Norwich High School for Girls
| Motto | Do thy best and rejoice with those who do better |
|---|---|
| Established | 1875 |
| Type | Independent day school |
| Headmistress | Mrs Kirsty von Malaisé |
| Location |
95 Newmarket Road Norwich Norfolk NR2 2HU England Coordinates: 52°37′06″N 1°16′42″E / 52.61845°N 1.27842°E |
| Local authority | Norfolk |
| DfE number | 926/6123 |
| DfE URN | 501303 Tables |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 3–18 |
| Houses | Britons, Celts, Romans, Normans, Danes, Saxons. |
| Website | www |
Norwich High School for Girls is an independent day school for girls in Norwich, Norfolk, England. It was founded in 1875 and is now one of the twenty-nine schools of the Girls' Day School Trust. The school as one of the best academic results in East Anglia. It consists of four sections, the Polliwiggle Nursery (Polliwiggle is the Norfolk dialect word for tadpole), Stafford House (the primary section of the school), Eaton Grove (the lower years of the secondary section) and the Sixth Form. A single-sex school, it educates girls from three to eighteen.
Norwich High School for Girls was founded in 1875 as the first GPDST school outside London. Originally situated at the Assembly House, Norwich, the school moved to its present location Eaton Grove, 95, Newmarket Road, Norwich in 1933.
Norwich High School uses its own nomenclature for the year groups.
Stafford House
(The Lower School)
The school's facilities include a sports hall, performing arts studio, main hall (including stage), junior school hall, lecture theatre, boardroom, 25 metre swimming pool, 13 acres of playing fields, fitness suite, 6 tennis courts and 1 astro turf.
Uniform consists of a navy blazer, white shirt, tartan kilt (Reception - Upper IV) or tartan pencil skirt (Lower V - Upper V) and navy tights. Pupils in Lower and Upper VI do not follow a dress code and instead wear smart casual.
Academic scholarships and means-tested bursaries are offered upon entry to Upper III and Lower VI. The scholarships offered in Upper III are music scholarships based on the performance of the candidate in an audition and academic scholarships on their performance in the transfer or entrance to the senior school examination, whereas the scholarships offered in Lower VI are based on the performance in an optional examination based on English, Mathematics, Science and a foreign language of the candidate's choice from French, German or Spanish.
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