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  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…

  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 …

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…

After leaving MHSG in 1976, I studied English at Birmingham University and then completed a research degree on Henry James at Manchester University. I was subsequently lured to Melbourne by an Austra…

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.…

After leaving Manchester High School in 1992, I went on to graduate from UMIST and have been working in London since 1998. Most of my school year will have celebrated their 50-year birthdays so congr…

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…

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…

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…

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'…

On January 19th 1874, Manchester High School for Girls opened for the first time.  It was one of the first few academic girls’ schools in England and the first in the north. Our Founders’ vision was …

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…