Co-Education

We are excited to announce that the RGS will become co-educational, offering girls the same opportunities that our boys have enjoyed for centuries: academic enrichment and challenge, diverse co-curricular experience and outstanding pastoral care.

Throughout its rich 500-year history, the School has always innovated to build on our success. Our focus is always solely on what is in our students’ best interests, educationally and with regard to their wellbeing and personal development. We firmly believe that co-education provides us with an opportunity to enhance the education we provide to the benefit of all. 

In a rapidly-changing world, we believe it is vital for the RGS to be a forward-looking, innovative and progressive community, while staying strictly true to our values and principles. Our move to co-education is a significant and exciting development in the School’s evolution. 

Our established culture of inclusivity means that extending our offering to girls is a natural evolution for our historic school. 

Girls will be welcomed into both RGS Prep and RGS Senior, with phased entry from September 2027.

RGS Prep will admit girls into Nursery, Reception (Shell) and Year 3

RGS Senior will welcome girls into Year 12 (Lower Sixth Form)

 

Girls will be admitted into Year 7 (First Form)

This will complete the transition to co-education across our main admission entry points.

Head

We want an RGS education to be reflective of today’s society – one where equity and equal opportunity for the sexes are promoted and in which both girls and boys are able to have equally ambitious aspirations, to work collaboratively and to set themselves up for fulfilling, enriching, happy futures.

Dr Jon Cox, Headmaster
Head of prep

Our success throughout the School comes from the wealth of individuality within our community and our move to co-education will add to the richness of an environment where all students have a voice and can become the very best versions of themselves, together.

Toby Freeman-Day, Head RGS Prep