Rugby High School for Girls
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Rugby High School for Girls (commonly known as Rugby High School) is a selective girls' grammar school
situated in Bilton
, Warwickshire
, England
. To attend this school, all students must have reached the high standards of the 11+.
It caters purely for female student
s aged 11 to 16, and joins with Lawrence Sheriff School
, a selective boys' grammar school
, to teach those aged between 16 and 18. 6th formers studying at Lawrence Sheriff School attend lessons at Rugby High when their subject is not catered for on the Lawrence Sheriff site and vice versa.
In the 11-16 age range, the school has a three-form intake. Each year group numbers roughly 90 girls.
. It could accommodate 196 girls. The headmistress was Miss Nonita Glenday.
, the first British person to enter space. The houses are assigned to whole form groups, and they can gain house points by taking part in various school events, such as the annual Sports Day, interform sports, or Pink Day (in support of Cancer Research UK). The system is not very different from the interform system previously in place, with girls in the same form all being placed within the same house. However, the house system has created a link between different year groups and has encouraged wider participation in school events other than the interform.
The House colours are Green for Sharman, Yellow for Ryder and Red for Hepworth. Each form is given the initial of their house, to come before the initial of their form tutor, eg. 10SW, is a Year 10 form, in Sharman House, and they have Mrs Wallace as a form tutor.
The school also has a 6th Form Entertainment, produced by the year 13 students - sometimes with assistance from the staff - at the end of the Autumn term. This tradition was suspended for several years after a script was deemed to be offensive to members of the staff. It was resurrected in The academic year 2004-2005, with greater involvement and participation from the staff. The new format the entertainment took was of a variety show, with music and dancing displays, followed by a panto-like skit. The skit is often based around a famous story or event, but with students playing the roles of teachers. Previous years included Cinderella (1999), Big Brother (2000), The Wizard of Oz (2001) and The Sound of Music (2005). Each Christmas, there is also a Decorated Classrooms competition, where students take a theme and decorate their classrooms, often acting out performances while being judged. For example, a Year 10 form 10SW, did a 'Christmas at Hogwarts
' presentation where they acted out scenes, this won in 2010.
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
situated in Bilton
Bilton, Warwickshire
Bilton is an area of Rugby in Warwickshire and a ward of the Borough of Rugby. It comprises much of the western half of the town.Historically a village in its own right , Bilton's name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon Beolatun , and it was mentioned in the Domesday Book as both Beltone and...
, Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
, 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...
. To attend this school, all students must have reached the high standards of the 11+.
Admissions
The school has a specialist science status, and a recently acquired special language status.It caters purely for female student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
s aged 11 to 16, and joins with Lawrence Sheriff School
Lawrence Sheriff School
Lawrence Sheriff School is a selective boys' grammar school in Rugby in Warwickshire. The school is named after Lawrence Sheriff, the Elizabethan man who founded Rugby School. The school's name is often shortened to 'LSS', or often just 'Sheriff' by boys at the school. In a recent OFSTED ...
, a selective boys' grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
, to teach those aged between 16 and 18. 6th formers studying at Lawrence Sheriff School attend lessons at Rugby High when their subject is not catered for on the Lawrence Sheriff site and vice versa.
In the 11-16 age range, the school has a three-form intake. Each year group numbers roughly 90 girls.
History
It was opened on 10 February 1928 by Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl. There were eight class rooms, two music rooms, a laboratory and science room, and a kitchen for teaching domestic scienceFamily and consumer science
Family and consumer sciences is an academic discipline that combines aspects of social and natural science. Family and consumer sciences deals with the relationship between individuals, families, and communities, and the environment in which they live...
. It could accommodate 196 girls. The headmistress was Miss Nonita Glenday.
Traditions
The school introduced a house system during the academic year 2000-2001. The houses are named after Sue Ryder, a charitable woman, Barbara Hepworth, a modern artist and Helen SharmanHelen Sharman
Helen Patricia Sharman, OBE PhD , is a British chemist. She was the first Briton in space, visiting the Mir space station aboard Soyuz TM-12 in 1991....
, the first British person to enter space. The houses are assigned to whole form groups, and they can gain house points by taking part in various school events, such as the annual Sports Day, interform sports, or Pink Day (in support of Cancer Research UK). The system is not very different from the interform system previously in place, with girls in the same form all being placed within the same house. However, the house system has created a link between different year groups and has encouraged wider participation in school events other than the interform.
The House colours are Green for Sharman, Yellow for Ryder and Red for Hepworth. Each form is given the initial of their house, to come before the initial of their form tutor, eg. 10SW, is a Year 10 form, in Sharman House, and they have Mrs Wallace as a form tutor.
The school also has a 6th Form Entertainment, produced by the year 13 students - sometimes with assistance from the staff - at the end of the Autumn term. This tradition was suspended for several years after a script was deemed to be offensive to members of the staff. It was resurrected in The academic year 2004-2005, with greater involvement and participation from the staff. The new format the entertainment took was of a variety show, with music and dancing displays, followed by a panto-like skit. The skit is often based around a famous story or event, but with students playing the roles of teachers. Previous years included Cinderella (1999), Big Brother (2000), The Wizard of Oz (2001) and The Sound of Music (2005). Each Christmas, there is also a Decorated Classrooms competition, where students take a theme and decorate their classrooms, often acting out performances while being judged. For example, a Year 10 form 10SW, did a 'Christmas at Hogwarts
Hogwarts
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry or simply Hogwarts is the primary setting for the first six books of the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, with each book lasting the equivalent of one school year. It is a fictional boarding school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of...
' presentation where they acted out scenes, this won in 2010.
Notable former pupils
- Dame Fiona ReynoldsFiona ReynoldsDame Fiona Claire Reynolds, DBE is the Director-General of the National Trust. She was awarded the DBE in the New Year Honours 2008 for "services to Heritage and conservation".-Early life:...
CBE, Director-General of the National TrustNational Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural BeautyThe National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
since 2001, and Director of the Council for National Parks from 1992-8 - Dame Barbara Stocking, DBE (b. 28 July 1951, Rugby, Warwickshire) is Vice Chair of the SCHR and Chief Executive of Oxfam GB. She joined the latter in 2001.
- Colette HumeColette HumeColette Hume is the Education Correspondent for BBC Wales Today as well as a network stand-in for Wales Correspondent Wyre Davies for BBC News network services....
, Education Correspondent for BBC Wales Today and a network stand-in for Wales Correspondent Wyre Davies for BBC News network services.