Manchester High School for Girls was founded in 1874 "To impart to the girls the very best education which can be given and to fit them for any future which may be before them."

Today, the School maintains these guiding principles by encouraging each individual pupil to achieve educational excellence over a broad range of subjects and to develop an awareness of her own value and a sense of responsibility towards others.

Aims

The School aims to:

• Develop an understanding of the value of education as an end in itself and to instil a love of excellence and culture
• Encourage the achievement of the highest academic standards and individual potential
• Provide a broad and varied range of subjects and activities, offering each girl the opportunity to develop her talents within a single sex school
• Educate the whole person so that girls leave school with a sense of self-worth, self-discipline, and an ability to contribute with confidence with an increasingly competitive and technological world
• Draw on the School's social, cultural and religious mix of pupils to enable girls to live and grow in an atmosphere of mutual respect
• Encourage qualities of caring, kindness, honesty and loyalty and foster high moral standards

Values

The statement of values was designed in consultation with students.

• Respect others regardless of age, race or background
• Help to create a caring environment where all relationships are open and friendly
• Be honest when dealing with others
• Discourage malicious gossip and realise that teasing can go too far
• Be happy at others' success and give support in times of disappointment
• Value extra-curricular achievements as well as academic success
• Keep our school clean and tidy and show respect for others' property