Withington Girls' School is a leading independent day school for girls aged 7 to 18 in which some of the best academic results in the country are attained.
In September, we had the pleasure of welcoming Lindsay Johnson as our Director of Sport. Lindsay earned 43 caps for the
@Lionesses
and spent 12 years at
@EvertonWomen
.
You can read our interview with Lindsay about her first term here 👇
WGS U16s are 3rd in the whole country!! Really proud of these girls who understand what teamwork is all about, along with hard work, determination and skill. Well done girls (and coaches)!
#WithyWonders
#ItsUsItsNow
#Netball
@EnglandNetball
Breaking news - we’re thrilled that Withington is Northwest Independent Secondary School of the Decade in
@thesundaytimes
Schools Guide – Parent Power 2021 & we give full credit to our pupils & staff, past & present, for this accolade
#schoolsofthedecade
.
Congratulations to Charlie in Year 13 who has been selected to represent
@englacrosse
U19 at the Home Internationals in April and to tour to Prague with England in August🥍
Withington U14s are North West Champions in the National Schools Netball Competition! The whole squad played some outstanding Netball throughout court & were undefeated all day! WOW!!
#WithyWonders
#WhereGirlsShine
🌟 👏👏🥇
Our U14 Netball team are North West champions after a fantastic day at the Regional Round of the National Schools Netball Competition. Undefeated all day, they won the final 11-9 against Parrenthorn High School and now progress to the Nationals in March. Well done to you all!
With 31% of grades achieved at A*, nine of the Class of 2019 taking up their places at Oxford and Cambridge and the majority securing their first university choices, we congratulate all our
#WithyWonders
#alevelresultsday2019
We are delighted to be ranked 21st nationally and No. 1 in the Northwest in the Sunday Times Parent Power tables published today. Congratulations to our 2019 leavers and GCSE cohort on your stellar achievements. Full story in today’s
@thetimes
#AdLucem
#WithyWonders
Massive Congratulations to Yr 11 pupil (& Netball Goal Defender extraordinaire) Silvia who has been selected to play for the U17 England Roses! Silvia was also in the Manchester Thunder U15 team who won the National Performance Competition last month!
#WithyWonder
#proud
🤩
We planted the
@WoodlandTrust
baby trees in our wildlife area at the back of school today. What a lovely way to spend a dry but frosty lunchtime! This was part of the
@WoodlandTrust
's Trees for Schools initiative & we have made a mixed hedge. Looking forward to seeing it grow!
Huge congratulations to Annie who achieved the top mark in the UK in the OCR A-Level English Language exam – a phenomenal achievement!
#withywonder
#alevelresults2019
Tonight, the whole Withington community - pupils, parents, staff, alumnae and friends - are gathering at Manchester’s iconic Bridgewater Hall to celebrate the 129th anniversary of the founding of Withington Girls' School.
#AdLucem
Year 11s have achieved an amazing 55.5% 9s; 79.1% 9-8 and 90.3% 9-7 across all subjects. We’re delighted the vast majority of them have chosen to continue their education in the WGS Sixth Form!
#GCSEResults2019
#AdLucem
Our amazing Year 8 Netball team have won the Cup at the
@GSAUK
masterclass weekend at Condover Hall! The Final was vs very tough opponents, Godolphin & Latymer. A very intense match but the girls stayed strong to pull off a win 13-9! Coach Mrs Lane is super proud!🥇
#WithyWonders
Warmest congratulations to our wonderful Year 13 on a results day like no other. After 2 years of dedicated study, the majority of our Class of 2020 will head off to a range of leading universities, including Oxbridge, KCL, Durham and Bristol to name just a few
#WhereGirlsShine
Many congratulations to Year 11 pupil Miranda, who at age 16, has been selected for the England U20 lacrosse team! She will go to the Women's European Lacrosse Championships in Poland in August. Miranda has also been selected for the Home Internationals and a USA tour in July.
Huge congratulations to WGS Year 11 pupil Silvia on her selection the
@England_Netball
U17 Europe Squad! The team will compete in the
@NetballEurope
2020 Championships in March. An outstanding achievement - well done Silvia!
🌹🏴 👏👏
A fantastic result for our U14 netballers today! They are
@EnglandNetball
National Schools North West Champions and go on to the finals in March! Could not be more proud of them! Many thanks to
@WhitbyHigh
for hosting an excellent tournament!
@NW_Netball
Delighted to share the fantastic news that Silvia has been selected as a member of the
@EnglandNetball
England Roses U19 Netball Academy squad to represent England against Scotland and Wales from 27th-30th July. Wishing the team the best of luck for these fixtures 🌹
It was also the first day at Withington for over 130 girls – here we have just a few of the new pupils, happy and excited at the journey that lies ahead
#wheregirlsshine
A celebratory group of Year 11 pupils gathered today. With results that included four in five grades achieved at grade 9 or 8 and 34%, achieving a clean sweep of grade 8s or above, it’s no wonder there were lots of happy smiles, and some tears of joy too!
A fantastic start to the new term as we welcomed alumna Bronya Sykes so soon after her second consecutive win as President of the Cambridge Women’s Boat Crew. We wish Bronya the best of luck for her final term at
@Cambridge_Uni
& for the remaining races of the season
@CUBCsquad
.
Fantastic turnout from our Withington families this morning for the
@SMancparkrun
. All running for
#SportRelief2020
this morning. Super initiative for "Participation - Resilience - Wellbeing - Partnership" from
@GSAUK
Greater Manchester County Netball Champions! *Congratulations* to our U14s who were unbeaten all day at the County round & won 11-10 vs Stockport GS in a thrilling final. A truly outstanding achievement in such a strong county. On to the Regionals in January!
#WithyWonders
🥇🤩
There was no sibling rivalry between twins Imaan and Safa – they mirrored each other’s results perfectly with eight Grade 9s, one Grade 8 and an A* with Distinction in Further Maths. Twice as much reason to celebrate!
#GCSEResults2019
@GSAUK
@HMC_Org
Silvia in Lower Sixth has been selected for the
@EnglandNetball
Roses Academy for the second year running. An amazing triumph 🌹
Read the full story here 👉
U14s beat a strong Cheadle Hulme 42-38 in a thrilling end-to-end game this afternoon in the SNS National Cup. They now progress to Round 4!! Congratulations girls on playing such fantastic Netball throughout the court!
#proudcoach
#WithyWonders
#inspiresportsnscup
@sistersnsport
WGS looking beautiful as snow fell during the night!
@SchoolsTatler
did say that our wonderful school might be sprinkled with fairy dust ... Here is the evidence perhaps! 🙂😉
Thank you to the
@UoMChemistry
staff & students who spent all day in the Chemistry Department delivering Spectroscopy workshops to our A-Level Chemistry students. This scheme is funded by
@RoySocChem
and provides a fantastic hands-on experience of real-world Chemistry!
Wow! What a day for Withington Lacrosse. 5 wins out of 6 games puts us in the Championship division for Day 2 of the tournament for the first time in seven years. Go Withy Girls! 👏👏🥍
Congratulations to our U14 Netballers who were crowned Greater Manchester County Champions. Playing outstanding netball and undefeated all day, they won the Final 13-5. Next is the Regional Round of National Schools Competition, where we face the best Schools in the North West.
U16 NATIONAL SCHOOLS FINALISTS! Congratulations to our fantastic U16 Netball team who have secured a place at the National Schools Netball Finals finishing runners-up in the North West Regional Round! Well done team!
Term has ended and School has gone very quiet! We leave you with the 85 gorgeous Easter chicks knitted by staff and pupils for the
@FrancisHouseCH
Easter Chick Knit Appeal. We would like to wish everyone a very happy Easter break!
Read about Withington’s prestigious accolade as Northwest Independent Secondary School of the Decade in
@TheSundayTimes
today or visit
#schoolsofthedecade
Blue skies and signs of spring herald the prospect of pupils returning to Withington next week! Our pupils’ positive engagement and progress with remote learning has been truly inspiring but we can’t wait to start welcoming everyone back from 8th March!
Au revoir Withington girls – we look forward to seeing you in
#VirtualWGS
or in our key worker school and we can’t wait till the day when we can open our doors for all of you once again.
#WhereGirlsShine
#AdLucem
Today we celebrated with our
#Classof2021
the culmination of their time here. From our cohort of 83, three in four will attend Russell Group universities and 13 will take up places at Oxford and Cambridge. You've all made us proud 💙
@GSAUK
@HMC_Org
Yet another year at Withington has drawn to a close! And what a great year it has been! Our end of year assembly has taken place today where we bid a final farewell to Year 13. We wish everyone a fantastic summer holiday & a good rest!
#summer
#holidays
#sunshine
Welcome to Manchester 🐝 HM King Charles III was greeted by the Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, WGS alumna and current governor
@dianehawkinsDL
as he disembarked from the Royal Train 🚂 We hope His Majesty has enjoyed his visit to our region.
@GMLO_UK
👋 🐝 Hello Manchester!
The King is welcomed to the city at Manchester Victoria Station for a day of engagements in Greater Manchester, including:
🥣 Celebrating 100 years of
@KelloggsUKI
🎊 Joining The Queen Consort at a reception for the local community at Bolton Town Hall
We are absolutely delighted that a record 21 WGS girls have received offers to join
@Cambridge_Uni
or
@UniofOxford
in 2018. Huge congratulations to all!
#AdLucem
Congratulations to our Fabulous U14s who are through to the last 8 nationwide in the
@sistersnsport
National Cup! They played some superb defensive netball v King's Macc winning 58-28. We now look forward to a Regional Final against local rivals Stockport Grammar. Well done all!
Congratulations to our U14 Netball team who have stormed through to the semi-final of the
@sistersnsport
National Netball Cup today after winning 51-29 at home to
@BKHSSport
! Superb performance from the whole team!
Wishing all pupils and staff and very happy and relaxing half term holiday! We have four trips on the go too – Uganda, Spain, Germany and DofE Gold in the Yorkshire Dales. Looking forward to seeing everyone back in School on 4th November!
#halfterm
With 55% of all grades achieved at the elite 9 or A* with Distinction (in Further Maths) our
#WithyWonders
have a great deal to be proud of!
@GSAUK
@HMC_Org
Huge congratulations to our GCSE students whose results definitely have the ‘wow’ factor! They achieved a fantastic 89% of grades at 9, 8, 7, A* or A this year! 69% of all grades were 8, 9 or A*.
@GSAUK
@HMC_Org
#WithyWonders
#GCSEResults2018
In preparation for nationals this weekend, our teams have played some special fixtures. The Senior Team enjoyed a competitive match of lacrosse against
@OfficialUoM
and our U14 netball squad played
@PathwayThunder
’s U14 team⚡🏐 Thanks to our opponents for two great games.
A beautiful rainbow to herald the start of the new school year! The picture shows the facade of our new sports and fitness centre which is now in full use!
Happy New Academic Year and a very warm Withington 'welcome back' to all pupils and staff for the Autumn Term! We are especially delighted to welcome all the new pupils joining us this year. A busy and exciting term awaits!
#towardsthelight
#BackTogetherAgain
Huge congratulations to our Y9 team who have won 4th place in the
@Big_Ideas_Co
Great Exhibition at Home competition! The girls worked together remotely to create a 1-minute video tackling the question: How can engineering help protect the planet?
#STEM
#WithyWonders
#Y9bubble
We’re delighted to be shortlisted in the Girls’ School category of the
@ISParent
Independent Schools of the Year 2019 awards - lovely news to end the penultimate week of the academic year! All credit to our
#WithyWonders
@GSAUK
Congratulations to Bella in Year 12 who was awarded ‘Highly Commended’ at last night’s Historical Association Great Debate held at
@mgs_1515
. Students from eight schools delivered speeches to answer the question: Why does history matter to me?
@histassoc
They're on their way! Good luck to our U16 netballers who are competing in the
@englandnetball
National Schools Tournament tomorrow! Great achievement already making it this far - we are very proud of them all! Hope the weather better than last year ...
#Netball
🏐
It was fantastic to welcome our Withington community back to school for the first day of term this morning with lots of smiling faces and excitement for the year ahead!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Founders' Day celebration at the Bridgewater Hall. It was fantastic to see the Upper Sixth collect their books and WELL DONE to all the pupils who took the stage with music, singing and readings. They were all absolutely outstanding!
A phenomenal start to the season for our U12 Netball team with a huge 38-1 win at
@stockportgs
! Well done to player of the match, Keziah 👏 👏
A big thank you to WGS parents who came to watch and cheer them on!
Many congratulations to WGS Yr12 student Zara, who was selected for the Great Britain Cadet Women’s Fencing
'A' Team that recently competed in Hungary at the European Cadet Circuit which is a gateway for the European and World Championships!
#WithyWonder
#proud
🇬🇧🤩
Pictured in the new Sport & Fitness Centre that is "the talk of the town”, GCSE PE students enjoyed reading Withington’s review in Tatler’s UK Schools Guide 2020 – thank you
@SchoolsTatler
, we’re delighted to be featured again among the UK’s top schools!
Hugely proud of our 12
#WithyWonders
who have been selected from across the age ranges for
@thundernetball
squads! All are hugely committed and talented netballers and thoroughly deserve this opportunity!
#WhereGirlsShine
Thank you so much to the Withington families who have sent in donations for the
@FandWFoodbank
. This appeal has been led by Emma W, one of our Sixth Form students, and over 350 items have been given this week.
Congratulations to our U14s who yesterday became national champions of the Sisters n Sport National Netball Cup 🏆🏐✨
This comes a week after they won silver at National Schools🥈
@EnglandNetball
Well done girls 👏👏👏
U14 Cup inspiresport Sisters n Sport National Netball Cup Final for Schools did not disappoint.
Congratulations both teams on reaching the finals.
U14 Cup Champions
@WGSManchester
U14 Cup Runners up
@HurstSport
Congratulations to our brilliant U13 Netball team who are Greater Manchester County Netball Champions after a fantastic day at the tournament! Unbeaten all afternoon and won the final 15-10 against Wright Robinson! Well done to these super talented and versatile players! 👍🏻🏐🥇🏆
*Congratulations* to our U14 Netball team who played some amazing Netball throughout court to secure a 73-41 win against a well-drilled Lymm High School. They now progress to Round 3 of the Sisters n Sport National Cup Competition.
#withywonders
#inspiresportsnscup
@sistersnsport
Withy U13s are Greater Manchester County Netball Champions! They were unbeaten throughout the tournament & finished up as winners after drawing with CHS, but won on account of more goals scored. The girls were amazing & played some outstanding netball under pressure. Well done!
Many congratulations to Year 9 pupil Eliza who has been selected for the U15 England pathway (Performance Centre) for Hockey. Eliza has worked really hard for this & her achievement is all the greater as she will be in a group who are an academic year older.
#WhereGirlsShine
🏴👏
'Each day, do something to build towards your dream ... and don't be afraid to change your dream'. What an amazing, uplifting and inspirational speech by our Founders' Day guest speaker and WGS Alumna Dr Kirstie Whitaker. Thank you so much
@kirstie_j
!
Our
#CyberFirst
#GirlsComp19
team will be featured on
@BBCNewsround
at 4.20pm on
@cbbc
. The story is also online . You will see why we say these girls are an absolute credit to themselves, their families and this school! And top cyber warriors too!
Read all about the online learning platform set up by 4 of our Upper 6th students & their friends at
@MGSMagic
and
@MHSG
in the latest issue of
@CheshireLife
How about this brilliant cake! Year 7 and Year 8 Eco Soc girls raised £165 for Withington Hedgehog Care Trust in their charity cake sale today. This will be added to the £136 raised in Eco Week earlier in the year and donated. A total of £301 😍🦔
@WHedgehogs
We are delighted to be named North West Independent Secondary School of the Year in The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2023. The accolade is testament to our exceptional pupils and dedicated staff and marks the fourth consecutive year that we have been recognised top in our region.
Absolutely brilliant to have author
@FrancesHardinge
here this morning talking to Year 8 about her book 'Deeplight' & answer all sorts of questions about being a writer. There was also a chance for students to purchase her book & have it signed
#WGS
#lovereading
@simplybooksNo1
"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." This quote was written into the AMAZING cake made in our own Catering Department by Julie C for the farewell of Mrs Burrows, retiring Head of Juniors. Mrs B is a great fan of life lessons from Winnie the Pooh!
The 26 girls of the WGS 'pop-up' choir were truly honoured to be a part of yesterday's service at
@ManCathedral
to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of
@WoodSt_Mission
. We are proud to have been friends & supporters of Wood Street for many years & long may it continue! 💝
Delighted to have improved last year’s ranking to become the 25th top independent school in the country & top independent school north of Birmingham on 2017 public exam results in
@thesundaytimes
#ParentPower
We will soon be opening our virtual doors for our Senior Citizens’ Christmas Concert, a much-loved event on the WGS Christmas calendar. Withington staff elves have already begun delivering concert DVDs, gifts & party packs for all who would usually have attended!
#SocialAdvent
Well done to our U14 Netball team who stormed through to Round 3 of the SNS National Netball Cup. A clinical team performance resulted in a 68-17 win over Bridgewater High School! Player of the match went to our centre court maestro, Carys!
The volunteering hours given to the local community by WGS DofE participants has been certified by
@DofENorth
as 2509 hours in 2019-20! This equates to an impressive total of £10,914.15 in social impact value. Very proud of the commitment of these girls to do good in the world!
WGS FemSoc leaders were privileged to attend the unveiling ceremony of the glorious new statue of Emmeline Pankhurst in central Manchester today. What a truly moving and inspiring event to celebrate one of the most important figures in Manchester's history!
#vote100
#OurEmmeline
We’re thrilled to be a 'School in the Community Award' finalist in the
@MENnewsdesk
@SchoolsAwards
2019, reflecting a whole school community’ achievement! Congratulations to our pupils & staff and to all the other finalists too
#MSA19
@GSAUK
@HMC_Org
Our new Year 7s have been a very happy &, bubbly ‘bubble’ on the 1st few days of term.
Let’s Make Music Day on Friday was a carousel of Garage Band, Percussion, Ukulele, Keyboard & Ensemble. Also a high-spirited House Quiz run by 6th Formers via the screen in the auditorium!
Huge congratulations to our U13, U14, U15 & U16 netball teams who have all won the South Manchester Netball League this year 🏆 We’re pleased to say that our U13, U15 & U16 teams also now hold the Greater Manchester title. Very well done to you all 👏 👏 👏