Carshalton High School for Girls is a highly successful school, judged by Ofsted in January 2023 as ‘Good’ in all categories.

We are a happy, successful, and welcoming School with a thriving Sixth Form. Passionate about girls’ education, we are proud of the superb opportunities we offer our girls to develop in a learning environment which fosters kindness, resilience, leadership, happiness, and a dedication to the highest educational standards and outcomes. We are as committed to developing our staff as we are to developing our students. 

Our mission statement reads as follows:

A place of learning that is fearless in its commitment to excellence.

A safe, inclusive learning community where staff and students thrive.

We focus on the wellbeing of our students alongside academic excellence and a vibrant extra-curricular provision where all are encouraged to participate. We have a raft of highly qualified and excellent pastoral staff dedicated to supporting students and their families. Our Personal Development Programme is a sequenced curriculum that runs beyond the classroom and covers a wide range of careers, personal, social, and financial life skills that are of so much importance in helping to keep our students safe and prepared for the future.

A culture of respect, inclusivity and high expectation underpin the goals that we work collectively towards. It is important to us that our girls are known and valued as individuals and that they enjoy their time with us. Student Voice is powerful here. We work in partnership with our students, who actively participate in the running and decision-making of the school. Our Student Council is a very important group.

Students at Carshalton High School for Girls behave impeccably, and they are extremely proud to be part of this School. They understand their personal responsibility towards each other in maintaining disruption-free classrooms and in playing an active role for the benefit of our local community. Staff understand their role is to provide high quality, challenging lessons with a focus on maintaining excellent subject knowledge. Reflection to bring about improvement is a key component of who we are as a School.

Our students proactively engage with the many positive parts of school life through our 5 core values:

Be our best

Be involved

Be together

Be ambitious

Be aware

The multitude of leadership opportunities in the school are recognised and celebrated annually. We want our students to feel prepared and become confident in approaching their future careers with determination; to fulfil their potential as our next generation of leaders. The House system is a strong feature of the school and this facilitates girls mixing across year groups, to foster friendly but fierce competition. We want to inspire our girls, highlight potential opportunities, and motivate them to greatness with our termly focus on powerful and influential female role models.

Welcome to the Girls’ Learning Trust. We were formed in September 2015 and currently consist of three high-performing girls’ schools: Nonsuch High School for Girls, Wallington High School for Girls and Carshalton High School for Girls. All three schools are located in the London Borough of Sutton.

As the largest all-girls multi academy trust in the UK, we have over 4,500 students aged 11-18 and almost 500 staff. We have a financial turnover of £30m and operate over three large sites.

Our aim is to empower girls and young women by delivering a first-class education and providing an inspirational start to their futures.

For more information on the trust please click here.

Our philosophy enables each school and our shared services to develop their own identity and vision, which also means each has its own distinct set of values and culture. But there are some common features to working in any role with us:

• A passionate and dedicated staff team who believe in the transformative power of education, and take pride in the positive impact their roles have both inside and outside of the classroom.
• A team of problem solvers who constantly figure out ways to help pupils achieve better outcomes, tackling challenges both big and small together.
• A fun and empathetic environment: staff who support and take care of each other, bringing a sense of humour to the workplace.
• A commitment to professional development: we are proud of our culture of promoting GLT staff within and across our trust and have an excellent record of developing outstanding staff and preparing them for senior leadership.
• A commitment to safeguarding and wellbeing: we operate a rigorous recruitment procedure that includes DBS, medical screening and confirmation of qualifications. And we are committed to ensuring this remains our top priority.