Nottingham High School for Girls

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Nottingham High School for Girls is a selective day school, founded in 1875, situated just north of the City of Nottingham. Originally housed in a group of Victorian mansions, the school has expanded considerably. Recent major works have ensured that pupils have fully equipped and purpose built classrooms, laboratories and workshops, together with a well-stocked library, lecture theatre, drama studio and music house, and a separate Junior School. The Sixth Form have their own special facilities and the school is fully networked for IT.

The school grounds include a large all-weather pitch, gymnasium, sports hall and fitness suite. There is also a sizeable sports field at Redhill. The school is immediately adjacent to Nottingham High School and some extra-curricular activities are organised with their boys.

The school can accommodate around 1120 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. As the largest of the 25 schools of the Girls' Day School Trust, Nottingham High School for Girls is part of an organisation which, since its foundation in 1872, has been in the forefront of education of girls. The aim of the Trust is to provide an all round education of high quality for girls of intellectual promise, at an affordable cost. Early pupils were among the first women to obtain university degrees and to enter the professions; the Trust maintains this pioneering outlook in the context of the wider opportunities that exist today.

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[edit] Notable Old Girls

Helen Cresswell (children's author)
Stella Rimington (former Director-General of MI5)

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The Sixth Form elects a group of 16 girls, including Head Girl and two Deputy Head Girls, who organise social events, often in conjunction with Nottingham High School.