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'''Nottingham Girls' High School''' is an ] selective day school for girls aged 4-18, situated just north of ] city centre. The school was founded in 1875 and forms part of the ]. '''Nottingham Girls' High School''' is a ] ] for girls aged 3–19, situated just north of ] city centre. The school was founded in 1875 and forms part of the ].


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==History== ==History==
Nottingham Girls' High School was founded on 14 September 1875 by the Girls' Public Day School Company (now the ]).<ref>{{cite book|last=Meller|first=Helen Elizabeth|title=Nottingham in the eighteen eighties: a study in social change|page=43|date=1971|publisher=]}}</ref> It was among the first schools opened by the GDST outside London. Nottingham Girls' High School was founded on 14 September 1875 by the Girls' Public Day School Company (now the Girls' Day School Trust).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meller |first=Helen Elizabeth |title=Nottingham in the eighteen eighties: a study in social change |page=43 |date=1971 |publisher=]}}</ref> It was among the first such schools opened outside London.


Before the 1870s, education for girls in Nottingham was fixed by social class, with limited opportunities for working class girls to receive any post primary schooling. The forming of girls’ education was largely due to the work of feminist reformers. Nottingham Girls' High School was originally on Oxford Street, with Mrs Bolton as Headmistress, before relocating to its current location on Arboretum Street, in a building formerly a lace manufacturer’s house. When the school first opened, it had just 34 pupils, but by the time of its relocation it had expanded to 146. Before the 1870s, education for girls in Nottingham was fixed by social class, with limited opportunities for working-class girls to receive any post-primary schooling. Much of the development in girls' education was due to the work of ] reformers. Nottingham Girls' High School was originally in Nottingham's Oxford Street, with Mrs Bolton as Headmistress, before relocating to its current location in Arboretum Street, in a building that had been a lace manufacturer's house. When it first opened, it had 34 pupils, but by the time of its relocation that had increased to 146.


The outbreak of WWII in 1939 resulted in NGHS moving to two separate locations: Ramsdale Park and Daybrook, in order to accommodate the South Notts Hussars who were stationed in the Arboretum Street buildings. However, by 1944/5 the school was able to move back. Just 10 years later, the number of pupils reached 800 and NGHS celebrated its 80th birthday. The outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 caused the school to move to two separate locations: Ramsdale Park and Daybrook. The Arboretum Street buildings were used to accommodate the South Notts Hussars until 1944–1945, when the school was able to move back. Ten years later, as the school celebrated its 80th anniversary, the number of pupils reached 800.


The 1970s saw significant building expansion at the school and in 1975 NGHS celebrated its Centenary. On 18 May 1973, the Milford Building was officially opened by HRH the Duchess of Gloucester and in 1978, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh opened the Edinburgh Library. The 1970s saw significant building expansion at the school and in 1975 the school marked its centenary. On 18 May 1973, the Milford Building was officially opened by the ] and in 1978, the ] opened the Edinburgh Library.


In 1995, the House system was introduced and named after the first four Headmistresses of NGHS: Bolton, Hastings, Luxton and Skeel. The Bowering Sports Hall was opened by Richard Bacon in 1998 and eleven years later, in May 2009, the new Sixth Form Centre opened. In 1995, a house system was introduced and named after the first four headmistresses of the school: Bolton, Hastings, Luxton and Skeel. The Bowering Sports Hall was opened by ] in 1998 and eleven years later, in May 2009, the new Sixth Form Centre opened. In 2016 the old dining hall building was demolished and replaced by a performing arts centre, The Squire Performing Arts Centre, after an alumna, Dame ].


In 2020, a nursery was opened by the education innovator Shonette Bason-Wood.<ref></ref>
A huge addition to the school came in 2016 when the Old Dining Hall building was demolished and replaced with an incredible, state-of-the-art performing arts centre know as 'The Space' named after esteemed alumna Dame Rosemary Squire (The Squire Performing Arts Centre).


In 2023, the newly expanded and refurbished 1875 Sports Centre was opened by ] OBE. <ref></ref>
Over its 140 year history, the school has been overseen by 13 Headmistresses and one acting Headmistress. Today the school is run by Head, Julie Keller.

Over its history, the school has been headed by 13 headmistresses and one acting headmistress. Julie Keller is the current Head.


==Facilities== ==Facilities==
Originally housed in a group of Victorian houses, the school has since expanded considerably. The campus now boasts a state of the art performing arts centre, Sixth Form Centre, two libraries, lecture theatre, drama studio, music building, a modern refectory, common rooms and a separate Infant and Junior School. In recent years, the school has invested heavily in IT provision and training; for example, all girls from Year 4 upwards are issued with a personal iPad. Originally placed in a group of Victorian houses, the school has since expanded considerably. Its professional-grade performing arts centre, The Squire Performing Arts Centre is regularly used for music and drama productions at the school and can be hired for non-school conferences, meetings and performances. It provides a source of education for girls interested in all aspects of the performing arts and theatre production work, from music to lighting, sound and costume.


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The school grounds also include large all-weather pitches, grass pitches, a gymnasium, sports hall, climbing wall, outdoor learning area and fitness suite. There is an additional sports ground at Aspley, due for substantial reinvestment and redevelopment in 2018.
There is a Sixth Form Centre adjoining The Squire PAC, with modern classrooms, a kitchen area and tuck shop, and an outside garden and decking area. There are two libraries – one in the Senior School and one in the Junior School – along with a lecture theatre, drama studio, music building, dining hall, and common rooms for the lower and upper schools. The Infant and Junior schools are on the same site, based in the buildings on Balmoral Road.


In recent years, the school has invested in IT provision and training. Girls from Year 4 upwards are issued with a personal iPad; younger girls share iPad facilities. Classrooms have interactive whiteboards with Google Classroom, and there is digital equipment for use across the curriculum, such as cameras and microscopes. DT and food rooms have been refurbished to include a 3D printer, among other high-tech equipment.
==Houses==
The four school houses are named after the four first headmistresses of the school; Bolton, Hastings, Luxton and Skeel.


The school grounds include all-weather courts, grass pitches, a gymnasium, and the recently refurbished and expanded 1875 Sports Centre which includes the sports hall, fitness studio and state-of the art fitness suite. The outdoor learning area comprises a climbing wall. Upnah Wood has plentiful outdoor learning equipment, such as low ropes, a fire pit and a pizza oven.
==Academics==

The school can accommodate around 1200 pupils overall, aged from 4 to 18. The Sixth Form represents nearly 30% of the Senior School and there are usually around 280 girls in the Junior School, which has its own head teacher, currently Mrs Laura Fowler. The head of whole school is Ms Julie Keller. As the largest of the 29 schools of the ], Nottingham Girls' High School is part of an organisation which, since its foundation in 1872, has promoted and specialised in the ].
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==Houses==
The four school houses are named after the four first headmistresses of the school; Bolton, Hastings, Luxton and Skeel. In recent years, the Junior School has also adopted the House system, so that girls can be in the same House as siblings further up the school. The House system includes inter-house competitions and sports events.


==Academic structure==
== Student executive ==
There were 738 students in the 2019–2020 academic year, of whom 151 were in the sixth form studying for A Level.<ref></ref> The sixth form is overseen by a Head of Sixth Form. There are usually around 280 girls in the Junior School, which has its own Head. Nottingham Girls' High School is among the largest of the 23 schools and 2 academies run through the Girls' Day School Trust, which has promoted education of girls since its foundation in 1872.
The Sixth Form elects a group of 16 girls, including Head Girl and two Deputy Head Girls, who organise social events, and there is also a senior prefect team that aid the Head Girl in her duties. Three House Captains are also appointed per House to run house events and cheer on participants.


==Notable former pupils== ==Student Leadership ==
A team of committed Sixth Formers are appointed to a range of positions each year. This includes a Head Girl and two Deputy Head Girls, who work closely with the Senior Leadership Team on a range of projects and strategies. Included in this group is a series of Prefect House Captains who oversee all House events.
{{see also|Category:People educated at Nottingham Girls' High School}}


==Notable alumnae==
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*] (living), bass player with ]
*], novelist, journalist and children's writer
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*] (1934–2005), children's author<ref>{{cite book |last=Carter |first=James |title=Talking Books: Children's Authors Talk About the Craft, Creativity and Process of Writing, Volume 2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IQDVsfeTHeAC |pages=114–29 |date=2002 |publisher=] |isbn=9780203025178}}</ref>
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*] (born 1981), née Thieme, 2004 Olympic relay runner
*], former ]<ref>{{cite web|title="Notable GDST Alumnae", Annual Review 2011 – More than an education|url=http://www.tes.co.uk/Pictures/Assets/Attachments/1054661%5C02102012100321_GDST%20AR%202012.pdf|publisher=] (courtesty of ])}}</ref>
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Independent selective girls-only day school in Nottingham

Nottingham Girls' High School
Address
9 Arboretum Street
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 4JB
England
Coordinates52°57′46″N 1°09′22″W / 52.9627°N 1.1562°W / 52.9627; -1.1562
Information
TypePrivate girls-only day school
MottoProgressive. Creative. Different.
Established1875; 150 years ago (1875)
Local authorityNottingham
Department for Education URN122936 Tables
Chair of GovernorsEmma Wilson
Head teacherJulie Keller
GenderGirls
Age3 to 19
HousesBolton
Hastings
Luxton
Skeel
Colour(s)Sky Blue, Navy Blue
   
Websitehttps://nottinghamgirlshigh.gdst.net/

Nottingham Girls' High School is a private day school for girls aged 3–19, situated just north of Nottingham city centre. The school was founded in 1875 and forms part of the Girls' Day School Trust.

Nottingham Girls' High School from the Arboretum.

History

Nottingham Girls' High School was founded on 14 September 1875 by the Girls' Public Day School Company (now the Girls' Day School Trust). It was among the first such schools opened outside London.

Before the 1870s, education for girls in Nottingham was fixed by social class, with limited opportunities for working-class girls to receive any post-primary schooling. Much of the development in girls' education was due to the work of feminist reformers. Nottingham Girls' High School was originally in Nottingham's Oxford Street, with Mrs Bolton as Headmistress, before relocating to its current location in Arboretum Street, in a building that had been a lace manufacturer's house. When it first opened, it had 34 pupils, but by the time of its relocation that had increased to 146.

The outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 caused the school to move to two separate locations: Ramsdale Park and Daybrook. The Arboretum Street buildings were used to accommodate the South Notts Hussars until 1944–1945, when the school was able to move back. Ten years later, as the school celebrated its 80th anniversary, the number of pupils reached 800.

The 1970s saw significant building expansion at the school and in 1975 the school marked its centenary. On 18 May 1973, the Milford Building was officially opened by the Duchess of Gloucester and in 1978, the Duke of Edinburgh opened the Edinburgh Library.

In 1995, a house system was introduced and named after the first four headmistresses of the school: Bolton, Hastings, Luxton and Skeel. The Bowering Sports Hall was opened by Richard Bacon in 1998 and eleven years later, in May 2009, the new Sixth Form Centre opened. In 2016 the old dining hall building was demolished and replaced by a performing arts centre, The Squire Performing Arts Centre, after an alumna, Dame Rosemary Squire.

In 2020, a nursery was opened by the education innovator Shonette Bason-Wood.

In 2023, the newly expanded and refurbished 1875 Sports Centre was opened by Lydia Greenway OBE.

Over its history, the school has been headed by 13 headmistresses and one acting headmistress. Julie Keller is the current Head.

Facilities

Originally placed in a group of Victorian houses, the school has since expanded considerably. Its professional-grade performing arts centre, The Squire Performing Arts Centre is regularly used for music and drama productions at the school and can be hired for non-school conferences, meetings and performances. It provides a source of education for girls interested in all aspects of the performing arts and theatre production work, from music to lighting, sound and costume.

There is a Sixth Form Centre adjoining The Squire PAC, with modern classrooms, a kitchen area and tuck shop, and an outside garden and decking area. There are two libraries – one in the Senior School and one in the Junior School – along with a lecture theatre, drama studio, music building, dining hall, and common rooms for the lower and upper schools. The Infant and Junior schools are on the same site, based in the buildings on Balmoral Road.

In recent years, the school has invested in IT provision and training. Girls from Year 4 upwards are issued with a personal iPad; younger girls share iPad facilities. Classrooms have interactive whiteboards with Google Classroom, and there is digital equipment for use across the curriculum, such as cameras and microscopes. DT and food rooms have been refurbished to include a 3D printer, among other high-tech equipment.

The school grounds include all-weather courts, grass pitches, a gymnasium, and the recently refurbished and expanded 1875 Sports Centre which includes the sports hall, fitness studio and state-of the art fitness suite. The outdoor learning area comprises a climbing wall. Upnah Wood has plentiful outdoor learning equipment, such as low ropes, a fire pit and a pizza oven.

1875 Sports Centre

Houses

The four school houses are named after the four first headmistresses of the school; Bolton, Hastings, Luxton and Skeel. In recent years, the Junior School has also adopted the House system, so that girls can be in the same House as siblings further up the school. The House system includes inter-house competitions and sports events.

Academic structure

There were 738 students in the 2019–2020 academic year, of whom 151 were in the sixth form studying for A Level. The sixth form is overseen by a Head of Sixth Form. There are usually around 280 girls in the Junior School, which has its own Head. Nottingham Girls' High School is among the largest of the 23 schools and 2 academies run through the Girls' Day School Trust, which has promoted education of girls since its foundation in 1872.

Student Leadership

A team of committed Sixth Formers are appointed to a range of positions each year. This includes a Head Girl and two Deputy Head Girls, who work closely with the Senior Leadership Team on a range of projects and strategies. Included in this group is a series of Prefect House Captains who oversee all House events.

Notable alumnae

See also: Category:People educated at Nottingham Girls' High School

References

  1. Meller, Helen Elizabeth (1971). Nottingham in the eighteen eighties: a study in social change. University of Nottingham. p. 43.
  2. Bason-Wood's campaign. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. Official Opening of the 1875 Sports Centre
  4. Independent Schools Council. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. Carter, James (2002). Talking Books: Children's Authors Talk About the Craft, Creativity and Process of Writing, Volume 2. Routledge. pp. 114–29. ISBN 9780203025178.
  6. ""Notable GDST Alumnae", Annual Review 2011 – More than an education" (PDF). Girls' Day School Trust (courtesy of Times Educational Supplement). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2014.
  7. https://www.nottinghampost.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/june-spencer-better-known-peggy-2966085

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