Associations
The school is supported by various associations.
Parents' Guild
The Parents' Guild exists to organise social events and to raise funds in order to provide additional resources and equipment that are not currently funded from the school's annual budget.
The Guild has funded various projects including a donation of £7,000 towards a new sound system in the main School hall, £2,000 towards equipment for the new Fitness Suite in the PE department, over £2,000 towards a specialist Piano for the Music department and many more valuable contributions to various school departments. In 2011 we provided the Centenary Garden as a centenary gift to the school, costing £12,000, our largest project to date.
Annual events organised by the Guild include fun Quiz Nights, Punch and Carols evenings in December, the Easter Raffle and our annual Summer event in June.
The success of the Guild is entirely down to the support of parents and carers at events throughout the year. Regular information about upcoming events is sent to you via your daughter and in newsletters.
Parents' Guild meetings take place twice per term - generally a Tuesday - term time only. All parents are welcome to attend and help us to support the school.
To contact the Parents' Guild e-mail parentsguild@wghs.org.uk
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Old Girls' Union
The Old Girls' Union is a non-profit making Alumni Association for Wolverhampton Girls’ High School. You need to have attended the school as a pupil to be eligible to join the OGU.
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In order to access a Lifetime membership and join the Old Girls’ Union, you need to complete the Application form below, email to treasoguwghs@gmail.com and send £35 to:
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Click here to download the Application Form
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Account Name: WGHS OGU
Bank: Metro
Sort Code:23-05-80
Account Number:55510652
With the Ref: Your Surname and Year of Leaving (e.g. KELLY 1988)
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The Old Girls Union produces an annual newsletter for all paid up members of the OGU. Contributions for this publication are welcome from all alumni whether they are members or not. Contributions are also welcome from teachers who have taught at the school. The Media Co-ordinator also welcomes announcements of life events such as birth, engagements marriages and deaths. All submissions should be sent to mdkelly271@gmail.com before November for publication that year.
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Advertisement of Old Girls’ business ventures or services may be included in the newsletter too.
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We also have a Facebook page linked to the schools’ page. This page helps to keep Old Girls’ in touch and advertises reunions.
The Old Girls’ Union organises an Annual Supper in June to offer Alumni and ex-staff an opportunity to come together annually and socialise, fund raise and reminisce. The archives are displayed and many old photographs come out for perusal. This is a fantastic event and enjoyed by everyone who attends.
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The OGU Committee meets once a year to discuss the allocation of funds to the school and charities, raised throughout the year via donations and the Annual OGU Supper and any matters arising for the Union.
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The Committee Members are:
Eirlais Tomkins - Chairman
Trudi Young - Headteacher
Louise Mitchell - Treasurer
Sally Woods - Secretary
Sue Cartwright
Pamela Hillman
Michelle Kelly - Media Co-ordinator
Natalie Bennett
Emma Petrie
Rachel Davenport
Sally Bennett
Heatley Memorial Loan Training Fund
The Fund was established in December 1977 in memory of Miss Helen Donaldson Heatley, the first Headmistress of the Wolverhampton Girls’ High School. Its purpose is to provide financial assistance, by means of a loan, to past and present pupils of the school, (aged 16 years or over), to ‘advance them in life’ through their professional and business training.
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Loans are interest free and repayable either when the recipient is in employment or within five years of completing the training. Repayments can be made as a one-off payment, via a few instalments or by means of a monthly sum over a number of years.
It could be that as an ‘Old Girl’ you are seeking funding opportunities for postgraduate studies or that you wish to make a career change that involves retraining. These would be examples of when you could make an application for a loan from the Fund. Alternatively, as a current student, if there is a genuine financial barrier to you participating in an enrichment course which involves an element of training, the Fund may be able to offer a small grant. In this case, application to the Fund should be made through the Sixth Form Leadership Team.
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All requests are confidential.
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Loans must be approved by the Trustees of the Fund. A meeting is usually held in July to consider any applications and so these should preferably be made by the first week in June. (An emergency meeting could be convened at any time in the year to consider an application made at another time.) Applications can be sent via email (enquiries@wghs.org.uk) or in writing to Wolverhampton Girls’ High School, Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 0BY. Please mark these for the attention of Mrs S Bennett (Administrator of the Heatley Memorial Loan Training Fund).
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There is no formal application form but the information that you should include is:
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Your name, address and email
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When you were at the School and a brief account of your studies/employment since.
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What you hope to do next and how the Fund can help.