Category: Senior School
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…
Head Girls Host Charity Shop for North London Hospice
Our three head girls held a charity shop on Thursday 6th February, with all proceeds going to the North London Hospice. Head girl Lola has worked at one of their charity shops in Enfield for the last few years, only stepping away recently to concentrate on exams. She had the idea to raise further funds…
Former pupil visits budding linguists
Former pupil Charlotte Sollars (PGHS 2017-2022) came back to her old school today to talk to Years 8,9 and 10 about her journey with languages and gave them some tips for their GCSEs. She studied Politics, French and English at A Level and went on to study French and English at the University of Leeds….
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,…
ISA National Swimming Gala
After a highly competitive ISA North London Swimming Gala, where PGHS competed against other local independent schools, we are thrilled to share that our girls achieved outstanding success. They secured 1st place in the majority of their races, leading to their selection to represent North London at the ISA National Swimming Gala, both in individual…
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…
Bienvenue Mademoiselle Carlin!
In October, we welcomed our French language assistant, Mademoiselle Carlin to the school, and she has written about her experience so far below. Bienvenue Mlle Carlin! Bonjour! I’m Mademoiselle Carlin and I have been working as a French language assistant since October at PGHS. I come from Valenciennes, a small city in the North of…
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…
Children in Need 2024
During the First World War PGHS girls helped to raise funds for children in Europe, and made weekly contributions to support a bed in a hospital for soldiers. The School’s long tradition of raising money for charity continues today. We held a non-uniform day at PGHS on Friday 15 November, and pupils and staff were…
