Alumnae News

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…

 I spent nearly 20 years in HMPrison Service,before moving to Spain with my son after taking early retirement. After returning to the U.K,I worked in schools and for the Anne Frank Trust U.K. I retir…

I attended MHSG from 1963 to1970, and I thoroughly enjoyed the geography field trips that I attended when at school. I won the Angus Butterworth Geography prize in 1970. I was also a technician in th…

I attended MHSG from the age of 4-18. After leaving MHSG, I studied History and Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London. I then did a law conversion course at the College of Law in Guildford…

After leaving school in 1981, I went to Oxford and got a degree in Mathematics. While I was studying I had an accident and had help recovering through McTimoney Chiropractic. I went on to train at th…

Still teaching half time at San José State University (see pic). Still sailing, rowing, and kayaking wherever I am. Still volunteering with the National Coastwatch Institution (works with HM Coastgua…

1968: Degree in Russian Studies at Manchester University.  Married in December 1969 and came to live in Switzerland - my husband René ‘s country of residence.  Have two children and two grandchildren…

I’ve been a part of the MHSG community since I joined UIIH (Year 5) in 1988 with my indoor and outdoor shoes and a duffle coat that still just about fitted me when I was 16! After completing my A-lev…

I left MHSG with a passion for foreign languages and after a degree in French and German at Bristol University, joined the Foreign Office, where I have been ever since. I have worked in many differen…

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'…

Hello - I am an International News Producer for Al Jazeera English, working in Doha. I have to say one of the best things MHSG gave me was  sisterhood - my best friends today are still from school, a…

My name is Laviza, and I joined MHSG in 2006. After A-levels, I studied biomedicine in the UK and then proceeded on to study Medicine abroad. I have to say I am who I am today because of the values i…