Edgbaston High School
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Edgbaston High School for Girls is an independent all girls primary and secondary school
in the Edgbaston
area of Birmingham
, England
. The current headmistress is Dr. Ruth Weeks. It has over 900 girls, in four departments, aged 2-18.
in a different location.
In 1881, the school staged a cricket
match against another school, to which a local newspaper reacted with hostility. It produced a cartoon and wrote a passage of its opinions towards the upcoming match.
The Preparatory Department is the second department in the school. It consists of years one to six. Each year is split into four houses
; Curie, Frank, Johnson and Nightingale. In Years One, Two and Three forms are primarily taught by their form teacher with specialist teaching in French, music and physical education. More specialist teaching is introduced as pupils move from Year Four through to Year Six. These two departments form the Lower School.
The Senior School is third department in the school. It consists of Years Seven to Eleven, preparing the students for GCSEs. Following this the students may move on into the sixth form centre, the fourth department. Sixth Form students are allowed to wear their own clothes. There are five houses: St Patrick, St David, St Andrew, St George and St Francis.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in the Edgbaston
Edgbaston
Edgbaston is an area in the city of Birmingham in England. It is also a formal district, managed by its own district committee. The constituency includes the smaller Edgbaston ward and the wards of Bartley Green, Harborne and Quinton....
area of Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The current headmistress is Dr. Ruth Weeks. It has over 900 girls, in four departments, aged 2-18.
History
The school was founded in 1876 making it the oldest all girls' school in the city, at 135 years old. The first headmistress was Mrs Alice Cooper and the newest headmistress is Dr Ruth Weeks. The school used to be a boarding schoolBoarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
in a different location.
In 1881, the school staged a cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
match against another school, to which a local newspaper reacted with hostility. It produced a cartoon and wrote a passage of its opinions towards the upcoming match.
Departments
Westbourne is the Pre-Preparatory Department of the school. It is split into three stages, organised by the age of the child. The Octagon Nursery is available for children from the age of 2½ and above. The nursery opened in September 2004. Following this is the Kindergarten for children of the age of three. In the September following the child's fourth birthday, they can move into Reception.The Preparatory Department is the second department in the school. It consists of years one to six. Each year is split into four houses
House system
The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...
; Curie, Frank, Johnson and Nightingale. In Years One, Two and Three forms are primarily taught by their form teacher with specialist teaching in French, music and physical education. More specialist teaching is introduced as pupils move from Year Four through to Year Six. These two departments form the Lower School.
The Senior School is third department in the school. It consists of Years Seven to Eleven, preparing the students for GCSEs. Following this the students may move on into the sixth form centre, the fourth department. Sixth Form students are allowed to wear their own clothes. There are five houses: St Patrick, St David, St Andrew, St George and St Francis.