Alumnae who were here in the 1990s will remember the construction of our smart new reception area. They may also remember that the end of the top corridor and staircase were demolished and the only w…

On 19th January 2024, at the Bridgewater Hall, we celebrated the 150th Birthday of Manchester High School for Girls. Before the ceremony began, we watched a film from the archive, ‘A Model High Schoo…

We were thrilled to report in 2018 that an autograph book, created by pupils from Manchester High between 1916 and 1918, had been found in the bottom of a basket in a charity shop and given as a pres…

This week we held our 150th Birthday Celebration and Awards Evening at the Bridgewater Hall.  The guest speaker was Harini Iyengar MA, BCL, class of 1992, now a barrister at 11KBW Chambers in London.…

Singing has always been popular at MHSG, but did you know that one of the most famous sopranos of the 20th century, Isobel Baillie, was a pupil here from 1908-1909? Isobel made her Halle debut in Nov…

A Life Remembered: Doris Angel Memorial Film. Ann Angel, MHSG class of 1977, talks to her mother, Doris Angel, née Loewenstein, about arriving as a young Jewish refugee from Germany at the end of 193…

Elise Lempfert was a pupil at MHSG in the 1880s.  She later became a piano student of Clara Schumann and, a true Manchester High girl, in 1898 she became the co-founder of the Kvinderådet (The Women'…

Did you know that MHSG had its own guide company from 1917-1971 and a cadet ranger company from 1928 until 1943? The school archive has some wonderful photographs of the 1933 summer camp at Hawkshead…

There were two periods in the history of MHSG when boys were pupils at the School. Firstly, from 1881 to 1909, we accepted boys aged 6-9 who had sisters in School. Some of these boys fought for their…

  You may not know that from 1881, boys were admitted to the Prep Department if their sisters were at the School. As Remembrance Day approaches, we remember those who fought for their country during …

Manchester High is very proud of its suffrage and Pankhurst connections.  Sylvia Pankhurst was a pupil from 1893 to 1898. Her two sisters, Christabel and Adela, were also pupils. During the renovatio…

Gertrude Powicke 1887 – 1919   Gertrude Powicke taught French and German at Manchester High School for Girls from 1911 to 1915. She played a key role in coordinating the MHSG war effort, making much-…