Wallington High School for Girls
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| Motto | Heirs of the past, Makers of the future |
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| Established | 1888 |
| Type | Grammar school; Academy |
| Headteacher | Richard Booth |
| Chair of the Governors | Mrs A Myerscough |
| Location |
Woodcote Road Wallington Greater London SM6 0PH United Kingdom Coordinates: 51°20′53″N 0°08′56″W / 51.348°N 0.1488°W |
| DfE number | 319/5405 |
| DfE URN | 136789 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1303 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Athena, Seacole, Brontё, Johnson, Sharman, Pankhurst, Curie |
| Colours |
Blue, Green, Orange, Red, Violet, Yellow, Cerise |
| Website | WHSG |
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Wallington High School for Girls is an all-girls selective grammar school in the London Borough of Sutton, England.
It is a grammar school, with Richard Booth as the Headmaster since September 2016. The school is also twinned with Wallington County Grammar School for Boys, in many events due to both the schools being in the same area as each other. Girls can join the boys' school's sixth form. Around 2000 girls each year apply for 210 available places.
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.
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 Stanley Park High School.
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.
Although the school itself is non-religious, Springfield Church uses the school premises for its worship every Sunday at 10.30. 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.
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