Shrewsbury High School, Shropshire

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Private day school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Shrewsbury High School

Address

32 Town Walls

Shrewsbury

Shropshire

SY1 1TN

England

Coordinates| 52°42′18″N 2°45′25″W﻿ / ﻿52.705°N 2.757°W﻿ / 52.705; -2.757
Information
Type| Private day school
Established| 1885
Local authority| Shropshire
Head| Darren Payne
Gender| Girls;
Age| 4 to 18
Houses| 4
Website| http://www.shrewsburyhigh.gdst.net/

Shrewsbury High School is a private day school for girls from ages 4 – 18 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It is an original member school of the Girls' Day School Trust.[1]

## History

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Shrewsbury High School opened as a day school for girls in 1885. In 1893 the rising star Ethel Gavin took over as head.[2] The school had outgrown its site and it moved to its present location on the banks of the River Severn in central Shrewsbury in 1895.[citation needed] Gavin moved on to another headship in 1897.[2] The junior department transferred to Kennedy Road in 1959. In 2008 a new prep school was formed by the merger of the existing junior department with Kingsland Grange, a boys’ prep school. The Junior Department has now moved to the historic Town Walls campus as an all-through all-girls school from 4-18.

The Senior Department is located on Town Walls, by the banks of the River Severn.

## Notable former pupils

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See also: Category:People educated at Shrewsbury High School, Shropshire

* Lois Baxter, actress
* Mary Beard, classicist[3]
* Alice Bunn, Director of UK Space Agency[4]
* Hilda Murrell, naturalist

## Notes and references

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1. ^ History
2. ^ a b Sayers, Jane E. (2004). "Gavin, Ethel (1866–1918), educationist and headmistress". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/55584. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 13 October 2020. "Ethel Gavin had a meteoric career: headmistress of the Shrewsbury high school in 1893 at the age of twenty-seven, she was appointed to Notting Hill high school at thirty-four" (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
3. ^ Laity, Interview by Paul (10 November 2007). "A life in writing: Mary Beard, Britain's best-known classicist". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
4. ^ "she-works | Dr Alice Bunn". She Works | Careers Site for Women. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

## External links

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* School Website
* Profile on MyDaughter
* ISI Inspection Report

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Independent (senior)|

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* Ludlow College
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Further education colleges|

* Shrewsbury College
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* Harper Adams University
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Defunct|

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Authority control databases |

* ISNI

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