Burgess Hill Senior School

With a strong sense of its feminist mission and exceptional performing-arts offering, this West Sussex school is all about producing bold, self-motivated girls. ‘Tomorrow’s women need to be tenacious,’ as punchy overall head Heather Cavanagh puts it. Creative students in particular will thrive: the art, music and drama departments are excellent, and the school really puts in the effort so that pupils can fulfil their creative passions.  The nursery, prep and senior schools are all next door to each other in a row of large houses set among 14 acres of land in the q...