Welcome to Palmers Green High School Winchmore Hill
The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide’s Independent 11-16 Secondary School of the Year, Palmers Green High School (PGHS) was founded in 1905 by Miss Alice Hum and has provided girls with an exceptional education for 120 years. At PGHS we specialise in educating girls, challenging and guiding them to achieve their full potential within our warm and friendly school environment. We are a very special ‘through-school’ where pupils progress in a familiar setting and benefit from seamless transitions across the Prep, Junior and Senior Schools. There is an authentic feeling of being one family where strong friendships are formed and extend beyond year groups.
A School Experience Like No Other
At PGHS, all sections of the school (Preps, Juniors and Seniors) enjoy being part of our ‘one school’ community. Preps use the same facilities as the GCSE pupils in some subjects, e.g. Art, Music, PE and D&T, and Juniors enjoy Science in the laboratories. Throughout PGHS, small class sizes and excellent teaching enable rapid progress, whilst exciting extra-curricular activities encourage girls to develop into well-rounded individuals.
Extra Curricular
Recognising the importance of developing well-rounded individuals, we offer an exciting programme of extra-curricular activities. PGHS takes every opportunity to nurture your daughter’s passions and develop her skills, providing over 80 clubs per week.
Our Ramadan Club is a place where pupils can come during their lunchtime to relax, pray and complete fun arts & crafts activities. Yesterday, the pupils made Ramadan cards to celebrate the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan for Muslims. Today, they enjoyed creating and decorating charity boxes.
#ramadan2025 #schoolramadanactivities #ramadanartsandcrafts
Disappointed with your daughter’s Year 7 place? We are here to help. To see our school in action and meet our inspiring teachers, we welcome you to join our Senior School Working Open Morning which is taking place this Friday, 7th March at 9.30am.
Register online today at www.pghs.co.uk/admissions/senior-school-march-working-open-morning/
#northlondonindependentschool #girlsschool #openmorning #schoolopenmorning
We always enjoying reuniting with our former pupils who return to speak to our current pupils about their Sixth Form and University experiences.
Yesterday, it was wonderful to welcome back former Head Girl, Saffron, who is now in Year 13 at Dame Alice Owen’s School. Saffron came to talk to our Year 11 pupils about her transition into Sixth Form.
She shared insights into the social and academic challenges and opportunities she encountered, as well as her A-Level subject choices. Having recently been offered a place to read Human, Social, and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge, Saffron was also well-placed to discuss the UCAS application process.
Thank you for your visit Saffron, it was great to see you again and Year 11 found your visit informative and inspiring.
#schoolalumna #alumnavisit #damealiceowensschool #damealiceowens #universityofcambridge #sixthformeducation
Congratulations to our seven outstanding Year 10 pupils who have stepped forward as Head Girl candidates. Their impressive manifestos are now showcased in the windows of our school reception.
We all thoroughly enjoyed listening to the excellent Head Girls Hustings earlier this week. Voting by both pupils and staff is underway, and individual interviews with Ms Proudlove are currently taking place.
Best of luck to you all - you should all be incredibly proud of yourselves.
#headgirlcandidates #headgirlhustings #headgirls #thesegirlscan
Yesterday, our beginner skiers in Years 5-8 had their first ski lesson @thesnowcentre in Hemel Hempstead, where they learnt all the basic skills ready for our forthcoming School ski trip to Serre-Chevalier. Lots of fun was had and they all did brilliantly!
#schoolskitrip #skilessons #snowcentrehemelhempsted #snowcentre #northlondonindependentschool
In Humanities, our Year 3 class has been learning about the Celts. They learnt about how the Celts lived, and were especially interested to hear about their roundhouses. They have started building their own roundhouses out of clay. It was messy, but great fun!
They are looking forward to adding a straw roof and other details over the coming weeks. Watch this space!
#celts #roundhouses #historylesson #claywork
Pupils in Art Club have been learning about art journaling. They created these wonderful sea-themed pieces of work using newspaper, fabric, paper, felt, tissue paper, oil pastels, paint and glitter. If you look carefully, you can see the different layers of materials. Art Journaling is therapeutic, because it’s all about exploring – and it doesn’t have to be neat!
#artjournaling #therapy #artclub
Our Parents and Friends Association held a Valentine’s afternoon tea for Years 3-6 yesterday and a Valentine’s breakfast for Year 2 this morning! Thank you to everyone for the huge effort you put in to entertain our pupils. Happy Valentine’s Day!
#valentinesday #celebration #afternoontea #love #parentsandfriendsassociation
As it’s #valentinesday today, Year 2 pupils spent their Art lesson creating an inspired artwork on the theme of ‘love’, inspired by the the energetic work of Keith Haring. Well done girls!
#keithharing #art #artwork #inspiration #love
Everything was in the balance yesterday at our Year 6 gymnastics lesson! The girls worked hard to create full weight taking group balances. A great performance by all groups.
#gymnastics #stayactive #balance #focus
Our Lower School and Senior School Open Mornings provide an opportunity for prospective parents and pupils to see our school in action.
You’ll be able to meet our inspiring teachers, have a tour of the school and find out why The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2025 named us ‘Independent 11-16 Secondary School of the Year’.
If you’re interested in a Reception or Year 7 2025 place or an occasional place in any year group, please register online to attend: www.pghs.co.uk/admissions/open-mornings/
#schoolopenmorning #openmorning #northlondonindependentschool
Our Prep Open Morning is for prospective parents and pupils who are interested in joining our Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 classes.
Prospective parents will have the opportunity to speak to our inspiring teachers and view our specialist facilities. There will also be lots of exciting activities taking place for your children to participate in, including yoga, drama and music workshops.
Register online today: www.pghs.co.uk/admissions/prep-march-open-morning/
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