Herschel Girls School is a private, weekly boarding and day school for girls, located in Claremont, a southern suburb of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

The school has pre-nursery through to grade 12 and is affiliated with the Anglican church, which owns the school buildings.

[1][2] The school, described as "one of the country's best-known schools for girls",[3] is one of the top performing schools in South Africa, achieving the highest academic results in the country for National Senior Certificate exams in 2019.

[4] The purpose of Herschel Girls School is and always has been to provide an empowering education for girls and to be a leader in girls’ education and advocacy for women in South Africa.

[7] There are waiting lists for every grade, including pre-nursery.