Norwich High School for Girls

Norwich High School for Girls is an independent fee-paying school with selective entry located in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The school has one of the best academic records in Norfolk. The school was founded in 1875 and is now one of twenty-nine schools of the Girls' Day School Trust. It consists of four sections-the Polliwiggle Nursery (Polliwiggle is the Norfolk dialect word for a tadpole), Stafford House (the Primary section of the school), Eaton Grove (the Senior section) and the Sixth Form. It educates girls only from 3-18, something few schools can offer. The current Head Teacher is Mrs Valerie Bidwell. The school hymm is To Be a Pilgrim. The motto is "Do thy best and rejoice in those who do better".

Uniform

The uniform consists of seasonal wear, the winter uniform consisting of a navy blue tartan kilt with red, black and green colouring, a navy blue v-necked jumper with 2 green stripes along the collar and a white shirt of the wearers choice. The Fifth Form (two years before Sixth Form) students are allowed to wear a straight skirt of the same design as the kilt. The Summer wear consists of a summer dress with a green block pattern. The blazer is bottle green with the school's crest embroidered onto the breast pocket. Sixth Form (last two years) girls may wear own clothes, but are not allowed to wear denim. Their 'brief' is to dress like a young professional would-the way you would dress to work.

Year Naming

As many other independent schools, Norwich High School does not have the Year 1 Year 2 method of naming the years within the school. It follows as:

3-4 Polliwiggle Nursery

'''Stafford House''' ''Infant Department'' 4-5 Reception 5-6 Kindergarten 6-7 Lower 1

''Junior Department'' 7-8 Upper 1 8-9 Lower 2 9-10 Upper 2 10-11 Lower 3

'''Eaton Grove''' ''The Lower School'' 11-12 Upper 3 12-13 Lower 4 13-14 Upper 4

''The Upper School'' [[14-15 Lower 5 } Fifth Form]] [[15-16 Upper 5 }]]

[[16-17 Lower 6 } Sixth Form]] [[17-18 Upper 6 }]]

The reason for the apparent irrelevance of the names of the first two year names in Stafford House is that originally the school only took in girls from the ages of 6-18. The Infant Department (Reception and Kindergarten) is a reasonably new concept, as is the Nursery, which is the newest addition.

Facilities

The school's wide range of facilities include playing fields, tennis courts, an indoor heated swimming pool, a gym, a sports hall, a drama studio and a variety of learning tools including Languages Labs, five computing suites and several Science Laboratories.

Notable alumnae

• Joyce Lambert (1916-2005) - botanist
• Hannah Waterman (born 1975) - actress
• Becky Mantin (born 1980) - television presenter
• Diana Burrell, composer
• Emma Pooley (born 1982) - cyclist who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Olivia Coleman (born 1974) - Actress
• Edith Cavell - martyr and nurse

External links

• Norwich High School for Girls website