Category: Senior School
House Cup Winners Spring Term 2025
On Friday 28th March, our whole school came together for a fantastic assembly, celebrating the achievements of the term. Our Lower and Senior School Head Girls gave brilliant summaries of the term’s successes, and we were thrilled to announce our new Senior School Head Girls and House Captains who will take up their new positions…
Inter-School Chess Tournament
On Thursday afternoon, a team of ten pupils from our Senior School chess club attended the annual Inter-School Chess Tournament at Lea Valley Academy with three other Enfield schools. This was a great opportunity for our pupils to play chess with pupils from other schools and of very different abilities in a competitive environment. They…
Year 10 and 11 expedition in the Chilterns
Duke of Edinburgh’s Silver Award – Training and Practice Expedition in the Chiltern Hills. Last weekend, Year 10 and Year 11 participants embarked on a 3-day, 2-night training and practice expedition in the beautiful Chiltern Hills. The expedition, while physically and mentally demanding, was designed to be both achievable and enjoyable. The experience emphasised personal…
PGHS Gets Ready for International Women’s Day
On Friday 7th March 2025, our Parents and Friends Association (PFA) organised an inspiring event for our Senior School pupils as part of our International Women’s Day 2025 celebrations. Titled ‘Empowering Young Women Through Insights From Female Role Models’, the event was led by three of our dedicated PFA members and featured an engaging panel…
Former Head Girl Returns With Cambridge Offer
We always enjoying reuniting with our Alumni who return to speak to our current pupils about their Sixth Form and University experiences. Yesterday, it was wonderful to welcome back former Head Girl, Saffron, who is now in Year 13 at Dame Alice Owen’s School. Saffron came to talk to our Year 11 pupils about her…
Head Girls Host Charity Shop for North London Hospice
Our three head girls held a charity shop on Thursday 6th February, with all proceeds going to the North London Hospice. Head girl Lola has worked at one of their charity shops in Enfield for the last few years, only stepping away recently to concentrate on exams. She had the idea to raise further funds…
Former pupil visits budding linguists
Former pupil Charlotte Sollars (PGHS 2017-2022) came back to her old school today to talk to Years 8,9 and 10 about her journey with languages and gave them some tips for their GCSEs. She studied Politics, French and English at A Level and went on to study French and English at the University of Leeds….
Senior Prize Giving
We celebrated our older pupils’ achievements at our recent annual Senior Prize-Giving on Thursday 4th December 2024 at St John’s Church. This is a highlight of the academic year. The event featured inspiring moments: Miss Lucas’s thoughtful speech and beautiful choral performances, culminating in recognising our pupils’ hard work with the awarding of certificates, trophies,…
ISA National Swimming Gala
After a highly competitive ISA North London Swimming Gala, where PGHS competed against other local independent schools, we are thrilled to share that our girls achieved outstanding success. They secured 1st place in the majority of their races, leading to their selection to represent North London at the ISA National Swimming Gala, both in individual…
Independent 11-16 Secondary School of the Year
We’re delighted to have won a national award in The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2025 once again. PGHS has been named Independent 11-16 Secondary School of the Year. Widely acknowledged as the most authoritative survey of the country’s top schools, the guide is published online today and available in print in a 28-page supplement…
