City of London School for Girls
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City of London School for Girls (CLSG) is an independent girls' school located in the Barbican Estate complex in the City of London in London, United Kingdom. It is the sister school of the City of London School (a boys' school located directly on the banks of the River Thames) and the City of London Freemen's School (a co-educational school located in Surrey). Intake is from age 7 to 18, though many of its pupils enter at 11, and similarly join other independent schools for the sixth form (16-18).
The school has a growing academic reputation which is demonstrated in rising league table results, although some accuse it of anti-intellectualism in favour of exam performance. Most notably, the school achieves far higher results in the intellectually undemanding GCSE examinations than it does in the more challenging A-Level examinations. This stands the school in stark contrast to its brother school, where the trend is the exact reverse.
Although the school ostensibly has a close relationship with the brother school - putting on joint concerts and theatrical productions - relationships continue to deteriorate as the Headmistress, for reasons as yet unknown, refuses to negotiate with the Headmaster of the boys' school over such simple matters as the alignment of holiday dates at the two schools. Such disputes are common and have led to the general souring of the relationship between the pupils and staff of the two schools.
Former pupils include Dido.
External link
- City of London School for Girls web site (http://www.clsg.org.uk/)