Hollygirt School is a day school founded in Nottingham in 1877 as an Independent School for girls from 4 to 16 years old. It is a non profit making Educational Trust managed by a Board of Trustees. The Headmistress is a member of the Girls' Schools Association. There are 338 girls in the school of whom 114 are in the Junior School. Entrance at 7 and 11 is by examination. There is open entry at 4+.
Most girls transfer from the Junior Department to the Senior School. Forms and teaching groups are limited in size for the development of close working relationships between girls and teachers. Every girls follows a core curriculum in line with the National Curriculum, with opportunities to develop strengths in languages, music, sport, drama and art. At 16 all girls take 9 GCSE subjects and a qualification in IT. The school also offers the RSA Initial Award Course. Girls proceed to A-level courses or the Intermediate and Advanced GNVQ courses in other independent day or boarding schools or local maintained schools.
Hollygirt is situated on the north east side of the city and attracts girls from all over Nottinghamshire and from the Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire borders. The school occupies three large Victorian houses which are constantly being improved and developed to provide up-to-date facilities for the Arts, Science and Mathematics, Information Technology and the Creative Arts.
