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==Overview== |
==Overview== |
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The school was founded in 1911 and the main school building is an impressive red brick structure, typical of that era. The school building has expanded since the 1980s to incorporate a new science block, technology block, geography rooms and a gymnasium. Pupils have to wear a school uniform in the school colours of navy blue and red, which has often been questioned by the pupils as a waste of time and money. However, these rules still stand to please the parents who wish their pupils were actually attending a private school. The school is non-fee paying and is maintained by Wolverhampton City Council. Entrance examinations are held each November to select the following year's intake. Selection is by ability only and girls sit tests in English, Mathematics and Verbal and Non-Verbal reasoning. |
The school was founded in 1911 by Livs dad and the main school building is an impressive red brick structure, typical of that era. The school building has expanded since the 1980s to incorporate a new science block, technology block, geography rooms and a gymnasium. Pupils have to wear a school uniform in the school colours of navy blue and red, which has often been questioned by the pupils as a waste of time and money. However, these rules still stand to please the parents who wish their pupils were actually attending a private school. The school is non-fee paying and is maintained by Wolverhampton City Council. Entrance examinations are held each November to select the following year's intake. Selection is by ability only and girls sit tests in English, Mathematics and Verbal and Non-Verbal reasoning. |
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The school body is split into four houses: Audley, Ferrers, Paget and Stafford. |
The school body is split into four houses: Audley, Ferrers, Paget and Stafford. |
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Revision as of 10:56, 4 March 2008
| Wolverhampton Girls' High School | |
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| Address | |
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Tettenhall Road , , WV6 0BY | |
| Information | |
| Type | Grammar foundation school |
| Local authority | Wolverhampton |
| Specialist | Languages |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chairman of Governors | Professor Peter Ribbins PhD |
| Headmistress | Mrs Julie Grace Lawton BA, PGCE, MIL |
| Staff | 70 (approx.) |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 739 |
| Houses | Audley, Ferrers, Paget and Stafford |
| Former pupils | WGHS old girls |
| Website | http://www.wghs.org.uk/frameset.htm |
Wolverhampton Girls' High School is a selective, single-sex school for girls at Tettenhall Road, Newbridge, Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England.
Overview
The school was founded in 1911 by Livs dad and the main school building is an impressive red brick structure, typical of that era. The school building has expanded since the 1980s to incorporate a new science block, technology block, geography rooms and a gymnasium. Pupils have to wear a school uniform in the school colours of navy blue and red, which has often been questioned by the pupils as a waste of time and money. However, these rules still stand to please the parents who wish their pupils were actually attending a private school. The school is non-fee paying and is maintained by Wolverhampton City Council. Entrance examinations are held each November to select the following year's intake. Selection is by ability only and girls sit tests in English, Mathematics and Verbal and Non-Verbal reasoning.
The school body is split into four houses: Audley, Ferrers, Paget and Stafford.
There are some 740 girls enrolled, including about two hundred in the sixth form. It has been awarded the status of Language College in the UK's Specialist Schools Programme. The last Inspection Report (28 February 2006) by Michael Smith HMI called it an 'outstanding school'.
Curriculum
The school has four forms in each year, and subjects are taught in form groups in years 7 to 9 and then in option groups for the senior years.
Girls take English and at least three foreign languages, religious studies, history, geography,mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, technology, information technology, art, music and physical education. The foreign languages are chosen from French, German, Latin, Russian, Spanish and Japanese.
A wide range of visits by outside speakers and trips outside the school are organized to support course-work.
Results
Wolverhampton Girls' High School has been producing top results for many years, with all girls gaining five or more higher level GCSE passes in 2005 and 2006. About four out of five grades are either A or A*. Sixty per cent of girls gain nine or more GCSEs at grades A or A*.
The 2006 A-level results placed the school in fifth place in the performance league table for all maintained schools in the West Midlands.
More than nine out of ten of the school's Year 13 girls go on to higher education, and the school celebrates their achievements.
Head teacher
- Mrs Drucilla James, MEd, September 1997 to 2003
- Mrs Julie Lawton BA, PGCE, MIL, September 2003 to date
Notable WGHS old girls
- Rachael Heyhoe-Flint MBE, captain of the England women's cricket team
- Hélène Hayman, Baroness Hayman, Labour politician, first Lord Speaker of the House of Lords
- Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark, Conservative politician and educationalist
The school has an Old Girls' Union, which publishes a magazine, holds reunions, and has an Internet Forum which is free to all past pupils and Staff of WGHS. Every summer, there is an Old Girls' Supper.