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St Swithun's School
St Swithun's School
St Swithun's School
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St Swithun's School Winchester, Hampshire Visit
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St Swithun's School
Winchester
520 pupils, ages 11-18
Girls only
Day and Boarding
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St Swithun's School

Winchester's St Swithun's has the wow factor, inside and out. Academic results are stellar and luxurious is no overstatement when it comes to describing the building and grounds. It’s also home to St Swithun's Prep School and Preschool, meaning girls can soak up knowledge here from age three to 18. St Swithun’s is accredited as a High Performance Learning World Class School – achievement is high but the route is relaxed. This is certainly no hothouse, and the girls we met were all purposeful and happy.  If you were to imagine a quintessentially traditional girls’ ...
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Drama production on a pirate ship with bunting
Girl drawing with pastel crayons in art
Girls in overalls and safety glasses looking at a wooden boat in DT
Girls in blue blazers and checked skirts walking together
Girls in orange and black dresses playing netball
Teacher in a blue top in a drama class
Girl in a white top and navy skirt hitting a yellow tennis ball
Girls in navy sports kit running around in front of St Swithun's School
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School Updates

  • St Swithun’s students join the fight against period poverty

    Led by one of the sixth-formers, students at St Swithun's School, Winchester, are helping in the fight against period poverty by sewing reusable period pads for refugees worldwide.
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  • St Swithun’s Sixth-form Students Celebrate Oxbridge Offers

    Sixth-form students at St Swithun’s are celebrating another record-breaking year of offers to study at Oxford or Cambridge universities.
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  • St Swithun’s ranked as one of the best sporting schools in the country

    St Swithun’s is celebrating its remarkable sporting achievements after being ranked as the top girls’ boarding school for sport in the recent edition of School Sport Magazine.
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  • Sporting Super Saturday for St Swithun’s School

    St Swithun’s school in Winchester is celebrating after a bumper day of sporting success this past Saturday (5 October). The all-girls’ school saw both the 1st and 2nd teams win the South West U19 Lacrosse Rally titles after going unbeaten throughout the day. Meanwhile, the U16 and U14 netball teams emerged victorious in the National Schools county rounds and will go on to represent Hampshire in the regional finals in February.
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  • Former St Swithun’s student unveils purple plaque for women in innovation award

    Claire Trant, the co-founder and CEO of Untap Health, visited her former school St Swithun’s in Winchester earlier this week to unveil a purple plaque after winning a national Women in Innovation Award from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency.
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  • St Swithun’s School becomes a smartphone free environment in years 7-11

    St Swithun's School is adopting Yondr pouches to make the school more of a smartphone-free environment and to improve engagement and the mental health of students.
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  • St Swithun's School Celebrates Impressive 2024 GCSE Results

    St Swithun's is pleased to announce the achievements of its students in the 2024 GCSE examinations.
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  • St Swithun’s students celebrate excellent A-level results

    St Swithun’s School in Winchester is celebrating its strongest set of A-Level results in a non-pandemic year since 2015. 92% of A Levels at the leading all-girls’ school were graded A* to B while over two-thirds (68%) were A*/A.
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  • St Swithun’s Challenge: A Community Triumph

    St Swithun’s wrapped up the academic year as the school community came together to raise over £50,000 for the Bramston Bursary Foundation.
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  • St Swithun’s Write Well Competition Crowns Winners

    St Swithun’s School recently hosted the awards ceremony for ten shortlisted candidates for a new national writing competition, "Write Well". In an time where it is often believed that young individuals write less than before, the event showcased the genuine and expressive voices of students sharing their personal experiences.
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  • St Swithun’s School celebrates its 140th birthday in style

    St Swithun’s School in Winchester continued to celebrate its 140th anniversary with a series of festivities including a vibrant birthday lunch and party.
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  • Sixth Form Politics Students enjoy trip to the Houses of Parliament

    Students from St Swithun’s sixth form politics class had a unique opportunity to witness democracy in action during a visit to the Houses of Parliament earlier this month.
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  • St Swithun’s crowned national lacrosse champions

    St Swithun’s under 15 lacrosse side are celebrating after being crowned National Schools Champions earlier this week.
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  • St Swithun’s joins BSA Boarding Orchard as part of 140th birthday celebrations

    St Swithun’s is proud to have joined the Boarding School Association’s (BSA) Boarding Orchard by planting a pear and an apple tree in the school grounds.
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  • WATCH: St Swithun's Sixth Form Video

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  • WATCH: St Swithun's Senior School Headteacher

    WATCH: St Swithun's Senior School Headteacher
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  • WATCH: St Swithun's Senior School Boarding Video

    WATCH: St Swithun's Senior School Boarding Video
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  • See St Swithun's in our All-through Schools Guide

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  • See St Swithun's in our Senior Boarding Schools Guide

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St Swithun's School is
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St Swithun's Preschool
St Swithun's Preschool Winchester
St Swithun's Prep School
St Swithun's Prep School Winchester
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Address
Alresford Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 1HA

Contact
office@stswithuns.com
01962 835700

Website
stswithuns.com

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