Presdales School

Presdales School is a girls' secondary school with academy status, located in Ware, Hertfordshire in the East of England. The school also operates a coeducational sixth form. The current headmaster is Mr M Warren, who took the post in 2016.HistoryIt was founded as Ware Grammar School for girls in 1906 at nearby Amwell House, and moved to its present site of Presdales House in 1964. It became a comprehensive in 1975.It was awarded specialist college status three times by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, namely as: a Language College, in 1995; an English and Music College, in 2003; and as a Mathematics & Computing College, in 2009. The school converted to academy status in April 2012Notable former pupils Kacey Ainsworth, actress who played Little Mo Mitchell from 2000-06 in EastEnders Nicola Fibbens, Olympic swimmer, who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics Dr Hannah Fry, mathematician and broadcaster Jane Gandee, Headmistress since 2010 of St Swithun's School, Winchester Bianca Gascoigne