Dear all, I am writing to advise you that we have taken the decision to postpone the Year 10 Parents’ Evening. It will therefore not take place on Wednesday 18th March. We will be in touch to advise of an alternative date when the national picture becomes clearer. May I take the opportunity to thank you for your understanding and support during these unprecedented times. Kind regards, Mrs Young

We welcome students new to the school in the sixth form and I would like to invite you and your daughter to the Year 12 Sixth Form Open Morning that is taking place on Wednesday 15th January 2020 from 10am to 11.30am. This will give you the opportunity to have a look around whilst the school is in full operation and to ask any questions. The deadline for applications is Friday 31st January 2020 and further information can be found on the school website at https://www.wghs.org.uk/year12admissions , where you will also find the on-line application form. The format of the morning will be as follows: 10am – 11am - Tour of the school with sixth form students 11.00 – 11.30am - Presentations in the Main Hall · General information about the school and about subject choices · Head Girl’s perspective · Personal experiences from a girl joining Wolverhampton Girls’ High School in Year 12 11.30am - Opportunity to ask questions to Senior Leadership and Sixth Form Team I very much look forward to welcoming you to our Open Morning. Very limited parking will be available on site and so it may be necessary to park nearby and walk into school. Please contact Mrs Darby, the Sixth Form Pastoral Administrative Officer, by telephone 01902 551515 or email 6thformadmissions@wghs.org.uk for any further enquiries about this event or sixth form at Wolverhampton Girls’ High School in general.

You are warmly invited to our very popular Punch and Carols Concerts on Tuesday 3rd December and Wednesday 4th December 2019 at 7.00pm. Tuesday evening includes performances from the following: Intermediate Strings, Junior Choir, Musical Theatre, Wind Band, Rock and Pop, Footstools, Jazz Band and Vocal Ensemble. Whilst on Wednesday evening the String Orchestra, Senior Choir, Concert Band, Footstools, Jazz Band and Vocal Ensemble will perform. The girls always exceed expectations on these evenings ensuring an enjoyable festive event! During the interval complimentary seasonal refreshments including mulled wine, spiced apple juice and mince pies will be served in the dining hall. Tickets are available to purchase via Box Office by clicking here at £6 per ticket. Tickets always sell out very quickly as seating is limited. To ensure your preferred evening please book promptly when tickets go on sale. Each night there will be a raffle with a main prize of a Christmas Hamper. We would be very grateful for any suitable donations for the raffle which could include food and drink items, toiletries etc. Also, any donations of mince pies, stollen or lebkuchen are appreciated. All donations should kindly be taken to the Main Reception Office on Friday 22nd November. (home baked items by Monday 2nd December please). We do hope that you will join us for an evening of exceptional musical entertainment!

A notification letter giving information on the outcome of the test will be sent week commencing 14th October 2019 by post to all applicants by each school to which they applied in time for the completion of the LA preference form.

This year the House Arts competition will be celebrated with evening performances on Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd of October 2019 at 7.00pm in the school hall. Paget and Stafford House wilt perform on the Wednesday evening and Ferrers and Audley on the Thursday. Each House has been exploring the life and works of a Hollywood icon: each House creating their own narrative and paying tribute to this actor through the mediums of Drama, Dance, Music, technology and the production of a theatre programme. The cast is drawn from Years 7-13 and is being directed by a team of Senior Prefects. You are warmly invited to attend what promises to be a highly enjoyable evening. Tickets can be purchased through our online box office. Click below to purchace tickets https://yourboxoffice.co.uk/wolverhampton-girls-high-school/615-house-arts-2019 For the first week of ticket sales the limit for tickets for each family group is two due to the high demand for each evening. Numbers will then be assessed and additional seats released if available for families to purchase further tickets. The box office will open on Monday 23rd September from 4pm and tickets are £3. We look forward to seeing you there.

Congratulations to all of our students on their fantastic GCSE results. You have worked incredibly hard to secure such great outcomes! We are incredibly proud of the way in which you have given your personal best. Well done! These results are testament to the commitment and dedication shown by the girls and the incredible support that they receive from their families and the staff. We wish all of our students the best of luck with the next stage of their education. It is always difficult to single out highlights but special mention should be made of the staggering number of top grades with three quarters of all entries at grades 7/8/9.

Congratulations to Wolverhampton Girls’ High School’s Year 13 cohort, whose hardwork and commitment has secured some outstanding personal A Level results. Their resilience, commitment, hardwork and dedication has paid off and the school is very proud of their individual achievements.  It is always difficult to single out students but special congratulations go to Abena Adu-Boateng and Sian Uppal who achieved an A* in each of their A Level subjects along with Anya Burakowski and Abigail Yates who each secured 3A* grades amongst their results.  Twenty four students secured a fantastic 3 or more A/A* grades.  Our students will now go on to study a range of degree courses including Medicine, Law and Veterinary, at leading universities including Oxford and Cambridge. As well as dealing with the demands of the workload of the two year linear A Levels, our students have played a full and active part in school life, contributing to and leading our House system and fully embracing the wide ranging enrichment opportunities on offer here at Girls’ High. Headteacher, Mrs Trudi Young expressed her pride in the students: “We are very proud of our girls’ accomplishments.  This has only been possible as a result of their personal dedication and determination. Our girls have grown as independent young women in so many ways over the last two years and seized every opportunity presented by school life.   I am so pleased that they now leave with such fantastic results, testament to their hardwork and commitment. I am also extremely appreciative of the support given to the students from both staff in school and families at home.  Our students leave with our very best wishes for the future.”

As you may be aware from the school calendar the Spring Concert was postponed to Monday 8th July and therefore I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to attend this event. The Concert will showcase an array of musical styles and the talents of our girls from Years 7 to 13. It will take place on Monday 8th July 2019 starting at 7:00pm ending at approximately 9:15pm. Tickets for this event cost £5 each. Buy tickets by clicking here. Parents Guild will be running a raffle at the event so please support the good work that they do by buying some tickets from them in the foyer. Girls who live further afield may wish to stay in school between 3:40pm and the concert.  They may do so but should bring a packed tea and drinks as they will not be able to leave the premises or order in food deliveries. We look forward to seeing you at what promises to be an entertaining evening featuring a wide and varied repertoire.

We welcome visitors to the school. Tuesday 14th May 2019 - Friday 17th May 2019 Appointments are not necessary. Parking Notice: Please kindly note that there will be very limited car parking available within the school grounds during our Open Events and I would strongly discourage attempting to park your vehicle in either St. Judes’ Road West or Paget Road.  Therefore, may I suggest that you familiarise yourself with the local area and find alternative parking for your car well away from the school access points and then access the school on foot through the pedestrian gate in St. Jude’s Road West or on Paget Road.  The main school entrance off the Tettenhall Road (A41) will be for vehicle access and egress only for the very small amount of cars that we are able to accommodate on our school site.  May I request that you are courteous when parking your car, should you be travelling to us in this way, with our close neighbours. The Entrance Test for entry to Year 7 in September 2019 will be held on: Monday, 16 September 2019 Information about how to register your daughter for the Entrance Test will be available on our admission page here. Registration for the Entrance Test must have taken place by: 5th July 2019 at 4.00pm at the very latest. Arrangements about the Entrance Testing date will be posted to you week commencing 2nd September 2019. If you have not heard anything by the 9th September 2019, then please contact the school: 01902 551515

We are exceptionally privileged to be hosting the Tour of the 2019 Cricket World Cup Trophy on the 15th March. Wolverhampton Girls High School has been selected due to the school links with ex WGHS pupils Rachael Heyhoe-Flint MBE DL and current England Player Georgia Elwiss. The day will celebrate ‘Women and girls in Cricket’ and involve a variety of sessions for a number of local primary girls and  over a hundred WGHS pupils, from beginner to county cricket standard. #CWCTrophyTour

School Closure in the Event of Adverse Weather Very bad weather and road conditions may make it advisable to close the school earlier than usual to help girls with difficult journeys to get home, although it would be only under very exceptional circumstances that the school would close significantly early. The school will alert parents to this decision by text message and e-mail via the Schoolcomms electronic service that we have in school. Therefore, please would you kindly ensure that we have a current mobile telephone number and e-mail address so that you will receive this information should we need to make contact with you. In the event of a school closure while school is in session, all students will be dismissed from school unless parents record in their daughter's School Planner their wish for their daughter to remain in the school building until collected. Therefore, in the event of early closure, it is important that each girl knows exactly what she should do to get home. I should, therefore, be grateful if you would discuss with your daughter, how she is to make her way home in very bad weather, e.g. whether she is to wait to be collected from school, to start the journey home by bus, or to start walking. It is important that you work out together an agreed route that you both know. This detail then needs to be added to your daughter's School Planner and signed by yourself. If your daughter should arrive home earlier than usual, it would be advisable to make arrangements for her to go to a friend or neighbour if there is no one at home, or to let herself into the house if you are happy for her to do so. In the event of waking up to severe weather conditions the school will send a text message and e-mail via the Schoolcomms electronic service to all parents to notify of a school closure. We will also post this decision on the school website. The school will endeavour to have announcements made by 7.00am If there is no definite announcement about the school by 7.00am it can be assumed that there has not been a closure and school is open as usual.

Wednesday 9th January 9:30am - 11:00am We welcome students new to the school in the sixth form. ​ There are 135 places available for study in Year 12 in September 2019 with the school welcoming new students from a wide range of schools within and beyond Wolverhampton. Whether your aim is to gain a place on one of the best courses in one of the best universities in the country, or to spend another two years achieving qualifications that ensure you are ready to enter the world of work, our Sixth Form provides both the pastoral support and academic rigour to help prepare you for the next stage of your journey. The format of the morning will be as follows: 9.30am – 10.30am: Tour of the school with sixth form students 10.30 – 11.00am: Presentations in the Main Hall General information about the school and about subject choices Head Girl’s perspective Personal experiences from a girl joining Wolverhampton Girls’ High School in Year 12 11am: Opportunity to ask questions to Senior Leadership and Sixth Form Team Please come to the school’s Main Hall on arrival. Limited parking will be available on site.