Beyond Godstowe

Godstowe is a non-selective school, but we pride ourselves on the range and number of scholarships and exhibitions our girls are awarded to senior school. We work closely with each family to find the right senior school for each pupil. We hold senior school Q&A events, and information evenings from year 3 up, to ensure families are equipped with all the right information to prepare for the school of their choice.

Maybe it's their confidence or the assured preparation they're given, but Godstowe girls are a hit with the senior schools.

Tatler Schools Guide, 2021

Destination Schools

Most Godstowe girls leave having done Common Entrance at age 13, at the end of Year 8. They go on to a variety of independent girls' and co-ed schools, including:

• Benenden
• Berkhamsted
• Bloxham
• Bradfield
• Cheltenham Ladies' College
• Claires Court
• Downe House
• Haileybury
• Headington Rye
• Heathfield
• Leighton Park
• Luckley
• Malvern St James
• Marlborough
• Millfield
• Oundle
• Oxford High
• Pipers Corner
• Queen Anne’s Caversham
• Queenswood
• Roedean
• Royal Masonic School
• Rugby
• Sevenoaks
• Sherborne Girls
• Stowe
• St Edward's, Oxford
• St George's, Ascot
• St Helen and St Katherine
• St Helen's, Northwood
• St Mary's, Ascot
• St Marys, Calne
• St Mary's, Gerrards Cross
• St Swithun's
• Tudor Hall
• Uppingham
• Wellington College
• Westonbirt
• Wycombe Abbey

Godstowe girls typically flourish at Wellington and add so much to our community.  They tend to be multi-dimensional in their talents and bring that Godstowe sense of busy purpose with them, contributing to every aspect of Wellington life from the outset.  Over recent years Godstowe girls have developed into top academics, top sportswomen and top dancers and actresses to name but a few disciplines.
Ed Venables, Director of Admissions, Wellington

Senior School Scholarships and Exhibitions

Scholarships to senior schools are competitive examinations awarded on merit and accomplishment. 

Some schools offer academic scholarships only, whilst others offer art, drama, music, sport, dance, DT and 'all-rounder' awards. Discounted fees often accompany a scholarship award.

Excellence is evident in all aspects of school life, from the impressive scholarship results and senior school places gained to the cups and awards in many curricular and co-curricular areas
ISI Report 2018