Denmark Road High School (Formerly known as High School for Girls)[2] is a girls' grammar school with academy status on Denmark Road, Gloucester. It has a mixed sixth form and is one of only three girls' grammar schools in Gloucestershire. It consistently ranks in league tables as one of the best schools in England,[3][4][5] and one of the Top 50 selective schools in the UK.[6]
| Denmark Road High School, Gloucester | |
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Denmark Road England | |
| Coordinates | 51°52′22″N 2°14′12″W / 51.872778°N 2.236667°W |
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| Type | Grammar school; Academy |
| Motto | Love genuinely, in honour, preferring one another (Romans 12:10)[1] |
| Established | 1883 |
| Department for Education URN | 136666 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head teacher | Claire Giblin |
| Staff | 85 |
| Gender | Girls Year 7–11, Girls and Boys Sixth Form |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 884 |
| Houses | Barwell, Bearland, Hartland, Mynd and Kyneburga |
| Colour(s) | Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, White |
| Website | DenmarkRoad.org |
Admission
editAs a grammar school, Denmark Road has a selective admissions procedure. Girls must achieve an exceptionally high standard in the 11+ exam for admission to the main school, or be expected to do well at GCSE to be admitted to the Sixth Form. Boys and girls from other schools may attend the High School Sixth Form if they meet the entrance criteria.[7]
School site
editThe school was originally established in Mynd House, closer to the city centre, but relocated to Denmark Road in 1909.[8] In January 2009, the school celebrated its 100th anniversary at the site in Denmark Road. In January 2019, the school name was formally changed from High School for Girls to Denmark Road High School, since the school had been widely known as 'Denmark Road' for many decades.[2]
Houses
editThere are five Houses, to which students are allocated when they join the school. These are Mynd (blue), Barwell (green), Bearland (red), Hartland (yellow) and Kyneburga (white). The names come from various aspects of the school's history: Kyneburga is the patron saint of Gloucester; Mynd was the first home of the school from 1883 to 1904; Barwell was the first headmistress on the Denmark Road site; Bearland was the home of the school from 1904 to 1908 and Hartland was the first chair of the governors at the school.[9]
Notable former students
edit- Monica Sims OBE – Head of Children's Programmes BBC Television, Controller of BBC Radio 4. Director of Children's Film Foundation. Writer of Women in BBC Management report.[10]
- Alex Phillips – former Brexit Party MEP,[11] currently a TV presenter for GB News
References
edit- ^ "Birthday Service at Gloucester Cathedral". Denmark Road High School. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ a b Jones, Melissa (19 January 2019). "Don't call us girls: School changes name to reflect modern times and #MeToo movement". Gloucestershire Live. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Secondary School League Tables: The Top 50 Grammar Schools at A-level*". Independent. 19 January 2006. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Top 100 grammar schools". Independent. 17 August 2001. Archived from the original on 3 May 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "A-levels: Top grammar schools". Archived from the original on 11 October 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "The Top 50 Selective Schools at A-level". Independent. 13 January 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Admissions". Denmark Road High School. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "History of the School". Denmark Road High School. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "House System". Denmark Road High School. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Monica Sims, the first woman Controller of Radio 4, who championed 'good stories and programmes with charm' – obituary". Telegraph. 29 November 2018. Archived from the original on 27 October 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Big Interview: Gloucester's Alexandra Phillips – UKIP's head of media". Gloucestershire Echo. 24 November 2015. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2020.