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Nottingham Girls' High School is an independent day school for girls situated just north of Nottingham city centre. The school was founded in 1875 and is part of the Girls' Day School Trust.

History

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

Facilities

Originally housed in a group of Victorian houses, the school has expanded considerably. Recent major works have ensured that pupils have access to fully-equipped classrooms, laboratories and workshops, a performing arts centre, library, lecture theatre, drama studio and music house, and a separate Junior School. The Sixth Form have their own facilities.

The school grounds include a large all-weather pitch, gymnasium, sports hall and fitness suite and performing arts centre. There is also a sports field at Aspley. The school is immediately adjacent to Nottingham High School, and some extra-curricular activities, such as joint theatrical productions, are organised with the boys and girls who attend it.

Houses

The four school houses are named after the four first headmistresses of the school; Bolton (Green), Hastings (Yellow), Luxton (Red) and Skeel (Blue). The house system was adopted recently in the school's history, in 1995. The house system is used in activities such as the Sports Day, and debating competitions. Relatives are put in the same house and girls can request to be put in the same house.

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 normally around 280 girls in the Junior Department, which has a separate headmistress, Mrs Fowler. The head of the senior department is Ms Julie Keller. As the largest of the 29 schools of the Girls' Day School Trust, Nottingham Girls' High School is part of an organisation which, since its foundation in 1872, has promoted the education of girls.

Student executive

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

• Gina Birch, bass player with The Raincoats
• Helen Cresswell, children's author
• Helen Karagounis, née Thieme, Olympic athlete
• Sudha Kheterpal, percussionist
• Julie Myerson, author, and writer in the Financial Times
• Stella Rimington, former Director-General of MI5
• Indhu Rubasingham, theatre director
• Molly Whittington-Egan, writer

References

1. Meller, Helen Elizabeth (1971). Nottingham in the eighteen eighties: a study in social change. University of Nottingham. p. 43.
2. 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.
3. ""Notable GDST Alumnae", Annual Review 2011 – More than an education" (PDF). Girls' Day School Trust (courtesty of Times Educational Supplement).

External links

• School Website
• Profile on the ISC website
• Profile on the GDST website
• Profile at MyDaughter

• Girls' schools in Nottinghamshire
• Educational institutions established in 1875
• Schools of the Girls' Day School Trust
• Member schools of the Girls' Schools Association
• Independent schools in Nottingham
• 1875 establishments in England
• People educated at Nottingham Girls' High School