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2023 - 2024

NEW! Head Girl & House Teams

14 April 2024

Congratulations to our new student leadership teams, who were appointed to commence their roles after Easter. We thank the Head Girl and House Leadership Teams for their hard work over the past twelve months and wish our new Teams every success. Read more

NGHS: Top 10 School (AGAIN)

18 March 2024

Newport Girls' High School is delighted to once again be in the top 10 West Midlands Schools as well as 25th in the country for GCSE and 64th in the country overall. Read more

U19 Netballers in Regionals

30 January 2024

Congratulations to our U19 netballers (Y11-13 girls) who competed in the West Midlands Regional Finals on Sunday. Whilst we didn't reach the Nationals, there were some fantastic individual match wins against tough competitors. The PE team (and Mr Scott) enjoyed cheering you on. . . . Read more

iDEA Awards Launched

19 January 2024

NGHS Launches the iDEA AwardThis week saw the start of the iDEA award at NGHS. Mr Ley and four current certificate holders; Lara C, Ellie H, Anna J and Analeigh B, (pictured above), led the school assemblies to promote it. Read more

Foodbank Support

15 January 2024

Once again, our NGHS family was pleased to support Newport Foodbank through our Winter Jumper Day and a retiring collection at the School Carol Service. Read more

Sixth Form Drama Production

6 January 2024

Sixth Form Drama Production: ‘Be My Baby’In December, our Year 12 and 13 Drama & Theatre Studies students staged a tremendous production of 'Be My Baby' in our drama studio. Read more

The Great Debate at NGHS

20 December 2023

Contestants and Judges from the 'Great Debate' held at Newport Girls' High School

The Historical Association Great Debate regional heat took place in school this week. NGHS was represented by Evelyn Donaldson (Yr10) and Charlotte Toogood (Yr12) who had won the school heats in November. Read more

Japanese Club at NGHS

11 December 2023

 

Kyoto Urban Prefecture - The location of our Partner School in Japan

Our KS4 club started this year as part of our new partnership with Kyotango high school in Kyoto prefecture, Japan. Read more

Faculty Spotlight - PSHE

17 November 2023

Vivienne, Maddie, Jemia, Georgina (7NG PX2) on the completion of their role play scenario of a child needing rescue out at sea (Coast Guard). Students created the scene of calling 999, asking for the Coast guard, explaining the situation, location and requesting assistance. Read more

Top School ... Confirmed

30 October 2023

NGHS has been confirmed, formally, as the top performing school for GCSE and A-level (2023) results in the region. At GCSE, pupils achieved, on average 0. 8 of a grade more than was expected at GCSE. Read more

Hello Yellow for Young Minds

25 October 2023

                                                 
Senior staff and Pastoral Leaders shining bright!
 
To celebrate Hello Yellow Day, we took part in spreading kindness amongst ourselves as well as our wider community. Everyone had the opportunity to wear a yellow accessory and an all-years rounders game took place during lunch. Read more

Year 12 memories made in Liverpool!

10 October 2023

We have over 120 Year 12 pupils this year and the annual visit to Liverpool is a highlight in the calendar to enable new friendships to be formed and the year group to bond. 2023's visit was no exception as you can see from the report below. . . Read more

House Bake Off raises £600 for Macmillan

6 October 2023

The first House competition of the school year, House Bake Off, was a huge success and everyone was insanely impressed with all of the entries. From the perfect Paddington, to superb samosas, and the realistic bucket of “fried chicken”. Read more

DofE Silver Weekend

6 October 2023

NGHS has some of the highest participant numbers in DofE in the region. Last weekend, our Year 11s undertook their Silver Qualifying Expedition. Our Well-being Officer, Miss Heyes, joined the group to observe their hard work and determination, as the report below shows. Read more

Seniors Netball Weekend

3 October 2023

Our Senior Netballers enjoyed a weekend competing against other schools at Condover Hall. Lucy L, Netball Captain, shares her thoughts on an enjoyable weekend. Read more