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Northampton High School, England
Northampton High School is a private day school for girls in Hardingstone, Northampton, England and is part of the Girls' Day School Trust
The school is about 1 mile (1.6 km) from Northampton town centre along the Newport Pagnell road (the B526, formerly part of the A50 road) which separates the school from Wootton.
The school was founded in 1878 by a committee of local church people. It later came under the control of the Diocese of Peterborough (Church of England), whose Board of Education used to appoint the majority of the Governors. The school eventually became a direct grant grammar school. However, on the abolition of the direct grant system during the 1970s, the school became independent.
Before moving to its current location, the school was based in Derngate, Northampton town centre. This site included 78 Derngate, a building with interiors and some windows designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, which was used by the school between 1964 and 1993, initially as offices and subsequently as classrooms. It is now a museum. The school moved to new premises at its present location in 1992, whose construction was financed by a grant of £13m from the Cripps Foundation, and the original site was sold for housing development.
In 2006 the school joined the Girls' Day School Trust and no longer has a formal link to the church.
A new sixth form facility costing £150,000 was opened in 2008.
The Nursery opening time was extended to 46 weeks of the year in 2013.
A new gym and fitness centre was opened by former pupil and Commonwealth Games Gold medalist Caitlin McClatchey in 2014.
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Northampton High School, England
Northampton High School is a private day school for girls in Hardingstone, Northampton, England and is part of the Girls' Day School Trust
The school is about 1 mile (1.6 km) from Northampton town centre along the Newport Pagnell road (the B526, formerly part of the A50 road) which separates the school from Wootton.
The school was founded in 1878 by a committee of local church people. It later came under the control of the Diocese of Peterborough (Church of England), whose Board of Education used to appoint the majority of the Governors. The school eventually became a direct grant grammar school. However, on the abolition of the direct grant system during the 1970s, the school became independent.
Before moving to its current location, the school was based in Derngate, Northampton town centre. This site included 78 Derngate, a building with interiors and some windows designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, which was used by the school between 1964 and 1993, initially as offices and subsequently as classrooms. It is now a museum. The school moved to new premises at its present location in 1992, whose construction was financed by a grant of £13m from the Cripps Foundation, and the original site was sold for housing development.
In 2006 the school joined the Girls' Day School Trust and no longer has a formal link to the church.
A new sixth form facility costing £150,000 was opened in 2008.
The Nursery opening time was extended to 46 weeks of the year in 2013.
A new gym and fitness centre was opened by former pupil and Commonwealth Games Gold medalist Caitlin McClatchey in 2014.