insideKENT Magazine Issue 44 - November 2015 | Page 134

270mm 91mm wide_Layout 1 16/10/2015 16:03 Page 1 EDUCATION BROMLEY HIGH SCHOOL BRILLIANTLY BROMLEY HIGH LEARNING TO LEAD We are a school where both excellence and endeavour are valued; where academic achievement and extra-curricular commitment are expected of every girl; where every girl’s intellectual potential is nurtured. In our Sixth Form there are so many possibilities to juggle This year Bromley High girls excelled again with a stunning 22% of grades at A* and 88% of grades at A*-B. Our four Cambridge applicants achieved a haul of 12 A*s between them and the school's first Princeton Sports Scholar flew to America to take up her place. In 25 leafy acres, girls have space to grow and have fun and they make rapid progress academically and socially. They are happy to express intellectual enthusiasm; free to pursue their interests without regard to preconceptions about ‘boys’ subjects or ‘girls’ subjects; confident to take the lead in the multitude of opportunities we offer. Our girls participate with enthusiasm and commitment in Music, Drama, Sport and an overabundant range of activities—and where they have interest or talent or enthusiasm, it is nurtured so that they learn to excel. This year alone, our girls have sung on the stage of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, played in national youth orchestras, won starring roles in television and the West End and competed at a national level in Swimming, Diving, Athletics, Tennis, Netball, Biathlon and Cross Country. Aspirational and innovative, Bromley High School was shortlisted in 2015 (alongside Wellington, Brighton College, Kilgraston and Newcastle Grammar School) for Outstanding Progress in a UK Independent School. Bromley High School is part of the Girls’ Day School Trust, the leading network of independent girls’ schools in the UK and an extraordinarily effective network for innovation in teaching and learning and for the sharing of best practice whether it is excellence in hockey, Oxbridge Entrance or Career Networking with its alumnae network of 65,000 women. We believe that a girls’ school education, where girls gain the experience and expectation of taking the lead, gives our young women the competitive edge in employment but also gives them a network of female