Transition to Secondary School
An independent school in Cheshire offers an insight into the rolie of parents and teachers in helping children with transitioning from primary to secondary education.
Read MoreAn independent school in Cheshire offers an insight into the rolie of parents and teachers in helping children with transitioning from primary to secondary education.
Read MoreWhy Choose a Single-Sex Prep School?
The idea that co-education is best in the formative years of young girls is as much a myth as the suggestion that single-sex schools shield young girls from the ‘real’ world.
It seems to be very much about STEM this year. The Reality Check team of the BBC News informs that in recent years A-level entries in science, technology, engineering and maths (known as STEM subjects) have increased by 15,500, a rise of 6%. Impressive A-level results in all subjects, achieved by students of Withington Girls’ School and Alderley Edge School for Girls, show that young women of Manchester and Cheshire also follow the trend of increased interest in science and mathematics.
Read MoreAlderley Edge School for Girls welcomed Britain’s greatest ever gymnast, Beth Tweddle, renowned for her Olympic and Commonwealth successes. She hosted a Junior School Assembly and also held a question and answer session with the school’s Sports’ Scholars.
Read MoreAlderley Edge School for Girls is delighted to announce a partnership with myHappymind, an innovative programme which helps to develop and encourage positive mental wellbeing in children.
Read MoreAll girls’ education continues to thrive in south Manchester with demand for places at Wilmslow Preparatory School as high as ever. But what is it that makes the fee-paying school stick to its ‘all-girls’ guns when, during these tricky economic times, going co-ed could make life financially easier?
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