Pages
- About
- Admissions & Open Days
- Alumnae
- Blogs
- Community and Support
- Contact us
- COVID-19 – Latest Information
- Creative and Performing Arts
- English
- English
- Facility Hire
- Full STEAM ahead – Science, Technology and Mathematics
- Homepage
- Humanities
- Humanities and Philosophy
- Jeans for Genes
- Junior
- Languages
- Learning
- Learning
- Lunch menus
- Mathematics
- Multimedia
- News and Views
- Newsletters
- Nursery
- Oracy and Languages
- Our People
- Our Values and Spirit
- Outdoor Education and Adventure Learning
- Parental Newsletter Summer 2020
- Physical Education and Sport
- Privacy policy
- Request a prospectus
- School Facilities
- Search
- Senior
- Site map
- Sixth Form
- Terms & conditions
- Virtual Open Day
- Virtual Open Day (Mobile)
- Virtual Sixth Form Information Evening
- Virtual Sixth Form Information Evening (Mobile)
- Virtual Welcome Event
- Year 7 Welcome Day – Friday 3 July 2020
- How to apply – Junior School
- How to apply – Nursery
- How to apply – Senior School
- How to apply – Sixth Form
Posts by category
- Category: Alumnae
- School’s fundraising efforts close in on £6,000 after ‘Purple Day’ in support of Mr Bailey
- GDST Talks: ‘Helping your child understand Covid-19′
- Alumna Claudia featured by the GDST as a trailblazer
- Former Northampton High School pupil releases book to help children understand Covid-19
- Students awarded outstanding GCSE results
- Just keep singing!
- 78 Derngate fundraiser with ‘Call the Midwife’ creator
- Alumna of the Year 2020
- Alumnae Reunion Lunch 2020 – Tickets on sale
- Students’ accomplishments celebrated in Annual Awards Evening
- Community Choir hits half a decade of high notes
- Top GCSE results for Northampton High students
- BBC Question Time is coming to Northampton High
- Northampton High hosts UK debut of YULI: The Carlos Acosta Story with Director Icíar Bollaín
- The Classics department host Dr. Angeliki Roumpou of Nottingham University
- Friends new and old enjoy Reunion Lunch
- Class of 2017
- Awards Evening
- 25th Anniversary Celebration
- Alumna, Alice talks at 360 Degree Me Portfolio Day
- Welcoming Back the Class of 2016
- Old Girls and Associates’ Annual Lunch
- Economics, Politics
& International
Relations talk
- Category: Alumnae Event
- Category: General
- Sixth Form Economics students take part in virtual conference
- Student Cordelia raises over £1,500 with her Challenge 24 activity!
- School community smashes Challenge 24 fundraising goal in support of Mr Bailey
- Equestrian Team secure place at National Championships with success at NSEA Event
- Northampton High School celebrates Black History Month with engaging seminars and thought-provoking assemblies
- Students take part in GDST Sixth Form Leadership training
- Northampton High celebrates European Day of Languages 2020
- Equestrian success at first event of the academic year
- Students have success in local Tennis Club Championships!
- Mrs O’Doherty creates mask pouches in aid of our Staff Charity!
- Georgie achieves a personal best at the British Athletics Championships
- Northampton High School students do themselves proud with A Level results
- Erasmus+ – Creativity & Digital Competences
- Virtual Sports Day 2020
- Meet Doris!
- Equestrian team host first ever virtual event
- Northampton High featured in Educating Northants’ Innovative Journal!
- Students compete in GDST Virtual Debating Tournament
- KS3 compete in the RGS Poster Competition
- Students excel in the L5 Biology Challenge
- Years 3 & 4 take part in ’30 Days Wild’ Challenge!
- Kirsten sees her debut novel published!
- Welcome back and Guided Home Learning update
- New Extracurricular Opportunity in Textiles
- 6.2 Virtual Leavers Reception
- Quiz Night fundraiser held in aid of Coronavirus
- Tune in for the GDST Song Contest!
- Happy Birthday Northampton High School!
- School delighted to take part in Earth Hour 2020
- U4 Open Homework Projects
- Whole School photo…. with a twist!
- Connecting with the community
- Northampton High supports local charity, to help combat COVID-19
- Northampton High raise money for Sport Relief
- Northampton High awarded eTwinning School Label
- Students compete in the Young Enterprise Tenner competition
- Aspiring author Kirsten raises over £4500 on Kickstarter in effort to see debut novel published
- Students earn prizes at the GDST Languages Festival
- Georgie smashes PB at British Open Indoor Athletics Championships
- Years 5 and 6 present their Play in a Week – ‘Scheherazade’
- Equestrian team compete in NSEA Show Jumping County qualifiers
- Aibhilin wins ‘Dish of the Day’ at Rotary Young Chef Competition
- Annika a finalist in Computational Thinking Challenge at Oxford University’s Department of Computer Science
- Café Sci welcomes Greenpeace into school
- Sixth Form Classicists visit Warwick for production of Oedipus the King
- A week in the life of: Chloe
- Lexy competes in U5 Chrystall GDST Public Speaking Competition
- A week in the life of: Georgie
- A week in the life of: Leah
- Jess receives commendation in Sam Hood Translation Competition
- Dr Rachel Smith visits school for a Flute Master Class with students
- Drama prefects visit guests at Age UK in Northampton
- 6.1 Students travel to London for The Great Gatsby Experience
- Students shine in spectacular School Carol Concert at All Saints’ Church
- School Tennis team ranked 4th in the country after competing at National Tournament
- Sixth Form students entertain Garden Centre visitors with Christmas Carols
- School and student scoop top prizes at the University of Northampton’s Art & Design Competition
- Mrs H-T’s Christmas Chemis-Tree Spectacular!
- U5 students visit Festo in Brackmills
- Senior School students visit the British Museum
- Sixth Form TP students visit the Candle Conference
- Mr Donaldson visits local Primary School to talk about ‘Rain Town’
- School receives prestigious British Council National eTwinning Award
- It’s music to our ears……..
- FemSoc donates items to the Hope Centre
- Theology and Philosophy students enjoy a lecture with Professor Simon Blackburn
- Anna Soubry visits Northampton High School to meet with Sixth Form Politics & International Relations students
- School celebrates European Day of Languages and supports Macmillan with baking competition and coffee morning
- Students visit the #GDSTEM Conference at Imperial College London
- 6.1 students attend GDST ‘Inspire East’ Conference
- School’s staff raise over £1000 for The Air Ambulance Service
- Students do themselves proud with stellar A Level results
- Students celebrate Modern Foreign Language learning with special Languages Festival
- 400 girls welcomed for Sports and Science Enrichment Days!
- Toddlers, reach for the skies…..and the trees, the soil and vegetable patches
- eTwinning project gains further recognition!
- Leah takes home the Gold at Karate World Championships in Slovakia
- Pupils wow guests with amazing talents at our annual Arts Invitational
- Students encouraged to explore the world of literacy with the help of acclaimed authors
- Students wow audiences with school production of Cats the Musical!
- Arts Festival fast approaching!
- NewWay scoops awards in Northamptonshire’s Young Enterprise County Final
- Northampton High says goodbye to 6.2 students
- BBC Question Time hosted by Northampton High School
- World Cup winning cricketer joins Northampton High as part of ‘Cricket for Girls’
- Mr Donaldson swaps the classroom for the typewriter with amazing debut novel
- School Equestrian team take National Championship Show Jumping win
- Welcome back to the summer term
- Junior Singing Stars shine alongside talented Senior students
- Northampton High celebrates excellence with Sports Presentation Evening
- 6.2 students participate in first Open University ‘ACE’ LiveStream
- U4 students treated to enriching talks on the Roman Army
- ‘Spectroscopy in a Suitcase’ visits Northampton High
- 6.1 Physicists enjoy Partical Physics Masterclass at Warwick University
- Northampton High hosts students as part of the German Exchange programme
- Science Week at Northampton High School
- Northampton High welcomes Mrs Fournès into school!
- L4 Geographers take on the ‘Paper Bag Game’
- Maisie and family back the CLIC Sargent book campaign
- If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise…
- Continued success for Northampton High’s Equestrian Team!
- Junior School uses eagle eyes for recent RSPB watch
- A new approach to e-safety for Northampton High School as we join nationwide peer education programme
- Fashion Show for Zanzibar 2019
- International opera and concert soprano delivers Voice Masterclass
- U16 Netballers qualify for National Schools Netball Finals
- #Now’s The Time Conference for Sixth Form
- Northampton High School represented at the BT Sports Action Women Awards 2018
- Leah takes home the Gold!
- Celebrations for another year of excellent GCSE results
- Congratulations to our girls for their stellar A Level results
- Femsock make donation to the charity Eve from our Period Poverty Week
- Betty meets BBC Radio Northampton!
- Betty the School Dog an instant hit with students and staff alike!
- Annual Sports Day held at Northampton High School
- U3 Girls pay a visit to St Christopher’s Care Home
- Queen’s Cross Swimming School Launched
- Abigail Passmore captains GDST Cricket side in star-studded match
- ‘Cricket for Girls’ comes to Northampton High School
- Sports Presentation Evening 2018
- TV Interviews with Ellie Robinson
- Girls’ Cricket Academy
- BBC Radio Northampton Interview
- Looking at the chick life cycle
- Brand Transformation
- Noisy Classroom: Outreach Debating Project
- Body Image Workshop
- Five Students Offered a Place at Cambridge University
- School Dog Announced
- Year 3 Trip to Hazard Alley
- Think Tank Science Experience
- Santa Run Success
- Element-al Christmas Chemis-tree Extravaganza
- BT Women in Sport Action Awards
- Rotary Chef Competition Hosts 2017
- County Championship Netball Success
- Careers Speed Networking Success
- Pride Day
- NHS Netball County Champions
- Year 5 Grafham Water Trip
- Economics, Politics and History Trip to Parliament
- The Winter’s Tale Performance
- Diwali Celebrations
- Sixth Form pupil attends parliament and takes Corbyn selfie
- Open Day 7 October 2017
- World Cup Cricket Flag Bearers
- Nursery School Visit to Cogenhoe Post Office
- It’s a Kind of Magic
- “Myths, Movies and Storytelling”
- Fun at the FoNHS Spring Fayre
- 25th Anniversary Celebration
- Category: 140th Birthday
- Gala Concert amazes guests as we continue our 140th Birthday celebrations
- 2018 Awards Evening a huge success
- Class of 2018 Reunion
- 140th Birthday Gala Concert tickets available now
- Book your place at the OGA Reunion Lunch
- School continues to celebrate our 140th Birthday with our 1878 Reception
- Sound of Music Production a Smash Hit!
- Musical Talent Showcase
- 140th Birthday Arts Festival Programme
- Literary, History and Food Event
- Arts Festival Invitational Day
- Programme of Events
- OGA 140th Anniversary Lunch
- Book your place at the OGA Annual Lunch
- Category: Junior School
- Category: Nursery School
- Category: Senior School
- Category: Sixth Form
Profiles
- Kathryn Farrar
- Matthew Turney
- Tracy Furniss
- Matthew Watson
- Tahla Robinson
- Samantha Dadge
- Natasha
- Idil
- Charlotte
- Tess
- Mona
- Katarina
- Caitlin
- Toni
- Grace
- Anna
- Olivia
- Sophie
- Elisha
- Emily
- Daisy
- Phoebe
- Monpriya
Blogs
- Leading women and women as leaders
- Ceramics at Northampton High School
- The Blackhole of Social Media
- Thoughts from the Head - Black Lives Matter
- Can MOOCS Support Teachers in Offering a Flexible Curriculum?
- Personal Development
- Tough lessons in learning
- There’s a rumble in the jumble – A textile teacher’s pledge to support a sustainable fashion future
- Awards Evening 2019
- Climate Change Is A Gender Issue Too!
- Digacy – an integrated approach to digital literacy
- Lost words, lost worlds
- Sports Day 2019
- Celebrating the School Birthday
- Day in the life of a Head
- Out of sight but not out of mind
- International Women's Day
- Friendship
- Should ‘Be More Kind’ Be the First School Rule?
- Why the Holocaust remains relevant today
- Now's the Time
- Lost without translation
- Celebrating achievement in an unpredictable world
- University life
- Autumn reading at Northampton High School
- The power of the network behind Northampton High School
- Are the arts in trouble? Not if we take a 360 degree perspective
- Think globally, act locally
- Time to take the plunge
- Why Sat when you can swim, swing and sing?
- Looking Beyond - The new Higher Education landscape
- International Women's Day 2018
- View Point - Think About Politics for the Moment
- Love, actually
- Let the debate begin!
- Learning the new shorthand is a barrier to employability
- Happy New Year!
- The Celebration of Giving
- Brainwave, brainwash or hogwash? What we really know about brain science and education
- Transferable Research Skills: skills for life!
- The Sporting Gender Gap
- Confidence Tricks
- Learning spaces
- 25 Years Young
- No surfaces without depths
- Vocational antennae and the 360 Degree Me Portfolio
- Inspiring Futures presents Enterprise Week
- Preparing for the labyrinth of life
- Opening the lid on Mental Health
- Good news is no news
- Education for Centurions
- A (birth)day to remember
- Out of School Hours
- We live in hope
- Developing a future Gauss?
- Building resilience
- Whose Story....?
- "In Loco Parentis"
- Let Them "Shine"
- On not having the time to read…
- Resilient Minds
- Professional Development at Northampton High School
- Reflecting on climate change in 2016
- A woman for all seasons (not just the flat season)
- A hobby, an interest, a passion
- Challenging the shift to gated communities of the mind
- Connecting Art
- “If not me, who? If not now, when?”
- The science of education
- Entertainment or exploitation – what should we make of modern Halloween?
- Welcoming back our alumnae
- The Rio Olympics – what will be the legacy for girls?
- Time and False Noses
- Living out loud
- Lessons of democracy
- The 360 Degree Challenge and the Radically Enriched Curriculum at Northampton High
- Keep Calm and Carry On Reading
- Real Life Experiences Versus Online
- Inspirational Women's Day
- Philosophy For Children (P4C)
- Is sport considered to be a risk too far in modern day society?
- Reversing Gender Stereotyping may be childs play after all
- Inspiring Futures – “It’s not what you know….”
- Lessons From The Holocaust
- Change
- Inspiring Women
- 'Life in a Day' at Northampton High
- Ceramics at Northampton High School
- Teaching effectively and with integrity in a time of educational climate change
- Can children be too happy at school?
- Teaching Maths: it doesn’t change does it?
- Reconnecting with the natural world around us for a sense of well-being
- Languages – You can if you think you can
- Time for some ‘plane’ thinking?