{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Northampton School for Girls | image = Northampton School for Girls (logo).png | coordinates = {{coord|52.2656|-0.8741|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | motto = "Respect for Self, Respect for Others, Respect for Learning" | established = 1915 | type = Academy | head = Cristina Taboada-Naya<ref name="GIAS">{{cite web |title=Northampton School for Girls |url=https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140510 |website=Get information about schools |publisher=Gov.UK |accessdate=16 October 2020}}</ref> | address = Spinney Hill Road | city = Northampton | county = Northamptonshire | country = England | postal_code = NN3 6DG | enrolment = 1754 | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 18<ref name="GIAS"/> | ofsted = yes | specialist = Music | urn = 140510 | gender = Girls (mixed 6th Form)<ref name="GIAS"/> | publication = | website = http://www.nsg.northants.sch.uk/ }}
'''Northampton School for Girls''' ('''NSG''') is a single-sex girls' comprehensive secondary school with academy status, in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.
==History==
The school became an academy in 2014.<ref name="acad_2014">{{cite web |last1=Cladingbowl |first1=Michael |title=Academy conversion and predecessor schools |url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/2311677 |publisher=Ofsted |accessdate=16 October 2020 |date=2014}}</ref>
In 2020, it was reported that the school would be given £2.75 million from the sale of part of the school grounds.<ref name="N_Chron_2020">{{cite news |last1=Averill |first1=James |title=Northampton School for Girls set for £2.75 million boost for improved facilities |url=https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/politics/northampton-school-girls-set-ps275-million-boost-improved-facilities-1386410 |accessdate=16 October 2020 |work=Northampton Chronicle & Echo |date=5 February 2020}}</ref> The plan was to use this to fund improvements in sports facilities at the school.<ref name="N_Chron_2020"/>
==Specialist music status==
In 2004, the school gained specialist Music College status, the first school in England to do so.<ref name="Insp_2006">{{cite web |last1=Kadodwala |first1=Dilip |title=Northampton School for Girls: Inspection Report - Amended |url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/850331 |publisher=Ofsted |accessdate=16 October 2020 |date=2006}}</ref> <ref name="BBCEdEd">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/4696116.stm|title= East: Education, education ...|last=Woodthorpe|first=David|date=2006-02-10|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-08-22}}</ref> Ofsted noted in 2006 that the school's status "benefits the wider community as well. For example, students assist in leading music workshops in primary schools, and the school's orchestra performs at local and national events".<ref name="Insp_2006"/>
The school is also home to Spinney Hill Theatre, where both NSG students and other groups regularly perform.<ref name="architect">{{cite web |title=PLANNING SUPPORT STATEMENT: Proposed Extension and Internal Refurbishments to Entrance Foyer at Spinney Hill Theatre for Northamptonshire School for Girls |url=https://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/councilservices/environment-and-planning/planning/planning-applications/documents/PDF%20Documents/Decision%20Notices/NSG%20-%20Supporting%20Information.pdf |website=Northamptonshire County Council |publisher=Sursham Tompkins & Partners |accessdate=16 October 2020 |date=2008}}</ref> In the past, the theatre has been used for classical music productions when work is undertaken on the Derngate theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire/content/articles/2005/03/30/royal_derngate_redevelopment_feature.shtml|title=BBC - Northamptonshire - Entertainment - Dramatic changes at the Royal and Derngate|date=2005-03-30|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-08-25}}</ref>
==Academic performance and inspection judgements==
As of 2022, the school's most recent full inspection by Ofsted was in 2021, with a judgement of Good.<ref name="Insp_2006"/> There has been no full inspection since the school became an academy in 2014.<ref name="acad_2014"/>
In 2019, the school's progress and attainment at GCSE was above average.<ref name="FCS_sec">{{cite web |title=Northampton School for Girls |url=https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/140510/northampton-school-for-girls/secondary |website=Find and compare schools in England |publisher=Gov.UK |accessdate=16 October 2020}}</ref> The average A level grade was C, the same as the average for Northamptonshire, and just below the England average of C+.<ref name="FCS_AL">{{cite web |title=Northampton School for Girls |url=https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/140510/northampton-school-for-girls/16-to-18/advanced-level-qualifications?accordionstate=0 |website=Find and compare schools in England |publisher=Gov.UK |accessdate=16 October 2020}}</ref> The school's progress score at A level was -0.08, considered average.<ref name="FCS_AL"/>
== Notable former pupils == *Lady Margaret Douglas-Home, musician, writer, and arts promoter (attended occasionally)<ref name="Herald">{{cite news |title=Lady Margaret Douglas Home |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12058874.lady-margaret-douglas-home |accessdate=16 October 2020 |work=The Herald |date=30 May 1996 |quote=Educated by a governess at home, with occasional trips to Northampton Secondary School for Girls}}</ref> *Lesley Joseph, actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire/content/articles/2008/04/14/lesley_joseph_feature.shtml|title=A 'homecoming' for Lesley Joseph|last=BBC|accessdate=16 October 2020}}</ref> *Bertha Swirles, physicist<ref>{{cite news|last=Williams|first=R. M.|title=Obituary: Bertha Jeffreys|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-bertha-jeffreys-1134045.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-bertha-jeffreys-1134045.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|accessdate=16 October 2020|newspaper=The Independent|date=22 December 1999}}</ref> *Luisa Zissman, retail entrepreneur and reality television personality<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hussain |first1=Ali |title=Fame and Fortune: It's a piece of cake to find backers |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/fame-and-fortune-its-a-piece-of-cake-to-find-backers-rqj2hxj5hq9 |website=The Times |access-date=3 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
== See also == * Northampton High School for Girls
== References == <references />
== External links == * [http://www.nsg.northants.sch.uk The school's website] * [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F281920 Records of the school, 1915-1975, at the National Archives]
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