Citizenship Day, one of the highlights of the Withington calendar, usually provides an opportunity for the whole school to come together to contribute to the wider community and focus on what it means to be a good citizen. This year, …
We are delighted to report that Withington’s continued commitment to giving girls of all ability levels the opportunity to play, compete and enjoy team sports, has been recognised with the award of a certificate from Manchester Schools Games Programme. The …
It gives me great pleasure to be able to present to you the stunning artwork of this years’ GCSE and A Level Art students. This work which has been so thoughtfully, delicately and brilliantly created over the past two years …
Updated 19 June 2020
We at Withington recognise and understand the concern and depth of feeling that is unfolding across the UK and globally in response to the killing of George Floyd and subsequent events in the USA. We know …
It was a proud occasion for Withington when the Manchester Lit & Phil, the first and oldest literary and philosophical society in Britain, ran its first ever online event featuring a conversation between a former and current pupil of WGS.…
Four Withington Sixth Formers have joined forces with students from The Manchester Grammar School and Manchester High School for Girls to launch HomePal, an engaging new home-learning programme aimed at helping younger pupils enhance and enrich their education during the …
Those in our school community who listen to Radio WGS Senior podcasts will have heard the voice of Malak El-Gonemy in the feature Malak’s Meet Me in a Minute. Former pupil Malak (Class of 2012) became the youngest member of …
In two of our most recent Virtual Assemblies, Director of Music, Mrs Sargent, shared GCSE Compositions from our current Year 11 pupils. As part of the Music GCSE, girls are required to create two compositions – one from a given …
Both of Withington’s Young Enterprise teams have had a very successful year in 2019-20, winning awards at inter-school competitions, of which the concluding rounds were completed digitally. This did not stop our Withington team, YouPhoria, from progressing to the Regional …
Year 12 Politics student Emma Wilson (pictured above, back row, 3rd from right on a visit to No 10 in December 2019) has submitted an entry to the School Blog Competition 2020, a partnership between the Political Studies Association and …
HMC (the Headmasters’ & Headmistresses’ Conference) is a professional Association of heads of the world’s leading independent schools. Read more …
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