There were some excellent entries from pupils across the school for this year’s Ruth Bayley Illustration Award. The brief for this year’s competition was designed to complement a recent exhibition at The Whitworth Art Gallery by internationally acclaimed artist Alice …
Today, Withington welcomed back three former pupils for the second Sandra Chalmers Lecture Programme, following on from the Spotlight On… TV & Radio Broadcasting event held in 2017. Sandra Locke Chalmers (Class of 1958), who sadly died in 2016, was …
Metamorphosis was the title of this year’s GCSE and A-Level art exhibition in which parents and friends were invited to come and celebrate the wonderful achievements of our Year 11 and Year 13 artists over the last two years. Once …
Last weekend, WGS Head of Sixth Form and teacher of Classics, Mrs Elizabeth Robinson ventured back to Girton College, Cambridge, where she studied her Classics degree, to listen to not only her former Director of Studies, but also to Miss …
A visit by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Mr Andy Burnham, to Withington on Thursday 28th March, gave our Senior School and Sixth Form pupils the opportunity to hear how they could play a role in the Mayor’s vision for …
Fifteen Withington students have secured offers to study at the universities of Oxford or Cambridge this year, with the majority of the Upper Sixth already celebrating offers from the universities of their choice.
Of the Oxbridge offer-holders, 11 (representing one-in-six …
Vera Cohen née Betesh [Class of 1934] aged 102, recently caught up with Centenarian alumna and neuroscientist, Brenda Milner, via phone, to share memories about School & chat about their mutual passion for Manchester City Football Club. Vera, and her …
We are delighted to say that, in 2018, the Withington Onwards alumnae magazine has been launched online!
This very exciting ‘Amazing Brain’ edition is packed full of news from the Development Office and updates on your fellow Withington alumnae. …
Dreams and Discovery was the theme for Withington’s Founders’ Day Celebration as the School community, joined by invited guests, enjoyed an uplifting evening of speeches, readings and music at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. The School was celebrating 128 years since its …
*Updated 24th September 2018
Withington Girls’ School, consistently one of the top performing schools in public exams in the North of England, is celebrating a set of exceptional A Level results by its Class of 2018, recording an all-time high …
The Good Schools Guide Review of Withington Girls’ School. Excellence on all fronts with very intelligent girls…
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