Pontefract and District Girls High School (aka Pontefract Girls' High School) was a grammar school for girls in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.

History

The school on the site was originally built in the Victorian era as a slaughter house before being demolished. It was established in 1912 and closed when in 1987, Pontefract schools lost their sixth forms, with a sixth form college being established at NEW College, Pontefract on the same site. There was a centenary celebration in 2012. The school had its own magazine. After demolition, a Morrisons supermarket was opened on the site.

Notable alumnae

* Jane Brooke, crime writer * Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, politician * Jane Collins, former MEP and UKIP politician *

Shirley Nolan Shirley Nolan or Shirley Oakey (10 February 1942 – 3 December 2001) was a British teacher who set up the Anthony Nolan Register to allow Bone marrow transplants. Her son died and she was diagnosed with Parkinson disease taking her own life in 20 ...

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Anthony Nolan Anthony Nolan is a UK charity that works in the areas of leukaemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. It manages and recruits donors to the Anthony Nolan Register, which is part of an aligned registry that also includes the ''Welsh Bon ...

" register * Karen Wright, contestant on The Great British Baking Show (Collection 6) = The Great British Bake Off (Series 9). She described her school experience in Episode 5, when she made a "Pontefract Girls' School Reunion Spiced Biscuit Chandelier."

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* 1912 establishments in England 1987 disestablishments in England Educational institutions established in 1912 Educational institutions disestablished in 1987 Defunct grammar schools in England Girls' schools in West Yorkshire Defunct schools in the City of Wakefield Pontefract {{Yorkshire-school-stub

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Notable alumnae

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