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== See also == |
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Revision as of 15:42, 22 January 2018
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Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School (TWGGS) | |
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Southfield Road , , TN4 9UJ England | |
Coordinates | 51°08′41″N 0°15′30″E / 51.1448°N 0.2583°E |
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Type | Grammar school |
Established | 1905 |
Local authority | Kent |
Department for Education URN | 118789 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headmistress | Linda Wybar |
Gender | Girls |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrollment | approx. 1100 |
Colour(s) | Navy and Gold |
Website | http://www.twggs.kent.sch.uk |
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 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.
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
- Rosalind Maskell, microbiologist
- Ellie Miles, rugby player
- Virginia Wade, tennis player
- Evie Hutchinson, jungle jammer
- Elisha Goldring, bassline raver
See also
- Tonbridge Grammar School
- Tunbridge Wells Boys' Grammar School
- The Skinners' School
- The Judd School
- Weald of Kent Grammar School
- The Skinners’ Kent Academy