Fast Facts

Discover some quick facts about Wimbledon High School:

• Wimbledon High School was founded in 1880
• The WHS symbol is the apple
• The School is a beacon school of the Girls' Day School Trust (GDST), which specialises in educating girls    
• Located centrally in Wimbledon
• The current and 13th head of Wimbledon High School is Ms Fionnuala Kennedy    
• An A level school, regularly in the top 20 nationally for A level and GCSE results

• The first school to hold a ‘Failure Week’ in 2012. Since then we have held a dedicated week every year to build resilience in our students.
• Offering high-level sport: our rowing programme was set up by Olympian Gillian Lindsay.
• 25m swimming pool on-site, playing fields a 10-minute walk away are the original site of the All England Club.
• Our students trial and are successfully selected annually to be Ball Girls at Wimbledon.

Our School Motto:

ex humilibus excelsa
^{"From humble beginnings, greatness"}