The Sunday Times published their Parent Power league table earlier this month. Norwich High School for Girls on Newmarket Road in Norwich was once-again well represented, being the 10th most highly ranked independent secondary school in East Anglia as well as joint 93rd nationally.

Head of Norwich High School for Girls, Alison Sefton commented: ‘We are, of course, delighted to be once again highly ranked in the Sunday Times Parent Power league table. We would, however, like to take this opportunity to reflect on the measure of success of an education.

‘These league tables are calculated using the percentage of exams gaining A* to B grades at A-level, and A* and A grades at GCSE, with the grades being teacher assessed this year thanks to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Alison continued: ‘At Norwich High School for Girls, we want every individual student to have the very best opportunities to find their strengths and passions. Ensuring each girl is valued and supported throughout her time at the school is at the heart of what we do and we are immensely proud of everything the girls achieve, whether it be examination results, sporting, musical or creative endeavours or community service and charity work.’

Norwich High School for Girls has previously demonstrated their emphasis on pastoral care and wellbeing, having won the Wellbeing Initiative of the Year at the TES Independent School Awards 2021.

Following on from this, the school recently launched a new initiative called ACTIVE in the Senior School encouraging students to focus on their approach to learning. The initiative is being spearheaded by Norwich High School for Girls Head of History Matthew Bradshaw, who has also recently been accepted as a member of the Global Action Research Collaborative (GARC) on Girls’ Education’s 2022-2023 cohort. The cohort will be researching The Global Reset: New Opportunities for Educating Girls.

Matthew commented: ‘Our recent ACTIVE week at Norwich High really brought to life and inspired our students to take on a different approach to learning and measuring educational success. We coach our girls to be adaptable, community-minded, technologically mature, independent, visionary and eager to learn. I am very excited to see how both this initiative and the GARC project moves forward discussions regarding educational success into 2022 and beyond.’