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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.
We’re extremely proud to share that our latest ISI Inspection (March 2025) confirmed that PGHS complies with all statutory regulations, and in addition we were awarded a significant strength for our provision for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) - the highest accolade an inspector can award.
Ms Proudlove comments, “I hope you will enjoy reading our inspection report which really brings to life all that we achieve across every aspect of school life and highlights our commitment to enable pupils to strive for academic excellence in a nurturing environment.”
Click link in bio or visit www.pghs.co.uk/about-us/inspection-reports to read the full report.
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It was wonderful to welcome the Great Great Niece and Great Great Great Nephew of our founder, Miss Alice Hum to the school in our 120th Anniversary year. Katrina and her son toured the school and met Mrs Thompson who talked her through our archives. She said afterwards:
"Harry and I truly enjoyed the visit and looking around your wonderful school. It is so lovely to finally be able to be here to see that the school Alice founded is still thriving after 120 years."
Huge congratulations to Ellie in Year 6. She won Second Prize in the Strings Grade 8 category at the Mill Hill Festival of Music, Speech and Drama 2025 last weekend for her outstanding viola performance. A wonderful achievement — well done Ellie.
#musicalperformance #thisgirlcan #musicaltalent #youngtalent
Congratulations to Chloe in Year 5. She wowed the judges with her Grade 6 piano performance, earning 1st place at the recent North London Festival of Music, Speech & Drama. A fantastic achievement — well done!
#musicalperformance #thisgirlcan #musicaltalent #youngtalent
A big congratulations to Foyin in Year 6 for winning 2nd place at the recent North London Festival of Music, Speech and Drama for her piano performance. She was awarded a silver medal for her excellent achievement. Well done Foyin!
#musicalperformance #thisgirlcan #musicaltalent #youngtalent
This week, Year 2 delivered a fantastic class assembly.
During the assembly we entered Fairy Tale Court to find out if the Big Bad Wolf is really bad or just simply misunderstood! After reviewing the evidence provided by the three little pigs and Little Red, it turned out he is just allergic to pollen. The judge found him to be NOT GUILTY!
The girls delivered their lines with passion and energy, and there was some wonderful singing and dancing to complete the performance. A big well done to you all.
#classassembly #thesegirlscan
The Summer Bake Sale, hosted by our Eco Club, is taking place in the school playground next Wednesday, 21st May.
Please bring your money to purchase a tasty treat. Proceeds will go to the two Eco charities which we’ve chosen to support this year - @theoceancleanup and @bornfreefoundation.
We warmly welcome any cake donations for the sale, please bring them into school next Tuesday or Wednesday.
#schoolcharitybakesale #charitybakesale #schoolecoteam
We warmly invite you to attend our annual Whole School Open Morning. This event provides you and your daughter with the opportunity to explore our Lower and Senior School facilities, meet our inspiring teachers, and hear from the Head about what makes our school community so special.
We look forward to welcoming you to our school.
Register online today:
www.pghs.co.uk/admissions/open-mornings
Well done to Cecelia and Sophia in Year 4 who had a successful weekend competing in the Spencer Netball Tournament with their netball club, @apsaintsnetball.
After playing five challenging matches, the team secured 2nd place and silver medals - amazing effort!Congratulations to you both.
#girlslovesport #sportingsuccess #netballtournament
Design sketching is an important aspect of the Design & Technology problem solving process. Here, our GCSE pupils can be seen demonstrating their creative skills.
#designandtechnology #designandtechnologyeducation #gcsedesignandtechnology #creativity #problemsolvingskills
No Mow May is here! Please support the PGHS Eco team and ditch the mower this May and let the wildflowers bloom.
Even mowing just once a month makes such a difference and provides the required plants for the bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
At PGHS, we’re supporting @plantlife.loveplants and letting the Head’s garden go wild this May! And the Eco team are looking forward to planting more pollinators this year to help our insects.
#NoMowMay #schoolecoteam
We had a fantastic morning @southgate_leisure_centre for our annual Swimming Gala.
A huge well done to all our pupils for diving in with such enthusiasm – you were amazing! We’re so proud of all our swimmers for the energy and team spirit they had throughout the gala, both in the pool and on the poolside.
Thank you to the parents and Year 2 for their fantastic support from the sidelines too.
A big congratulations to the winning Green House!
#schoolswimminggala #SwimmingGala #ProudMoment #GreenHouseWins #thesegirlscan #girlslovesport
