We nurture, encourage and challenge our girls so they are prepared for the rapidly changing modern world. At WGHS we strive to deliver a world class education to all through our High-Performance Learning programme.
A great education centres around what happens in the classroom, and the teaching and learning is at the heart of what WGHS does so well. We value both tradition and innovation; our girls learn in modern and challenging ways, and all staff encourage our girls to become independent thinkers. Our girls are pushed to achieve their very best. We are also aware that an outstanding education is not purely about academic results; it must include exceptional pastoral care, the Arts, Sport and extra-curricular opportunities. These are available in abundance enabling all to flourish and excel.
Retaining the same guiding principles of its foundation,WGHS enables girls to achieve the qualifications necessary to fulfil their ambitions and potential at the same time as nurturing their sense of self worth, responsibility towards others and mutual respect.
Whilst it is a fee-paying school, WGHS also offers a number of bursaries and scholarships. Autonomous, and yet one of the family of schools that comprise the Wakefield Grammar School Foundation, WGHS delivers all the benefits of a single-sex education whilst also providing academic social and cultural links with its brother school, QEGS.
The school has a stimulating and challenging environment, a culture of high expectation, celebrates achievement, encourages both initiative and team commitment and develops self esteem and confidence. Assemblies and all areas of the curriculum where spiritual, moral, social and cultural issues arise, allow girls to formulate their own views and consider those of others. Academic and pastoral care of girls are equally prized and the school values its partnership with parents in the education of their daughters.
WGHS provides a broad and balanced curriculum, delivered by well qualified and committed teachers in facilities which allow study and extra curricular activities to flourish and are responsive to technological and educational developments. Excellent results in external examinations and impressive sporting success at local, national and international level combine to give the school its outstanding reputation.
The words of the school hymn, “each for all, the school’s great motto,” epitomises the school’s camaraderie and the philanthropy evident in its charitable giving. A warm and vibrant community, WGHS has a strong sense of identity and history, yet is also outward-looking, with a proud tradition of forging links with the local community and other educational establishments far and wide.
The School aims to: