Nonsuch High School for Girls

Nonsuch High School is an all-girls' grammar school with an academy status, located in Cheam, in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, on the border of the London Borough of Sutton, and standing in of grounds on the edge of Nonsuch Park. The school is a specialist science college and languages school and is currently ranked as the 9th best performing state school by GCSE results in 2019. Nonsuch High School for Girls also ranked in 13th highest place nationally for the value added progress their students make at GCSE according to the Department for Education's (DFE) performance tables. History The school was founded in 1938. The first headmistress was Marion Dickie who stayed on as headmistress until 1964. Nonsuch holds two entrance examinations which must be passed in order to go to the school. This examination system was first introduced on 21 December 1937 and continues to this day. Awards The school has won various awards such as Beacon status, Sportsmark Award, Schools Achievement Award and Education Extra - Distinction. It also gained specialist science college status in July 2004 and then language school status. This means extra funding was provided. Every year, along with St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls, Nonsuch provides the ball girls for the Queen's Club Championships as well as providing ballgirls for the ATP tournament. The school was awarded academy status on 1 June 2011. Selection As Nonsuch is a grammar school, girls are required to take the 11+ exam to gain entry into year 7, which used to be a shared selection test with Wallington High School for Girls, but was made separate in 2009, and then in 2016 they were recombined. However, there are sometimes additional places in other year groups, and these are allocated based on tests in English, Mathematics and Science. There is another intake for the sixth form, which is based on GCSE results. An average points score of 6 in the best 8 GCSEs and a grade 6 or above in GCSE Mathematics and English Language or Literature is needed for this.