Nottingham Girls' High School GDST

9 Arboretum Street
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG1 4JB

T: +44 (0)115 941 7663

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ISC ID: 38882

Head

Mrs Julie Keller (Head)

Girls - age range:

Day: 3 to 18

Size

672 pupils

Nottingham Girls' High School GDST case studies (38)

Protest! by Fuel, Imaginate, and Northern Stage 2024

Partners

Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Arnold Mill, KS2; NG5 7AX
Scotholme Primary School, KS2; NG7 6FJ
Plumtree School, KS2; NG12 5ND
St Joseph's School, KS2; NG1 5AW
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Primary Academy, KS2; NG6 9FN
Farnsfield St Michaels CofE Primary School, KS2; NG22 8JZ
Sycamore Academy, KS2; NG3 4QP
Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy, KS2; NG7 4AA
Edna G Olds Academy, KS2; NG7 1SJ
Fernwood School, KS3; NG8 2FT
Chilwell School, KS3; NG9 5AL
Nottingham Girls' High School Juniors, KS2; NG1 4HX
Northampton High School, KS2; NN4 6UU
Pierrepont Gamston, KS2; NG2 6TH
Fuel Theatre Company, WC2R 1LA

Bright Girls Bright Futures

Partners

Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Dunkirk Primary School, KS2; NG7 2LE
Jesse Gray Primary School, KS2; NG2 7DD

Reach Out does Engineering Challenge

Partners

Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Hollygirt School
Berridge Primary and Junior School
Bleasby CofE Primary School
Cotgrave Candbleby Lane School
Hawthorne Primary School
Larkfield Junior School
Nottingham Primary Academy
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Primary Academy
Robert Shaw Primary School
St Ann's Well Academy

Reach Out does Science Day

Partners

Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Archibishop Cranmer CofE Primary Academy
Bleasby CofE Primary
Claremont Primary School
Hawthorne Primary School
Haydn Primary School
Lady Bay Primary School
Nottingham Academy Primary
Radcliffe on Trent Junior School
Richard Bonington Primary School
Robert Shaw Primary School
Robin Hood Primary School
St Peter's CofE Junior School

Reach Out does Light Night

Partners

Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Jesse Gray Primary School
South Wilford Endowed School
St Ann's Well Academy
St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary Academy
Nottingham City Council

Reach Out does Wollaton Festival 2019

Partners

Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Fernwood Primary School
Middleton Primary School
Nottingham City Council

Reach Out does Monster Poetry 2019

Partners

Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Beeston Fields Primary School
Cantrell Primary School
Dunkirk Primary School
Edale Rise Primary School
Edna G Olds School
Jesse Gray Primary
Mellers Primary School
Milford Academy
Greythorn Primary School
Nottingham Poetry Festival

Reach Out does Key Skills English and Maths 2018

Partners

Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Bleasby CofE Primary School, Bleasby, Nottingham
Edna G Olds School
Gilthill Primary School
Greythorn Primary School
Milford Academy
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Primary Academy
Richard Bonington Primary and Nursery School
Scotholme Primary School
St Peter's CofE Junior School
Woodborough Woods Foundation CofE Foundation School

Reach Out does STEM with Business and Enterprise 2017

Partners

Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Haydn Primary School, Sherwood, Nottingham
Blessed Robert Widmerpool Roman Catholic Academy
Bulwell St Mary's CofE Primary School
Cantrell Primary School
Chetwynd Primary Academy
Cotgrave Candleby Lane
Edale Rise Primary School
Greythorn Primary School
Haydn primary School
Old Basford Primary School
Orston Primary School
Rufford Primary School
St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary Academy
St Peter's CofE Junior School

Reach Out does BBC Ten Pieces 2017

Partners

Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School, Sneinton Dale, Nottingham
Cantrell Primary School
Edna G Olds School

Reach Out does Science with Scotholme Primary School 2017

Partners

Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Scotholme Primary and Nursery School, Hyson Green, Nottingham

Reach Out does STEAM 2016

Partners

Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Salterford House School
Hempshill Hall Primary School, Hempshill Vale Estate, Nottingham
Albany Junior School
Arnold Mill Primary School
Berridge Junior School
Brocklewood Primary and Junior School
Cantrell Primary School
Edna G Olds School
Hempshill Hall Primary School
Mellers Primary School
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Primary Academy
St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary Academy
Willow Brook Primary School

Impact of partnership work done in 2023 (ISC annual Census 2024)

21 state schools involved
201-500 state school pupils involved
250 staff hours given

Impact Statement

We have delivered 10 events and 6 Pop-Up lessons since January to December 2018 – as part of our Partnership and Outreach programme, Reach Out. A total of 802 children from 49 partner schools have engaged in a STEM-focused year, featuring workshops on STEM with Computing, STEM with The Space, and STEM with extra Maths. The new academic year also introduced some more gifted and talented days as well as Key Skills events, enabling our work to work with high and low achievers.
STEM with The Space: We welcomed 42 children from 7 local primary schools to our new Performing Arts Centre, The Space. Children were introduced to the building’s specialist architectural design and state-of-the-art facilities. The event aimed to introduce and inspire architecture and engineering and give opportunity to explore and play with behind the scenes of a theatre. Feedback from our participating schools include: “Many of our students have never been to the theatre before, it’s fantastic for them to come and learn about the theatre from behind the scenes”. Partner school staff commented on how observing their pupils enabled them to feedback positive results to their head of school.

Gifted and Talented Computing and Robotics: 55 children from 14 local primaries worked with specialist Lego MindStorm resources and iPads to build and code a robot. The workshop aimed to introduce sophisticated coding and programming; engineering inspired activities; team work; inspire strategic thinking and problem solving - all with the use of multiple technologies. All schools ‘agreed’ that the event met the outlined aims and that children left with some better understanding of coding and programming. Feedback from participating pupils include: “A sense of pride at completing a complex task”, “Using coding for a purpose” and “Team work and learning to use new resources”. Staff commented that they felt more confident supporting children in this aspect of learning, and that our NGHS student volunteers where excellent ambassadors for women in engineering and robotics.

Key Skills English and Maths: 61 children from 10 local primaries invited for a morning of Maths and English activities and an afternoon at a matinée pantomime performance. The aims for this event were to develop communication and application of number; reduce stress and anxiety around difficult subjects; improve moral; encourage team work; make learning fun, as well as give children who might normally miss out on experiences, the opportunity to see live theatre. 100% of feedback strongly agreed the aims of the event were met teachers claiming to benefit from “understanding how to make learning fun and creative”, and “observing good quality provision” as being a benefit. This event also allows the school to reward NGHS staff and student volunteers for their time and commitment to the outreach and partnership programme.

Science Pop-Ups: We worked with one partner school on a series of 3 Pop-Ups – Living Things, Push and Pull and Sound. Workshops were 1 hour long in duration and repeated with 2 separate Year 5 classes. The aim for these Pop-Ups were to make learning fun by introducing new and exciting resources to the classroom. We brought our NGHS Pet Club, which included giant African snails, stick insects, and cacti. Different textiles were used for Push and Pull when looking at friction at work, as well as musical instruments for Sound. Partner school staff have commented on how children have benefitted from external exercises and activities. It also gives staff the opportunity to see how well children have absorbed information from earlier lessons, and any pupils that need extra support.

There is bursary information on our website here.

Academic scholarships
Drama scholarships
Music scholarships
Sixth Form scholarships
Sibling discounts
Bursaries for new entrants
Hardship awards for existing pupils

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