Category: Academic Achievement
Congratulations Year 11, GCSE Class of 2025
Our GCSE Class of 2025 are celebrating today as they received their excellent public examination results. Almost a quarter of all results were Grade 9 and almost half of all results were Grade 9-8. Among the pupils celebrating were Head girls Zoe and Lola, both of whom were delighted with their string of 9s. An…
Junior Prize Giving 2025
Our Junior Prize Giving took place in the last week of term in the company of Chair of Governors, Mrs Curtis. Congratulations to all pupils who received an award!
Year 10 pupil long-listed in GSA Go Bold Writing Award
We are delighted to share another incredible achievement by our Year 10 pupil, Mya Z. After taking part in the recent GSA (Girls’ School Association) ‘Go Bold Writing Award’, Mya has been long-listed … in the Year 10 – Year 13 category no less! It is an absolute privilege to watch Mya grow as a…
Award Winning Poetry
Congratulations to Sriya G (Y11) who won first place in the Independent Schools Association’s 2025 poetry competition. The theme this year was ‘My Life As …’ and Sriya wrote an inspiring piece entitled ‘My Life As An Aurora’. Her poem, amongst hundreds of other entries read by the judges, including renowned poet Brian Moses, was…
Former Head Girl Returns With Cambridge Offer
We always enjoying reuniting with our Alumni 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…
Senior Prize Giving
We celebrated our older pupils’ achievements at our recent annual Senior Prize-Giving on Thursday 4th December 2024 at St John’s Church. This is a highlight of the academic year. The event featured inspiring moments: Miss Lucas’s thoughtful speech and beautiful choral performances, culminating in recognising our pupils’ hard work with the awarding of certificates, trophies,…
Independent 11-16 Secondary School of the Year
We’re delighted to have won a national award in The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2025 once again. PGHS has been named Independent 11-16 Secondary School of the Year. Widely acknowledged as the most authoritative survey of the country’s top schools, the guide is published online today and available in print in a 28-page supplement…
Year 10 LanguageNut Success
Senior pupils at PGHS took part in the Languagenut ‘UK Languagenut Secondary Competition’ over the course of the last two weeks. We are extremely proud of everyone who took part and delighted that three of our Year 10 pupils managed to place themselves within the top 50th position on the Leaderboard. It takes a lot…
Stephen Spender Prize competition
During the Summer Term 2024 some of our Year 10 pupils who study French entered the Stephen Spender Prize competition run by Stephen Spender Trust. This is a leading annual prize for poetry in translation. The results have landed and this year we are delighted to announce that Lola (now Year 11) received a commendation…
Congratulations Year 11, GCSE Class of 2023
We send our warmest congratulations to our GCSE Class of 2023 as they receive their excellent public examination results. The School’s overall percentage of GCSEs at grades A*/9/8 was a super 41% and A*/9 to A/7 a fantastic 69%. Our pupils have much to celebrate from their time at PGHS. They have shown determination and…
