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24: 389:. In 1907 it transferred to the new purpose-built George Palmer School in Basingstoke Road. In 1960 George Palmer Girls' School moved to RGS' current campus at Northumberland Avenue and was named Southlands Secondary School for Girls. The boys' section had moved to the purpose-built Ashmead School in 1952. That school was later renamed Thamesbridge College before becoming the present-day 866: 430:
Although Reading Girls' School is not categorised as a grammar school, it does have verbal and non-verbal reasoning entrance tests for the selective stream section of the school.
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inspection rated the school as 'inadequate'. The inspection highlighted problems with leadership, management and quality of teaching at the school.
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RGS traces its history to Reading Girls' British School, established in 1818 at Southampton Street. Neither is to be confused with
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Since November 2015 RGS is undergoing a rebuild, a new campus on the same site is due to be completed by August 2016.
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51°26′11″N 0°57′39″W / 51.43626°N 0.960875°W / 51.43626; -0.960875
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