchoolSouth EastSurreySchool guide: Notre Dame School
—Nottingham Girls' High School GDSTEast MidlandsNottinghamSchool guide: Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
—Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch SchoolsNorth WestSalfordSchool guide: Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools
—Olive HighNorth WestLancashireSchool guide: Olive High
—Pipers Corner SchoolSouth EastHigh WycombeBuckinghamshireSchool guide: Pipers Corner School
—Portsmouth High School GDSTSouth EastPortsmouthSchool guide: Portsmouth High School GDST
—Prior's Field SchoolSouth EastGodalmingSurreySchool guide: Prior's Field School
—Queen Anne's SchoolSouth EastReadingSchool guide: Queen Anne's School
—Queen Mary's SchoolYorkshire and the HumberThirskNorth YorkshireSchool guide: Queen Mary's School
—Queen's Gate SchoolLondonLondonKensington and ChelseaSchool guide: Queen's Gate School
—Queenswood SchoolEast of EnglandHatfieldHertfordshireSchool guide: Queenswood School
—Quwwat Ul Islam Girls' SchoolLondonLondonNewhamSchool guide: Quwwat Ul Islam Girls' School
—Rawdhatul Ilm Wal HudaNorth WestBlackburnBlackburn with DarwenSchool guide: Rawdhatul Ilm Wal Huda
—Redstone Academy for GirlsWest MidlandsBirminghamSchool guide: Redstone Academy for Girls
—RGS DodderhillWest MidlandsWorcestershireSchool guide: RGS Dodderhill
—Rida Girls High SchoolYorkshire and the HumberDewsburyKirkleesSchool guide: Rida Girls High School
—Rochdale Islamic AcademyNorth WestRochdaleSchool guide: Rochdale Islamic Academy
—Roedean SchoolSouth EastBrightonBrighton and HoveSchool guide: Roedean School
—Rosa House SchoolNorth WestBurnleyLancashireSchool guide: Rosa House School
—Royal High School GDSTSouth WestBath and North East SomersetSchool guide: Royal High School GDST
—Royal Masonic School for GirlsEast of EnglandRickmansworthHertfordshireSchool guide: Royal Masonic School for Girls
—Sapience Girls AcademyNorth WestOldhamSchool guide: Sapience Girls Academy
—Sherborne School for GirlsSouth WestSherborneDorsetSchool guide: Sherborne School for Girls
—Shiras Devorah High SchoolLondonBarnetSchool guide: Shiras Devorah High School
—St Catherine's SchoolLondonTwickenhamRichmond upon ThamesSchool guide: St Catherine's School
—St George's SchoolSouth EastWindsor and MaidenheadSchool guide: St George's School
—St George's School, EdinburghScotlandEdinburghSchool guide: St George's School, Edinburgh
—St James Senior Girls' SchoolLondonHammersmith and FulhamSchool guide: St James Senior Girls' School
—St Margaret's SchoolLondonLondonCamdenSchool guide: St Margaret's School
—St Margaret's School for GirlsScotlandAberdeenSchool guide: St Margaret's School for Girls
—St Mary's SchoolSouth EastGerrards CrossBuckinghamshireSchool guide: St Mary's School
—St Mary's SchoolEast of EnglandCambridgeCambridgeshireSchool guide: St Mary's School
—St Mary's School for GirlsEast of EnglandColchesterEssexSchool guide: St Mary's School for Girls
—St Nicholas' SchoolSouth EastFleetHampshireSchool guide: St Nicholas' School
—St Teresa's SchoolSouth EastDorkingSurreySchool guide: St Teresa's School
—Streatham & Clapham High School GDSTLondonLambethSchool guide: Streatham & Clapham High School GDST
—Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDSTLondonLewishamSchool guide: Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST
—Tayyibah Girls' SchoolLondonLondonHackneySchool guide: Tayyibah Girls' School
—The Fountain SchoolYorkshire and the HumberBradfordSchool guide: The Fountain School
—The Pioneers AcademyWest MidlandsBirminghamSchool guide: The Pioneers Academy
—The RetreatWest MidlandsTelford and WrekinSchool guide: The Retreat
—Thornton CollegeSouth EastMilton KeynesBuckinghamshireSchool guide: Thornton College
—TiferesNorth WestSalfordSchool guide: Tiferes
—Tiferes High SchoolLondonLondonBarnetSchool guide: Tiferes High School
—Tormead SchoolSouth EastGuildfordSurreySchool guide: Tormead School
—Truro High SchoolSouth WestTruroCornwallSchool guide: Truro High School
—Tudor Hall SchoolSouth EastBanburyOxfordshireSchool guide: Tudor Hall School
—Ummul Mumineen AcademyWalesCardiffSchool guide: Ummul Mumineen Academy
—Vishnitz Girls SchoolLondonHackneySchool guide: Vishnitz Girls School
—Westwood HighNorth WestOldhamSchool guide: Westwood High
—Woldingham SchoolSouth EastCaterhamSurreySchool guide: Woldingham School

An unranked school is not a judgement of its quality. This edition does not cover every school. Visit schools and check their current admissions information when building your shortlist.

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