Description
Waldegrave School for Girls is part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames LEA. It is situated between the A311 and A305 around 500 metres north of Fulwell railway station and west of Strawberry Hill.
Headteacher is Mrs Philippa Nunn, the school's third head, who has held the post since 2006 when she succeeded Heather Flint.
In 2002 it had an enrolment of 1034 pupils. Waldegrave was a Beacon School from 1999 and became involved in a Leading Edge Partnership with Grey Court School in 2004. It was also awarded specialist Science College status in September 2004. It is the only state-maintained non-mixed school in the borough.
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