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  1. Happy 100th Birthday, Miss Hulme

    Congratulations to Miss Hulme who celebrated her 100th birthday in November. Mrs Haslam, Headmistress, and Lesley Dowdall, Director of Development, were very pleased to be able to visit Miss Hulme to convey the best wishes of all at Withington. They …

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  2. Fourth consecutive Sunday Times accolade for Withington

    Withington Girls’ School is celebrating being named Independent Secondary School of the Year in the North West in the prestigious Sunday Times Schools Guide, Parent Power, which will be published on Sunday 11th December. It is the fourth consecutive year …

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  3. Manchester Sings 2022: We’re all in this together

    Seven schools from across Greater Manchester unite for Manchester Sings 

    Withington Girls’ School senior and junior pupils gathered with children from six Greater Manchester primary schools in the spectacular setting of Manchester Cathedral on Tuesday 29th November to perform together …

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  4. WGS PrideSoc

    PrideSoc at Withington provides a safe and inclusive space for pupils to talk about LGBTQ+ issues and celebrate the rich contributions that LGBTQ+ people make to society.

    PrideSoc launched with a whole school assembly on National Coming Out Day on …

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  5. Withington Staff Experience Language and Cultural Enrichment

    Withington Girls’ School was fortunate to receive Erasmus funding from the European Union for a staff language and cultural programme to enhance our understanding of other cultures and languages.

    Under the theme of ‘Empathy, Enrichment, Enhancement’, 20 members of staff …

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  6. Settling in at Senior School

    The transition from junior school to senior school is an exciting yet potentially testing time for children – new teachers, new subjects, new friends and navigating their way around a much bigger school site are among the opportunities and challenges …

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  7. Withington is named an Arts Award Trinity Champion Centre

    Withington Girls’ School has been selected to be an Arts Award Trinity Champion Centre for the 2022-23 academic year due to the successful delivery of the Arts Award programme. In this role, our Arts Award Coordinators Miss Brown and Ms …

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  8. A Stellar Season of Sport for WGS

    The sporting prowess of WGS pupils has resulted in a tremendously successful season of sport in the 2021-22 academic year. Withington performed excellently within our region and also on a national level, with our U14 lacrosse team securing WGS’s first …

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  9. GCSE joy for Withington Upper Fifth

    The end to the weeks of waiting had finally arrived and it was a celebratory group of Year 11 pupils who gathered with parents and teachers at Withington Girls’ School to open their GCSE results envelopes on Results Day in …

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