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Wolverhampton Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunian ...

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Overview

Wolverhampton Girls' High School, founded in 1911, educates girls from the age of 11 to 18. There are some 1015 girls enrolled, including about two hundred in the

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. It was previously awarded the status of

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in the UK's

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, and converted to academy status on 1 April 2014.

Entrance

Entry to the school is via the Shropshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton Grammar Schools Consortium (Adams' Grammar, Newport Girls High, Queen Mary Grammar and High School and Wolverhampton Girls High School), testing Maths, English, verbal and non-verbal reasoning. These tests take place during Year 6 of primary education (in September). 11+ examinations must be taken in order to be enrolled in the school.

Curriculum

There used to be four forms according to which house a student belonged to, however the school now has five forms in each year. Subjects are taught in form groups in years 7 to 9 and then in option groups for the more senior years. Girls take

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and at least three foreign

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s, religious studies,

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and

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. Foreign languages are chosen from French,

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and

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. More recently, students have started to take one major European language and one language with a different writing system in year 7, then to begin Latin in year 8. At GCSE level, alongside

and

, students are required to take at least one foreign language, and one of

, and religious studies. Further, girls take two more subjects of their choice, and in year 11 are given the option to take GCSE-level

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if they desire.

Results

The school has been producing high results for many years and has frequently been ranked within the top 10 state schools in the country for its performance at GCSE and A level. Over 80% of GCSE grades are either A or A*, with the majority of pupils gaining nine or more GCSEs at these grades. The 2006

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results placed the school in fifth place in the performance league table for all maintained schools in the West Midlands. In 2009, 100% of girls who sat GCSE examinations gained 5 or more A*–C GCSEs. Since the 2017 GCSE reforms, WGHS has continued to perform highly in subjects. Notably, in 2019, three-quarters of results were a grade 7 to 9, and 87% of students achieved at least a grade 4 in all 5

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subjects.

Notable former pupils

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cricketer * Wendy Flavell, professor of surface physics at the University of Manchester *

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, Labour politician, first

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of the

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, captain of the

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cricketer *

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(1917-2013), British psychoanalyst * Caitlin Moran, author and journalist *

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politician and educationalist *

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, Baroness Wheatcroft, journalist and Conservative peer, former editor of The Sunday Telegraph and Wall Street Journal Europe *

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, High Court judge *

Sarah Clarke Sarah Clarke (born February 16, 1972) is an American actress, best known for her role as Nina Myers on '' 24'', and also for her roles as Renée Dwyer, Bella Swan's mother, in the 2008 film ''Twilight'', Erin McGuire on the short-lived TV sho ...

, first woman to be appointed Black Rod in the UK Parliament *

Constance Wood Constance "Connie" Annie Poyser Wood (1897–1985) was a pioneer of radiotherapy, leading research units in London when the speciality was being established. Early life and education She was born in Wolverhampton in 1897. She went to Wolverhamp ...

, pioneer of radiotherapy *

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, Conservative Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East and Councillor for Tettenhall Wightwick

References

External links

Wolverhampton Girls' High School
- official web site

- Wolverhampton Girls’ High Old Girls’ Union website {{Authority control Girls' schools in the West Midlands (county) Grammar schools in Wolverhampton Educational institutions established in 1911 1911 establishments in England Academies in Wolverhampton *