Edgbaston High School

Edgbaston High School for Girls
Motto Fideliter, Fortiter, Feliciter
(Latin: " Faithfully, bravely, successfully"
Established 1876
Type Independent day
Headmistress Dr Ruth Weeks
Location Westbourne Road
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 3TS
England
Coordinates: 52°28′02″N 1°55′39″W / 52.4671°N 1.9274°W / 52.4671; -1.9274
DfE number 330/6003
Students 940~
Gender Girls
Ages 2½–18
Website www.edgbastonhigh.co.uk

Edgbaston High School for Girls is an independent day school for girls aged 2½ to 18 in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England.

History

The school was founded in 1876 making it the oldest girls' school in Birmingham. The first headmistress was Mrs Alice Cooper. The school used to be a boarding school in a different location.

In 1881, the school staged a cricket match against another school, to which a local newspaper reacted with hostility. It produced a cartoon and wrote a passage of its opinions towards the upcoming match.[1]

Structure

Westbourne is the Pre-Preparatory Department of the school. It is split into three stages, organised by the age of the child. The Octagon Nursery is available for children from the age of 2½ and above. The nursery opened in September 2004. Following this is the Kindergarten for children of the age of three. In the September following the child's fourth birthday, they can move into Reception.

The Preparatory Department is the second department in the school. It consists of years one to six. Each year is split into four houses; Curie, Frank, Johnson and Nightingale. In Years One, Two and Three forms are primarily taught by their form teacher with specialist teaching in French, music and physical education. More specialist teaching is introduced as pupils move from Year Four through to Year Six. These two departments form the Lower School.

The Senior School is third department in the school. It consists of Years Seven to Eleven, preparing the students for GCSEs and A-levels. Following this the students may move on into the sixth form centre, the fourth department. Sixth Form students are required to wear a suit which is conservative in style. There are five houses: St Patrick, St David, St Andrew, St George and St Francis with many House Events available such as the House Quiz or Sports Day.

Academics

The school received the 11th best GCSE results and 9th best A/ AS level results in 2006 in Birmingham.[2][3]

Notable current pupil

Notable former pupils

References

  1. Stephen Walker; Len Barton (1983). Gender, Class & Education. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-8002-3300-X.
  2. BBC league tables: Schools in Birmingham sorted by GCSE
  3. BBC league tables: Schools in Birmingham sorted by A/AS
  4. Ruth Watts, ‘Lloyd, Julia (1867–1955)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2013 accessed 1 August 2015

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