About Us - A History of Excellence
Our school is a five-form entry all-ability school for girls aged from 11 to 18. Founded as Ware Grammar School for Girls in 1906 on the Amwell House site, we moved to our present site at Presdales in 1964. Our Language College status, which was granted by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills in 1995, enables us to offer a much wider range of languages whilst still ensuring that a broad and balanced curriculum is maintained. Find out more...
Download PDF versions of our school prospectus (39KB) and additional information supplement 2009/10 (262KB)

 

Wanted! There is currently an amnesty on any unreturned school or library books. We will be only too happy to have them back, no questions asked! So, please, please, please can you check all those hidey holes such as under the bed or on top of the wardrobes for any non-returned school items and send them back into school.

 

Results Days GCE results will be available for collection on Thursday 19th August from 10am for Year13 and 11am for Years 12 and 11. GCSE results will be available for collection on Tuesday 24th August at 10.30am. If you are unable to collect your results in person, you should have already supplied Mrs Newbold with a stamped addressed envelope for them to be posted to you.

 

Sixth Form Admission 2010
Are you looking for a place for your Sixth Form Studies starting in September 2010? We welcome newcomers, both girls and boys, to our friendly Sixth Form where we offer in excess of 30 subjects at AS and A2 Level . Although we have already held our open evening, it is not too late to find out what we can offer. Please contact Mrs Preshous by e mail on preshoush285@presdales.herts.sch.uk or by telephone on 01920 462210 ext 238 to make an appointment.

Ofsted 2008
"Presdales School provides an outstanding education for its pupils".

"High expectations for its pupils, evident through the outstanding teaching, challenging curriculum and the support provided to help pupils do well, are the reasons for its success. A large majority of pupils stay on into the Sixth Form and the school's support for them enables them to continue to progress from their already high standards"

Visit the Ofsted website to view a full copy of our latest report dated May 2008.

Our School Profile is now available online. This contains statistics provided by the Department for Education and Skills together with a commentary by the school. It replaces the governors’ annual report to parents and the annual meeting.

Our 2008 results are also available - download them as a PDF document (File Size: 36 KB)

Presdales School is a Data Controller under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998, for information about the information we collect about students and the uses it may be put to, please look at our Privacy Notice (December 2009) .

CLOSING THE SCHOOL DUE TO BAD WEATHER In the event of extreme weather conditions it may be necessary for the school to be closed. If this is the case, the Head will contact local radio stations so that staff and pupils can be informed. To check whether the school will be open, please listen to the Three Counties Radio (103.8 FM), Chiltern Radio (97.6 FM), 1017 "Ten Seventeen" (101.7 FM) or Hertbeat (106.9 FM) Please also check the BBC Three Counties Website or that of Hertfordshire County Council.

Presdales is part of the Ware And Villages Extended Schools Consortium.
Their website contains a lot of useful information about local facilities for families.

For details of currrent vacancies at Presdales visit the Hertfordshire Recuitment Web Sites.
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We also advertise on the eteach website.