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Withington Girls’ School

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Withington Girls’ School is one of the country’s leading independent day schools based in Fallowfield, Manchester. Attracting pupils from a wide catchment area, it offers an outstanding education for girls aged 7 to 18. Pupils are academically able girls drawn from all backgrounds, cultures and faiths; bursaries are available (according to need) to support one-in-six pupils from Year 5 to Year 13. Withington is consistently amongst the top schools in the country in national league table rankings and is also among the top dozen schools for the number of pupils gaining admittance to the 30 most selective universities in the country.

Withington’s youngest Junior pupils donned festive outfits to sing 'I’m a Little Christmas Cracker'
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Show goes on for Withington Girls’ School Christmas concert

13th December 2020 Paul Harrison

More than 200 senior citizens from the Manchester area received an extra-special early Christmas present this year after musicians from Withington Girls’ School decided that despite current Covid-19 restrictions, the show must go on. Withington’s [Read More]

Withington Girls School science class
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Withington Girls’ School named Sunday Times North West Independent School of the Decade

28th November 2020 Paul Harrison

A year after being named the top independent school in the north west, Withington Girls’ School has earned the honour of being named North West Independent School of the Decade by The Sunday Times. Alastair [Read More]

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Manchester Sings brings together school choirs from across city

12th December 2019 Paul Harrison

A sea of colourful T-shirts, smiling faces and the heart-warming sound of a massed choir of young voices filled Manchester Cathedral as pupils from seven schools came together to perform for an audience of dignitaries, [Read More]

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Withington Girls’ School named best in the north west by The Sunday Times

5th December 2019 Paul Harrison

Withington Girls’ School has been named North West Independent Secondary School of the Year 2020 by The Sunday Times. In the award citation, Alastair McCall, editor of The Sunday Times Schools Guide, explained why Withington [Read More]

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Manchester Sings: Charity concert for the Booth Centre and Wood Street Mission

2nd December 2019 Paul Harrison

Children from across Greater Manchester are hoping to bring a sprinkling of cheer during this season of goodwill to the city’s homeless and low-income families with an inter-school festival of song fundraiser at Manchester Cathedral [Read More]

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Withington Girls’ School’s November open days – your questions answered

1st November 2019 Paul Harrison

EDUCATION FEATURE As senior school choices loom and parents consider future education options, Withington Girls’ School headmistress, Sarah Haslam, answers questions frequently asked during open day events. Withington’s next open days are due on November [Read More]

Head girl Kea Bell
Education

Withington Girls’ School commemorates 129th Founders’ Day

22nd October 2019 Paul Harrison

Withington Girls’ School commemorated its 129th Founders’ Day at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall with speeches, readings and musical celebrations on the theme of ‘Sustaining People and Places’. Ecological protection was a recurring topic during the evening’s [Read More]

Withington Girls’ School celebrate after achieving a stellar set of GCSE results
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Withington Girls’ School pupils celebrate GCSE results

22nd August 2019 Paul Harrison

Pupils from the South Manchester area have notched up an impressive tally of elite grades in their GCSE examinations, contributing to Withington Girls’ School’s exceptional set of results this year. The cohort of 15 local [Read More]

Annie Hine has her sights set on a future career as a forensic psychologist
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Didsbury A-level student is top English performer in the UK

16th August 2019 Paul Harrison

Withington Girls’ School student Annie Hine achieved an incredible 199 marks out of a possible 200 to earn the accolade of the top performer in OCR’s A-level English language examinations taken by nearly 2,000 students in [Read More]

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Withington Girls’ School pupils celebrate ‘stellar’ A-level results

15th August 2019 Paul Harrison

Pupils at Withington Girls’ School celebrated with a set of impressive A-level results, recording 31% of grades at A* and 93% at A* to B. In an exceptional achievement, Annie Hine was the UK’s highest performer [Read More]

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