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Withington Girls' School

Field	Value
name	Withington Girls' School
image	Withington Girls School-geograph-1684409.jpg
motto	Ad lucem
(Latin: "Towards the light")
established	1890
type	Private day school
head_label	Headmistress
head	S J Haslam
address	Wellington Road
city	Manchester
country	England
postcode	M14 6BL
local_authority	Manchester
enrolment	727
capacity	790
gender	Girls
lower_age	7
upper_age	18
website	http://www.wgs.org/

(Latin: "Towards the light")

Withington Girls' School is a private day school in Fallowfield, Manchester, United Kingdom, providing education for girls between the ages of seven and eighteen. Withington is a member of the Girls' Schools Association and the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.

The school was founded in 1890 by a number of eminent Mancunians. It was named North West Independent School of the Decade by The Sunday Times in 2021. Withington consistently ranks as one of the top schools in the country for academic results.

History

Withington Girls' School was founded in 1890 by a group of eminent Manchester families who wanted the same educational opportunities for their daughters as were already available for their sons. Among the founders were Mrs Louisa Lejeune, the mother of C. A. Lejeune, C. P. Scott, Henry and Emily Simon, Miss Caroline Herford and Sir Adolphus Ward. There were four pupils in the beginning.

Present day

Over the years, the School has aimed to remain true in essence to the founders' principles.

The school suffered a serious arson attack in August 2003, but took this as an opportunity to build new science labs, and has since built a new sixth form common room and additional classrooms.

School song

"Gaudeamus" is the school song and is sung each year at Founder's day, accompanied by the school's orchestra.

Academic curriculum

The following subjects are available for all third form (first year/year seven) pupils:

English and English Literature
Maths
Two of French/German/Spanish
Latin
Chemistry
Biology
Physics
Physical Education
ICT
Food and Nutrition
History
Geography
Religious Studies
Drama and Theatre Studies
Art
Music

As the girls move up the school, other subjects are available, including:

Greek
Classical Civilisation
Computer Science
Politics (Sixth Form only)
Economics (Sixth Form only)
Psychology (Sixth Form only)
Philosophy (Sixth Form only)

Extra-curricular activities

Sport

Withington won its first national lacrosse title at the 2022 National Schools competition when its U14 team claimed the top position.

Notable former pupils

Kate Abdo, television presenter
Julia Britton, playwright
Sarah Burton, creative director of the Alexander McQueen brand and designer of Catherine Middleton's wedding dress
Judith Chalmers, television presenter
Mildred Creak, child psychiatrist
Marjorie Deane (1914-2008), financial journalist
Sarah Foot, medieval historian
Jen Hadfield, poet (Winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize 2008)
C. A. Lejeune, film critic
Brenda Milner, Canadian neuropsychologist
Joanna Natasegara, 2017 Oscar winner, documentary film-maker
Christine Rice, opera singer, mezzo-soprano
Stephen Whittle, Professor of Equalities Law, campaigner for transgender rights

References

"Withington Girls' School - GOV.UK".
"Withington Girls' School".
"Withington Girls' School".
Dow, Catherine. (2020-11-27). "Withington is North West Independent School of the Decade".
Dow, Catherine. (2021-12-03). "Withington earns Sunday Times accolade for third year in a row".
(5 February 1937). "Newsletter 1936–1937". Withington Girls' School.
[http://www.isi.net/schools/7258/ Independent Schools Inspectorate – Report on Withington Girls' School 2013]
Haile, Deborah. (28 August 2003). "Schools count the cost of arson". M.E.N. Media.
"Curriculum".
"Curriculum".
Hayden, Niamh. (2022-03-28). "Withington wins first national lacrosse title".
Cameron, Sue. (2008-11-07). "A journalist the financial world trusted".
Abbit, Beth. (27 February 2017). "Mum of Oscar winner tells of pride as she watched victory on TV". Manchester Evening News.

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