Work with Sherborne Area Schools’ Trust (SAST)

Sherborne Girls works closely with Sherborne Area Schools’ Trust (SAST) and has developed strong links to deliver a range of shared programmes and experiences. In the last academic year this has included A Level Latin lessons delivered by a teacher from Sherborne Girls to a pupil from The Gryphon School, sponsorship by Sherborne Girls of James Shone’s ‘I can and I am’ pastoral workshop on building self-esteem, joint Oxbridge preparation, and shared History, Classics, and Science lectures. Sherborne Girls’ Chemistry Department organizes a Chemistry Symposium which takes place four times each year and is attended by a number of pupils from The Gryphon School.

There are also links with numerous other local Schools and many Sherborne Girls staff members give their time to these initiatives. The History of Art department train state school teachers in History of Art A Level via the charity "Art History in Schools" and mentor state school pupils for the EPQ. Work with local primary schools has been reinvigorated this year with one member of staff going to primary schools to lead assemblies, acts of worship, workshops and spirituality days, and another visiting primary schools to deliver STEM outreach (Sherborne, Bradford Abbas, Bishops Caundle, Thornford, Milbourne Port and Yetminster). The Sports Department are also actively involved running hockey sessions for local schools and a primary school hockey festival for years 3 & 4. Sherborne Girls, The Gryphon School and Sherborne School are participating in a conservation and rewilding project with the charity, ‘Operation Future Hope.’