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We're delighted to be recognised as one of the top independent schools in the North by The Times, Parent Power Schools Guide 2022. We provide an inspiring and empowering environment that enables every student to happily make their way in the world, their way. By embracing new ideas, encouraging students to think differently and instilling a joy of learning, we make it possible for everyone to be everything they want to be.

Ms Heidi-Jayne Boyes
Head of Wakefield Girls'

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Happily Empowering Girls

At Wakefield Girls’, we enable our students to achieve the extraordinary. With tailored teaching, structured pathways to success and an exceptional extra-curricular program with over 95 clubs to choose from, you’ll like the way we happily enrich the lives of our students. Every interaction is underpinned with positive energy & respect. Every day we inspire and empower everyone to progress confidently into the future with a shared sense of togetherness and a growing awareness of the world around them. And at the heart of our school ethos is always the idea that there are no limits to what Wakefield Girls can achieve.

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A place where
girls belong

We believe that when girls are educated separately, it changes everything. Our all-girl setting enables every student to become fully independent, levelling the playing field so that each can make the most of life’s opportunities and become everything she wants to be.

Ages 7 - 11

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Ages 11 - 16

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Ages 16 - 18

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You'll like the way our OPEN MORNING opens minds and opens doors...

Come and join us at our next open event on Saturday 1st October 2022 to experience life and learning at Wakefield Girls’.

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Explore Our School

Take a look around our school through our interactive map with video coverage.

Upcoming Events

There’s always much to get involved with at Wakefield Girls’. Join us for any of our events including Experience Days, Open Day, our Wakefield Girls Matters webinars series which cover topics that matter most to successfully supporting girls and on Instagram every other Thursday at 4pm when we talk live with our inspiring alumnae. Check out our latest News below and follow us on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels for a daily taste of life and learning at our school.

Upcoming Events

Monday 19 September `22

Webinar: Strong Girls, Balanced Friendships

Saturday 1 October `22

Open Morning

A Place Where
Girls Succeed

A happy and empowering education for girls is at the heart of what we do and this helps our students to achieve in remarkable ways across all different sectors. In our Alumnae Interview Series, find out why Wakefield Girls’ is such a unique place for academic excellence, extra-curricular opportunity and how we help to lay the pathways for success.

Alumnae Interviews