James Allen’s (JAGS) is one of London’s most sought after girls’ schools. It occupies a 22 acre site in Dulwich, an affluent residential area with good transport links. Girls come from a wide range of ethnic and economic backgrounds, and all have in common that they are academically able and keen to succeed. The school aims to encourage intellectual curiosity and offers a fantastic range of extra-curricular activities. JAGS is a high pressure environment which could be described as an academic ‘hothouse’, so ideal for some students but not necessarily for others.