When Roedean School was founded by the Lawrence sisters in 1885, its aim was to provide ‘a thorough physical, intellectual and moral’ education with ‘as much liberty as is consistent with safety’.
At a time when educational opportunities for girls were limited, this was a pioneering vision founded on the belief that girls deserved an education every bit as ambitious and rigorous as that offered to boys. More than 140 years later, those same principles continue to shape Roedean’s approach to educating confident, compassionate and intellectually curious young women.
