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Award Winning Poetry
Congratulations to Sriya G (Y11) who won first place in the Independent Schools Association’s 2025 poetry competition. The theme this year was ‘My Life As …’ and Sriya wrote an inspiring piece entitled ‘My Life As An Aurora’. Her poem, amongst hundreds of other entries read by the judges, including renowned poet Brian Moses, was…
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…
Farewell to Ms Newman and Ms Sinfield
At the end of term, we sadly said goodbye to two long-standing members of staff – Ms Jo Newman, MFL Teacher, and Ms Marie Sinfield, Teaching Assistant. Between them they have contributed thirty-five years of service to the school. Ms Newman has taught French, Spanish and History at PGHS for 26 years and she has…
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…
Red Nose Day Activities at PGHS
Pupils enjoyed themselves whilst raising money for Comic Relief at school today. They held a non-uniform day, a cookie sale at break time, and sold red noses in aid of the charity. Thank you to our charity prefect Elizabeth in Year 11 for organising the day and to everyone for their kind donations!
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….
