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Sally-Anne
PostPosted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 7:26 am 
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A list of abbreviations for various independent schools commonly used on the forum.

Many thanks to "mad?" for getting the ball rolling with some of the London Schools. Please feel free to add to the list for any area and we will keep this first post updated.

London
CLSG: City of London School for Girls
G & L: Godolphin and Latymer
JAGS: James Allen's Girls School
KCS: Kings College Wimbledon
KGS: Kingston Grammar
LEH: Lady Eleanor Holles
LUS: Latymer Upper School
NHEHS: Notting Hill and Ealing High School
NLCS: North London Collegiate School
PHS: Putney High School
SHHS: South Hampstead High School
SHS: Surbiton High School 
SPGS: St. Paul's Girls' School
SPS: St Paul's School (boys)
UCS: University College School
WUS: Westminster (Upper or Under)

Also:
Birmingham:
KES: King Edward's School (Boys)
KEHS: King Edward's High School (Girls)

Yorkshire:
GSAL: Grammar School at Leeds
BGS: Bradford Grammar School
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FAC51
PostPosted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 2:13 pm 
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Sally-Anne wrote:
WUS: Westminster (Upper or Under)

WUS is the Under School.

There is no "Upper" - that is called "The Great School"

Yes, really!
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Londonb
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North London/Herts schools seem underrepresented. Here are some of them:

MTS: Merchant Taylor’s School
SAS: St Albans School
STAGS: St Albans Girl School
HABS: Haberdashers Askes Boys School
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Daogroupie
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STAGS is the state girls school in St Albans.

The private school is STAHS
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ToadMum
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Londonb wrote:
North London/Herts schools seem underrepresented. Here are some of them:

MTS: Merchant Taylor’s School
SAS: St Albans School
STAGS: St Albans Girl School
HABS: Haberdashers Askes Boys School


If HABS is just the boys' school ('Haberdashers Askes Boys School'?), does that mean that the girls' is HAGS?

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tiffinboys
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I think they thought about it and chose to name it Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls (HASG). :wink:
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scary mum
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tiffinboys wrote:
I think they thought about it and chose to name it Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls (HASG). :wink:

They changed it in the 1970s when they moved next door to the boys' school & it was pointed out to them :lol: :lol:
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Daogroupie
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It is actually called HABS girls but the school itself tends to use the full name Haberdashers.

HAGS is not used by anyone unsurprisingly. DG
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Catseye
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Manchester;
MGS- Manchester Grammar School ( boys)
MHSG- Manchester High School for Girls
WGS- Withington Girls' School
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AdamV
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WGS might also be Wolverhampton Grammar School, if in the west mids rather than Manchester
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