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A wonderful photograph from a glass slide taken in 1905. This shows the girls being taught Art by Miss Jones 

PE has always been important at MHSG. On Friday 3 May 1901 the School held its very first gym display at Dover Street. Girls marched into the gym to the accompaniment of music and did exercises inclu…

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…

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…

  The first Founders’ Day Ceremony at Manchester High School for Girls was held on 19 January 1899 in the school hall in Dover Street. It commemorated the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Schoo…

This week we have been excited to welcome two young conservators from Skillington's, a company specialising in historic building repair and restoration. They have been working on ‘Threshold’, the  Mi…

  On 20 November 1940, an Open Day was held at the new School at Grangethorpe.  Until September 1939, Manchester High’s home had been in Dover Street, but plans were already under way to move the Sch…