2019 - 2020
Oxbridge encouragement
4 February 2020
During Monday lunchtime, year 11 and year 12 had the opportunity to listen to a talk given by Gaia Lambert from St John’s College Cambridge. She informed us about university life and provided a more in-depth look into the top universities like Oxford and Cambridge. Read more
U19s reach regional final
4 February 2020
On Sunday 26 January, nine students from year 10, 11 and 12 headed to Bromsgrove school for the U19 regional netball competition which we qualified for by coming 2nd in the county school’s competition. Read more
Bronze EcoAward
4 February 2020
We have recently achieved our Bronze Eco-Schools award. This involved action in 3 areas and we chose to focus on waste, global citizenship and biodiversity. Since the start of SustaiNGHS we have transformed the school into a considerably more sustainable place and hope to take this further. Read more
Holocaust Memorial Day
28 January 2020
This week we have been remembering the victims of genocide throughout the world with special assemblies and a display at Monday’s Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations in Telford. Read more
Oxbridge Success
17 January 2020
Since last June, we have been supporting our now Year 13s with their UCAS applications and many of our students have the luxury of many varied university offers to consider. Read more
Student Newspaper Launched
6 January 2020
Happy New Year to everyone in the NGHS community. I am delighted to present the first edition of our student-led newspaper 'NGHS News and Views'. Read more
Supporting Newport Foodbank
16 December 2019
Following our Winter Jumper Day last Friday, NGHS was delighted to present our local Newport Foodbank with a cheque for £650 this morning. The money raised will go towards the running costs of the Centre and Cat Finch and her colleague Liz gladly received the cheque from NGHS pupils. Read more
New Minibus arrives
25 November 2019
Mr Scott (Headteacher) and Mrs Machin (Finance & Facilities Manager) receive the keys from Michael Hellier at Minibus Lite. Read more
West Midlands School of 2020
25 November 2019
Newport Girls’ ranked West Midlands State Secondary School of the Year
Newport Girls’ High School is delighted to have been named West Midlands State Secondary School of the Year in The Sunday Times’s Schools Guide for 2020. Read more
NGHS continues to be OUTSTANDING!
4 November 2019
NGHS is delighted to announce that, following a Her Majesty's Inspectorate Section 8 Ofsted Visit in October 2019, the School continues to be recognised as an OUTSTANDING school. Please find below the report, along with some contextual information from Headteacher, Mr M J Scott. Read more
NGHS tops performance tables
22 October 2019
We are delighted that NGHS has secured the top position in both Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire for progress in the summer examination period 2019. The figures, released last Thursday show that, on average, NGHS students achieved three quarters of a grade (0. 74) more than the national expectation. Read more
Year 12s LOVE Liverpool!
4 October 2019
A key part of our transition programme from Year 11 to Year 12 is our weekend social residential to Liverpool. Read more
Supporting Local History
3 October 2019
During the summer, four Year 13s were given the rare opportunity to work with an archaeologist and the Newport History Society, investigating the location of medieval burgage plots on Newport High Street. Read more
Visiting Downing Street
3 October 2019
During the summer holiday, one of our Year 13 students enjoyed a unique opportunity to visit Downing Street as a Girl Guiding Advocate. Read more
Silver Swallow Named
3 October 2019
You may have read in the Shropshire Star that one of our Year 8 pupils, Charlotte, won a competition to name the new bridge in Telford. A Facebook poll rated her choice of name, Silver Swallow, very highly. Read more
Primary School Japanese Day
30 September 2019
As part of our series of 'Taste of High School' days to forge stronger links with our local primary schools, it was a pleasure to welcome Year 5 children from Newport Junior School to learn all about Japan and its culture. Read more
Whole School Photograph
9 September 2019
When students returned to school last week, they were presented with a badge commemorating the School's Centenary. On Friday we had a full Centenary Photograph to capture the faces of students and staff who are here at NGHS one hundred years after the school opened. Read more
