Wolverhampton Girls' High School
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| Wolverhampton Girls' High School | |
| Motto | Ludus Supra Praemium |
| Established | 1911 |
| Type | Grammar foundation school |
| Headteacher | Mrs JG Lawton BA MEd PGCE NPQH |
| Chairman of Governors | Professor Peter Ribbins PhD |
| Specialism | Languages
Mrs J C Higgins, MEd: 1956-2000 |
| Location | Tettenhall Road Wolverhampton West Midlands WV6 0BY England  |
| LEA | Wolverhampton |
| Ofsted number | 104402 |
| Staff | 60 (approx.) |
| Students | 739 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Houses | Audley, Ferrers, Paget and Stafford |
| Colours | Red and Navy Blue |
| Former pupils | WGHS old girls |
| Website | www.wghs.org.uk |
| Coordinates: 52°35′28″N 2°09′22″W / 52.591°N 2.156°W | |
Wolverhampton Girls' High School is a selective, single-sex school for girls at Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England.
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[edit] Overview
The school was founded in 1911 and the main school building is an impressive structure, typical of that era. The school building has had many adaptions and additions since its construction, but the main facade remains. The grounds are picturesque in places. Pupils are required to wear a school uniform in the school colours of navy blue and red. The school is non-fee paying and is maintained by Wolverhampton City Council. It is maintained exceedingly well and has been noted for having very few electrical or heating failures, hence the school is never closed due to this reason. Entrance examinations are held each November to select the following year's intake. Selection is by ability only and girls sit tests in English, Maths, Verbal and Non-Verbal reasoning.
Students of the school are split into four houses: Ferrers the red house, Audley the Yellow House, Paget the green house and Stafford the blue house.
There are some 741 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'.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
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[edit] Notable Alumnae
- Rachael Heyhoe-Flint OBE, 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
- Narinder Dhami, author
- Anne Rafferty, High Court judge
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.
