Wallington High School for Girls

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Wallington High School for Girls
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Wallington High School for Girls
Woodcote Road

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SM6 0PH

United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°20′53″N0°08′56″W / 51.348°N 0.1488°W / 51.348; -0.1488
Information
Type Grammar school; Academy
MottoHeirs of the past, Makers of the future
Established1888;136 years ago (1888)
Department for Education URN 136789 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of the GovernorsA Myerscough
Head teacherTracy O’Brien
GenderGirls
Age11to 18
Enrolment1500+
HousesAthena, Bronte, Curie, Johnson, Pankhurst, Seacole, Sharman
Colour(s)Blue,Orange, Pink ,Red,Yellow, Green,Purple        
Website http://www.wallingtongirls.sutton.sch.uk/

Wallington High School for Girls is an all-girls selective grammar school in the London Borough of Sutton, England.

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Admissions

It is a grammar school, with Tracey O'Brien as the Headmaster since September 2023. [1]

The school is in Woodcote Green on the A237, around a half-mile north of the A2022 crossroads, at the junction of Sandy Lane South, Woodmansterne Lane, and Woodcote Road (A237). It is near the southern edge of the borough of Sutton, and the western edge of Croydon. It is only one mile north-east of Surrey, specifically Woodmansterne.

History

Wallington High School for Girls was established in 1888 by a collective of nuns. The school building has since changed many times, and now accommodates an estimated 2310 students with 210 in each year group, as well as a Sixth Form College.

It was originally on Stanley Park Road in Carshalton, known as Wallington County Grammar School for Girls, the Wallington County School for Girls, Wallington County School, or the County School for Girls, Wallington. This site is now Bandon Hill primary school.

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Wallington High School for Girls

It moved to Woodcote Road in 1965, the same year it changed its administration from Surrey County Council to the borough of Sutton. In the late 1970s it had around 750 girls with 150 in the sixth form. In the 1990s it became grant-maintained school.

Headteachers

Church

The school lies in the parish of Wallington Holy Trinity, with the nearest church being Wallington St Patrick, and lies on the boundary with Roundshaw.

The Houses

Wallington has seven different forms in each year group. Each form is a member of one of the seven different houses, each named after an influential woman. Each house has two Year 11 House Leaders, who are responsible for organising the annual fete and events and activities for their house. An extra house was added at the start of the academic year of 2012/2013 and this new house is called Curie with the house colour of Cerise. This is due to the school needing to expand in order to accommodate the growing number of primary school students leaving primary education without a place in a secondary school.

Notable former pupils

Rebecca Romero at the 2008 Olympics Rebecca Romero.jpg
Rebecca Romero at the 2008 Olympics
Lucy Porter in November 2011 at the Bright Club Lucy Porter Bright Club 1.jpg
Lucy Porter in November 2011 at the Bright Club

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