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Farnborough Hill
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Description: Farnborough Hill 191
Farnborough Hill
Org 1: GSA
Org 2: ISA
 
Description: Farnborough Hill
Farnborough Road, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 8AT
Telephone: 01252 545197
Motto: Wholeheartedly
Key dates: Registration deadline for 2026 entrants: November 2025
Bursary application deadline for 2026 entrants: beginning October 2025
Entrance exam (Year 7 entry 2026): December 2025
Please visit: farnborough-hill.org/join-us/admissions/admissions-process
Age Range: Senior to 18
Day or Boarding: Day, Day Only
Gender: Girls
Exams offered: A Level, Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), GCSE
Scholarships Tick: Academic, Art, Bursary, Drama, Music, Sport
Scholarships Other Types: Creative Arts, Performing Arts
Bursaries and discounts: New entrant bursary, Existing pupil bursary/hardship award, Sibling discount
Scholarships and bursaries – further details
11+ Scholarships
We offer a range of Academic Scholarships worth between 5% and 20% of the termly fees.
Potential Academic Scholars are invited to attend the Scholarship Assessment Day in January based on their performance in the entrance examination.
Our scholarship tests involve mathematic and verbal reasoning as well as creative writing, and are designed to challenge the girls academically although they will be based on age-appropriate content. The girls will also have an interview with a member of the Senior Leadership Team and take part in an informal group activity with our Head of Scholarship.
Drama, Music, Sport and Art and Design scholarships worth between 5% and 20% of fees, are also awarded following success in the entrance examination. Girls will be invited to an assessment in their chosen discipline in January of Year 6.
11+ Examination: December each year
Scholarship assessments: January each year
Sixth Form Scholarships
Academic scholarships, worth up to a maximum of £3,000 per annum, are awarded based on performance in an open examination.
Scholarships are also awarded for Sport and Creative and Performing Arts. An additional scholarship is awarded by Farnborough Hill Old Girls’ Association.
Further information regarding entry procedures, scholarship awards and visits can be obtained from the Director of Admissions, Mrs Emma Judge, Farnborough Hill, Farnborough Road, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 8AT, Tel: 01252 545197, Email: admissions@farnborough-hill.org
 
Farnborough Hill, founded in 1889, is a leading Catholic independent day school for around 540 girls aged 11–18 years. Located on the Hampshire/Surrey border, the School has excellent transport links, both by train and road, while enjoying a beautiful setting in over 65 acres of parkland.
Farnborough Hill is a vibrant community and our vision for pupils is simple: to help them become the very best version of themselves. Teachers believe in the gifts and talents of each individual and value the uniqueness of each person. From this diversity and belief comes a unity of purpose: to develop young women, each strong, compassionate and courageous, each going into the world to play a positive role. We welcome girls of all faiths and none, who are happy to support the School's ethos.
Our girls are engaged, committed and fun-loving. They are achievers but not paralysed by perfectionism. They are risk-takers and carers. These fabulous girls are buoyed up by all the adults at Farnborough Hill, each in their specific role, sharing responsibility for the development of character and nurturing the spirit of the girls in their care.
Superb resources and facilities combined with the energy and expertise of highly motivated staff ensure that the girls have the opportunities and self-belief to succeed in a wide variety of fields. This is a place where pupils thrive, are nourished, and are allowed to develop their individual character before launching into the world as agents of change.
Admission. Entry is by examination taken in December for the following September.
Scholarships and bursaries. The school offers academic, drama, music, sports and art and design scholarships and also bursaries for parents who are in need of financial assistance. Academic scholarships are offered for entry at 11+. In addition, music, drama, sport and art and design scholarships are awarded at 11+. Sixth Form scholarships are awarded for academic achievement, excellence in the performing arts, the creative arts and sports. An additional scholarship is awarded by Farnborough Hill Old Girls’ Association.
Fees per term (2024-2025). Tuition: £6,575, excluding VAT.
Further information. Please visit our website (farnborough-hill.org) or email Emma Judge, Director of Admissions, admissions@farnborough-hill.org.
Charitable status. The Farnborough Hill Trust is a Registered Charity, number 1039443.
 
Governors & Staff:
 
Board of Governors:
Mr Gerry McCormack (Chair of Governors, Chair of Finance and General Purposes Committee)
Ms Helen Griffiths (Deputy Chair of Governors, Chair of Education Committee)
Mr Mark Bernard
Mrs Claire Cox
Mr Eddie Cunningham
Mr Chris Fowler-Tutt
Miss Niamh Hills
Dr Grace Huxford
Mrs Julie Micklethwaite (Safeguarding Governor)
Mr Gary Selby
 
Headmistress: Mrs Maria Young, MA Durham, PGCE Cantab
 
Deputy Head (Pastoral): Miss Pippa Sexton, BA Swansea, MA Hertfordshire, PGCE Oxon
Deputy Head (Operations): Mr Craig McCready, BSc, PGCE Queen’s Belfast, MA King’s College London
Deputy Head (Academic): Dr Ian Taylor-Warwick, BA, MSt, DPhil Oxon
Assistant Head: Mrs Laura Evans-Jones, BA Royal Holloway, MA, PGCE Roehampton
 
Mr Joe Adams, BA, PGCE, Sussex
Mr Erik Anders, BA, PGCE Reading, MA Royal Holloway
Mrs Christina Balsom, Lehrerin des Lehramtes an Grund-Haupt und Realschulen Lüneburg, QTS
Mrs Katherine Bell, BA Bristol, PGCE Soton
Mr Ciaran Bradley, QTS, PGCE Roehampton
Mrs Denise Brennan, BA, PGCE Limerick School of Art and Design
Mrs Joanne Brereton, BA Soton, PGCE Reading
Mrs Olivia Brophy, BSc LSE, PGCE Institute of Education
Mrs Hazel Burrows, BA Loughborough, PGCE Chichester
Mrs Susana Camprubí-Reches, BA Barcelona, MEd Cardiff, PGCE Barcelona
Mrs Benedikt Chamberlain, BA France and Rostock University, Germany, MA Rouen, France, QTS
Miss Helen Clutterbuck, BSc, PGCE Warwick
Miss Hannah Collier, BA, PGCE York
Miss Abbie Cummins, BA Kings, QTS
Mrs Karen Davis, BSc London, PGCE Surrey
Mrs Maria Davy, BA Surrey, PGCE St Mary’s, PGCert SENCo Reading
Mrs Helen De Mattos, BA, PGCE Roehampton, MA Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Mr Daniel Emery, BA Chichester, QTS
Mrs Mimi Fogden, BA Birmingham, PGCE Wolverhampton
Mrs Madeline Greene Lally, BA Queen Mary & Westfield College, MSc UCL
Mr Simon Haddock, BSc UEA, PGCE Institute of Education
Miss Emily-Jayne Harrison, BA, QTS Brighton
Mr Gavin Hawkins, BA Wales, PGCE Bath Spa
Mrs Susannah Haynes, BSc Imperial, PGCE Reading
Mr James Hobbs, BA Sheffield, QTS
Mrs Jessica Hocking, BEng Exeter, PGCE Surrey
Mrs Helen Jones, BA, PGCE Roehampton
Mrs Tanja Lambe, MA Cantab, MSc Reading, PGCE Chichester
Ms Carmel Landowski, BA Bangor, PGCE
Mrs Camilla Lawson, BA W Surrey College of Art and Design
Miss Rebecca Lovelock, BSc Manchester, PGCE Reading QTS
Mrs Rebecca Lowe, MSc Wolverhampton, BA Bath Spa
Miss Naomi Lynch, BSc Farnborough College of Technology, PGCE Buckingham
Mrs Susan Macey, BSc UMIST, PGCE Cantab
Mr Patrick Martin, BA, MA Cantab, PGCE, QCF
Mrs Lucy May, BSc Bristol, QTLS
Mrs Vivian McCarthy, BA Cork, PGCE Oxon
Mr Matthew McCarthy-Brown, BSc, PGCE Exeter
Mr Emanuele Maccherini, MA Siena, PGCE Cantab
Mr Aaron McGuire, BSc Brunel, QTS
Mrs Carrie McNerney, QTS, PGCE Wales
Miss Lucy Miller, BA Reading, PGCE UWE
Miss Jacqueline Munnings, BSc Plymouth, PGCE Sussex
Miss Danni O'Laoire, MA Nottingham, PGCE King’s
Mrs Sarah Oscroft, BSc Sheffield, MSc Oxford Brookes, QTS
Miss Katriona Pengelley, BA Nottingham, MA, PGCE Institute of Education
Mrs Sally Pollington, BEng Leeds, PGCE Greenwich
Dr James Quinnell, BA Winchester, MA, PhD Dunelm, PGCE Lancaster
Mr Alan Rees, BA Oxon, PGCE Oxford Brookes, QTS
Mrs Rupinder Sidhu, BSc Coventry, QTS
Mr Andrew Smith, BSc Open, PGCE Roehampton
Mrs Siobhan Smith, BSc, PGCE Leeds
Mrs Pippa Sutton, BA, PGCE Oxon
Mrs Colleen Swire, BEd St Mary’s Belfast
Mrs Ceri Symonds-Keates, BA Brighton, PGCE Chichester
Mr Scott Temple, MChem, PGCE Sussex
Dr Andrew Tytko, BSc, PhD Leeds, MA Dunelm, PGCE Kingston
Mrs Hannah Van Klaveren, BA Exeter, PGCE, MSc Oxon
Mr Ralph Wellington, BA Exeter, PGCE Birmingham
Miss Polly White, BA UCL, PGCE King’s
Miss Naomi Wilcock, BA, PGCE Chichester
Mrs Lucy Willis, BA Oxon, PGCE London, QTS
Mrs Lori Winch-Johnson, BA Hertfordshire, MSc, PGCE Surrey, CCRS DipPerfCoach Newcastle
Mrs Katherine Wood, BA Staffordshire, PGCE Canterbury Christ Church
Mrs Taryn Zimmermann, BA Leeds, PGCE Manchester
 
Matrons: Mrs Nicola Condren, RGN; Ms Jennifer Lavelle, BSc
Bursar: Mr Crispin Ingham
Director of Admissions: Mrs Emma Judge, MA Hons
Chaplain: Mrs Nelle Dalton, BA, MDiv