The School was founded in 1944 and is now controlled by a Limited Company. Girls are admitted to the Junior Department from the age of four; at age eleven they can be prepared for Entrance Examinations to Public Schools, but the majority make an automatic transition to the Senior School where they can stay until they are sixteen. Most then transfer to Independent or State Schools for sixth form studies.
The aim of the school is to provide every pupil with a good education, together with a sound moral and intellectual background. Every girl is encouraged to develop as fully as her capabilities and interests allow, with the aim of her being able to choose a career in which she can most happily and usefully serve the community.
The two departments of the School occupy separate sites, each with its own pleasantly secluded grounds. Each building has its own specialist rooms for practical subjects, with the Senior School particularly benefiting from new Science Laboratories and recently refurbished Art, Technology and Computer Studies rooms.
Qualified and experienced graduates are responsible for each subject or class across the full range of the National Curriculum.
Speech training, Drama and Instrumental Tuition are optional additional subjects. French and swimming are taught from Year 3.
Sport plays an important part in the life of the school, with excellent results regularly being obtained in swimming, netball, cross-country, tennis and athletics, in competition with other schools. Extra-curricular activities are also available.
School trips of varying kinds are offered to pupils from Year 5.
In Years 9, 10 and 11, through a wide range of visits, outside speakers and Work Experience, the Careers Department provides suitably focused guidance for every pupil.
The Parents Association has recently been transformed into The Friends of Braeside School, an umbrella group which will take over the arranging of regular social occasions and fund-raising events.
The school aims to provide all the advantages of an independent education as thoroughly, but also as economically, as possible.
