2023-11-29 14:35
Portsmouth High School’s Gala Concert at the Cathedral of St Thomas, Old Portsmouth, was a triumph this week. The highlight of the school’s musical calendar, the concert featured… Read More
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2023-11-20 13:27
Charity Week at Portsmouth High School was back in full force last week. Entirely masterminded by the sixth form, the annual fundraising week has been a highlight of the school year for over… Read More
2023-11-16 17:00
Congratulations to our chemistry students who won the regional heat of the Top of the Bench national chemistry competition. The competition is run by the Royal Society of Chemistry for 14&nd&hell…Read More
2023-11-16 10:04
This week Portsmouth High Prep School held its first Inter-House Spelling Bee Competition. Tailored for all ages from Reception Class through to Year 6, the popular house event certainly ins… Read More
2023-11-13 16:09
It’s finally here. Charity Week is back in all its glory today with a Monday morning full of surprises. It’s not everyday Headmistress Mrs Prescott sees dinosaurs walking past he… Read More
2023-10-12 21:32
Teatime concerts at the prep school are wonderful occasions to celebrate up and coming musical talents, and the autumn term concert was no exception. Twenty-three pupils from Year 2 to Year… Read More
2023-09-28 11:57
Sustainability is at the heart of Portsmouth High School’s ethos and this week the school was thrilled to receive two awards recognising its work on sustainability. The EduCCate Global… Read More
2023-09-19 09:17
Up to fifty years since they had left Portsmouth High School, alumnae from the Classes of 1973, 1983, 1993, 2003 and 2013 returned for lunch and tours of the senior and prep schools last wee… Read More
2023-09-15 14:08
Portsmouth High School’s senior students were the proud recipients of achievement awards, certificates and cups this week as friends, family, pupils and staff from the school gathered… Read More
2023-08-24 10:29
Pupils at Portsmouth High School GDST were celebrating this morning after receiving their GCSE results; half of all grades were above A or equivalent. ‘I have been so impressed with th… Read More
2023-08-17 10:56
It has been a tremendously successful year for Portsmouth High School students as they opened their A Level results this morning. This year, Portsmouth High School pupils were joined by form… Read More
2023-07-11 14:28
During the last week of term, pupils across Portsmouth High Prep School and senior pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9 received awards and honours for their hard work and achievements over the last a… Read More
2023-07-06 12:54
This year’s Reception class of 2023 welcomed Year 13 leavers back to the prep school for story time and tea. For Year 13 it was a wonderful trip down memory lane as Reception class was… Read More
2023-07-03 15:49
Congratulations to all our pre-school children for taking part in their very own sports day held in the grounds of the prep school. This year’s sports day was themed around favourite n… Read More
2023-06-29 09:32
This week the creative talents of our GCSE and A Level students were showcased at the annual Art and Design Technology Exhibition held in the Art Atrium at the senior school. The school was… Read More
2023-06-27 08:53
How aspects of home learning during lockdown can be used to enhance the ways in which girls study now they are back in the classroom. By Lucy Scovell Head of the Faculty of Humanities Portsm… Read More
2023-06-21 21:40
The sun shone gloriously for the senior school sports day and not a cloud in the sky could be seen. Each house competed to win across a wide range of track and field events. Congratulations… Read More
2023-06-09 11:22
Portsmouth High School’s Head Girl team were delighted to officially announce that they are supporting a local charity, Stop Domestic Abuse, as their Sixth Form charity for the next ac… Read More
2023-05-26 10:35
Pupils at Portsmouth High School raised over £500 for the charity Just One Tree this week. The charity plants trees at £1 per tree. The tree absorbs CO2, restores biodivers… Read More
2023-05-25 12:50
Portsmouth High School’s outgoing Head Girl team presented a cheque for £10,190.79 to The Sussex Snowdrop Trust. ‘We were thrilled to have the opportunity to raise money fo… Read More
2023-05-19 10:39
Portsmouth High School was delighted to host the prize giving of the prestigious Sir William Dupree and Dame Phyllis Loe Chess Tournament 2023. The tournament took place during the Eas… Read More
2023-05-18 21:47
Our Year 9 trip to Bushcraft was so much fun. Every day was filled with activities and time to sit and take in nature. On the first day we learned how to make fires and collect the right kin… Read More
2023-05-03 10:39
Rhoda Zeffertt (née Goldman) Portsmouth High School alumna Class of 1954 I was 15 at the time of Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation. My sisters and I went by train from Ports… Read More
2023-04-28 07:52
Year 6 pupils shone on stage and gave a tremendous performance of their play By Stepney Way, to parents, family and friends. Written and directed by their teacher, Dr David Barrett, the play… Read More
2023-04-21 15:08
At the end of the spring term sixth form geography students had an exciting adventure to the Azores for a real life experience of many of the topics they had studied in the classroom. Geogra… Read More
2023-04-18 13:55
Portsmouth High School is delighted to announce the appointments of the new Head Girl team, House Captains and Senior Prefects for 2023-2024. Head Girl: Priyanka Patel Deputy Head Girls: Pup… Read More
2023-04-04 08:34
Pupils at the senior school were enthralled to have an audience with international author Kate Mosse. Kate is a novelist, non-fiction and short story writer best known for her novel Labyrint… Read More
2023-04-01 08:48
Portsmouth High School’s thrilling musical production, “We Will Rock You”, wowed a packed audience over two nights. The show, based around the songs of British ro… Read More
2023-03-27 12:45
Pupils in Years 3 and 4 at Portsmouth High Prep School took to the stage to raise awareness about the plight of the rainforest. In their recent production of ‘The Emerald Crown’… Read More
2023-03-15 16:28
National Careers Week 2023 saw a return of the series of whole school assemblies, Girls Like You, organising by Head of Careers, Mrs Sammy Davies. Different speakers returned to the senior s… Read More
2023-03-13 09:45
Talented young musicians at Portsmouth High Prep School made their mark at this year’s Young Musician of the Year 2023. The school is delighted to announce that this year’s Young… Read More
2023-03-09 14:51
Eco Week at Portsmouth High School was designed to raise awareness of some of the key environmental and sustainability issues facing the world today. The week was launched with an assembly l… Read More
2023-03-08 13:34
On International Women’s Day 2023, Portsmouth High School, GDST, was delighted to unveil a blue plaque to the late Margaret Rock MBE, a Portsmouth High School alumna and Bletchley Park… Read More
2023-02-28 22:34
Tuesday lunchtimes are buzzing with mathematical and problem solving conversations at Portsmouth High School’s Maths Open House. Run by mathematics senior school staff, it is a great o… Read More
2023-02-25 22:23
This week the prep school celebrated some wonderful musical talent at the Teatime Concert. Pupils from Year 2 to Year 6 performed to a large audience of over fifty parents, teachers and frie… Read More
2023-02-14 11:24
Portsmouth High School celebrated its 141st Birthday just before half term with a resounding service at Portsmouth Cathedral. The theme of the service was ‘the sea’ and had… Read More
2023-02-10 16:34
Pre-School led an assembly at the prep school and took their audience of pupils, parents and staff on an out of this world experience. As part of their topic, Around the World and Beyond, th… Read More
2023-02-09 16:32
Portsmouth High School celebrated 141 years this week with a Gala Concert at the Cathedral of St Thomas, Old Portsmouth. ‘It is a long time since I have enjoyed a concert so much,&rsqu&hell…Read More
2023-02-09 11:45
As a languages teacher I understand that learning a foreign language is at times a real challenge for many learners. Even the most gifted of linguists need to spend a huge amount of time and… Read More
2023-02-07 10:23
Congratulations to Ting in Year 9 who entered the 2023 Immerse Education Essay Competition. The competition had a record breaking 10,000 entries from students all over the world. … Read More
2023-02-03 10:52
Portsmouth High School was delighted to host visiting primary schools for their annual Festival of Languages which has been running for over ten years. The Festival is an opportunity for the… Read More
2023-02-01 10:27
In the first school visit of its kind in this country, Portsmouth High School, GDST, was delighted to welcome CEO of The Menopause Charity, Jenny Haskey, to talk to the Sixth Form. The chari… Read More
2023-01-27 15:58
Students and staff at Portsmouth High School have enjoyed their annual well-being week which is a celebration and promotion of positivity across the school. The importance of mental health c… Read More
2023-01-20 09:30
Our children in Pre-School have been finding out about Chinese New Year. Much fun was had learning the dragon dance, listening carefully to the drum and stopping when the drum stopped. The c… Read More
2023-01-18 15:36
We are extremely proud of all our students who submitted their Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) for early entry in November 2022; 100% of pupils achieved a grade A. The EPQ forms part of… Read More
2023-01-18 13:52
Portsmouth High School’s thrilling musical production, We Will Rock You, will take place on Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 March 2023 in the senior school hall. The show promises to be a… Read More
2022-12-12 10:16
Dyuthi in Year 7 was delighted to win Stephen Morgan MP’s Christmas Card Competition for 2022. Stephen Morgan MP visited Portsmouth High School this morning to present a shocked Dyuthi… Read More
2022-12-01 11:34
This week saw the launch of the new Big Sister programme at Portsmouth High School. Year 10 Big Sisters are visiting prep school children during Tuesday lunchtimes to play and spend time wit… Read More
2022-11-25 14:37
Portsmouth High School GDST was delighted to welcome The Home Secretary, The Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP, to their Politics Society this week. Mrs Braverman, Conservative MP for Fare… Read More
2022-11-21 15:04
Charity Week at Portsmouth High School has been back in full force this week after conforming to Covid-19 restrictions for the last couple of years. Entirely masterminded by the sixth form… Read More
2022-11-15 22:19
Our sixth form players performed their version of ‘A Room of One’s Own’ to an audience of parents, staff and friends. The play, based on Virginia Woolf’s series of sp… Read More
2022-11-14 09:58
Portsmouth High School held a moving assembly on Friday to commemorate Remembrance Day. As 2022 marks the 40th Anniversary of the Falklands Conflict the school invited in two naval vet… Read More
2022-11-09 13:22
During the first half of the autumn term senior school girls played over 30 sport fixtures, 6 tournaments, 3 GDST select trials and a tennis match with a total … Read More
2022-10-23 21:59
Some wonderful musical talent was celebrated at Portsmouth High Prep School’s Teatime Concert. Twenty-two girls presented a variety of pieces, including ‘Snake Dance’… Read More
2022-10-10 13:08
The prep school was delighted to welcome grandparents into school for an afternoon of sharing memories from the past. Many brought treasured items to share with the children. An old microsco… Read More
2022-09-30 16:34
Tudor times returned to Portsmouth High Prep School when the whole school experienced a very different daily life first-hand. Pupils and staff came dressed in Tudor costumes and the timetabl… Read More
2022-09-27 14:13
Portsmouth High School GDST was delighted to open a new well-being centre, Daffodil House, this week. The House was opened officially by Claire Tamplin, mindfulness coach and Express FM pres… Read More
2022-09-16 13:12
Portsmouth High School’s senior students were the proud recipients of achievement awards, certificates and cups this week as friends, family, pupils and staff from the school gathered… Read More
2022-09-14 10:25
Portsmouth High School Magazine 1901 Editor’s Preface ‘In the life of the nation a new era has begun; this year has seen the passing of the Great Queen, and on that mournful occa… Read More
2022-09-13 12:36
Up to sixty years since they had left Portsmouth High School, GDST, alumnae from the Classes of 1962, 72, 82, 92 and 2002 returned for lunch and tours of the senior and prep schools last wee… Read More
2022-08-25 11:55
Pupils at Portsmouth High School GDST were celebrating this morning after receiving their GCSE results. ‘This year, once again, has been very challenging for our GCSE students but they… Read More
2022-08-18 11:26
It has been a tremendously successful year for Portsmouth High School students as they opened their A Level results this morning. ‘The students have done so well,’ said Headmistr… Read More
2022-08-05 12:28
Summer Holiday Clubs at Portsmouth High School offer a broad range of activities to inspire interest and spark imagination over the summer break. During the first week children aged 7 &ndash&hell…Read More
2022-07-26 14:52
Standing ovations and effusive praise greeted our pupils as they performed concerts throughout the Netherlands on their exciting and long-awaited Music and Art Tour at the end of the summer… Read More
2022-07-22 11:08
Children at Portsmouth High Pre-School enjoyed their very own sports day in the prep school grounds. Parents and friends watched as the children worked together in teams, competing in &lsquo&hell…Read More
2022-07-20 10:22
After two years of unforgettable online performances, pupils returned to live spectacle in the last week of term, with every pupil in the senior school taking part in the House Music Competi… Read More
2022-07-19 16:46
‘There is no glass ceiling to your potential. Learning and achieving without limits is what you have in store as a member of the Portsmouth High School learning and caring family. All… Read More
2022-07-12 15:58
Portsmouth High Prep School celebrated a wonderful year of pupil achievements last night at the school’s annual Awards Evening. Head Girl, Evie, supported by her Deputies, Holly… Read More
2022-07-04 15:39
In memory of a much loved English and drama teacher, Mrs Rosemary Comrie, Portsmouth High School officially opened two outdoor reading rooms in the school grounds this week. After a fundrais… Read More
2022-07-01 12:40
Portsmouth High School’s Head Girl team were delighted to officially announce that they are supporting a local charity, The Sussex Snowdrop Trust, as their Sixth Form charity for the n… Read More
2022-07-01 08:05
Over a hundred pupils participated in the senior school’s Summer Concert on Monday, the largest group to perform so far this year. ‘It seemed like old times’, said a proud… Read More
2022-06-29 13:34
Portsmouth High School students proudly displayed their work at the annual Art and Design Technology exhibition this week in the light, open space of the Art Atrium. Parents, students and st… Read More
2022-06-23 12:32
Portsmouth High School’s outgoing Head Girl team presented a cheque for £10,150.48 to Miss Veronica Dunne, Chair, Friends Without Borders. ‘We were so pleased to raise this… Read More
2022-06-23 10:42
Year 8 entered the professional world last week with the Careers and Speed Networking event, ‘Women Mean Business’. In small groups the girls had the opportunity to learn a… Read More
2022-06-10 12:48
This week Portsmouth High School were delighted to present a cheque for £3352 to charity, Canine Partners, after magnificent fund raising efforts by Year 7 pupils. Canine Partners is a… Read More
2022-06-09 15:48
Portsmouth High School is delighted to share the successes of Year 10 pupils in The Biology Challenge, an international competition consisting of multiple choice questions under supervised e… Read More
2022-06-01 14:50
Pupils and staff at Portsmouth High Prep School wholeheartedly embraced celebrations for Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. Pre-School launched the day of celebrations when they led the m… Read More
2022-05-30 09:13
Year 7 geographers conducted a fieldwork investigation in the Southsea spring sunshine and gathered primary data to help them test the hypothesis ‘Palmerston Road is a great place for… Read More
2022-05-20 14:39
‘…Spreading our wings, we’ll fly again…’ These poignant words by Lin Marsh were sung by the school’s prestigious singing group, Harmony, in a Lunc… Read More
2022-05-18 21:54
Year 3 have just returned from their first ever residential trip to Avon Tyrrell Activity Centre in the New Forest. The girls arrived at the centre feeling a mix of emotions but nerves were… Read More
2022-05-14 21:22
Did you know that the fountains in the D-Day garden in Southsea are situated in a 5-sided polygon or that there is a special formula for calculating the number of cannon balls stacked in a s… Read More
2022-05-04 10:37
Student well-being is at the heart of Portsmouth High School’s ethos and the school is delighted to announce the opening of a new well-being centre, known as Daffodil House, in Septemb… Read More
2022-04-29 13:16
A disrupted school inspection, a show doomed to failure – all the work of a wild and uncontrollable pupil, Clementine Widdecombe, who is set on destroying Willow Hall’s impeccabl… Read More
2022-04-27 13:47
Portsmouth High School’s music scholars, from Year 10-13, and sixth form leavers delighted an audience of their families and staff with a concert held at The Square Tower, Portsmouth… Read More
2022-04-22 15:30
It is with great excitement that the new Head Girl and Senior Prefect team have been announced for 2022/2023. Before the Easter holidays the school held the hustings for the 2022/2023 Head G… Read More
2022-03-29 10:51
Pirates don’t like mermaids…and mermaids don’t like pirates. The oceans are vast, but just not big enough when pirates and mermaids find it hard to get along together. Por… Read More
2022-03-15 16:35
Medics Club took the centre stage this lunchtime for British Science Week celebrations when aspiring medics at Portsmouth High School looked at techniques to develop the medicines of the fut… Read More
2022-03-14 09:41
National Careers Week has seen the return of ‘Girls Like You’ a series of careers presentations and talks from alumnae in a variety of different careers. Last year these talks we… Read More
2022-03-11 14:32
Portsmouth High School is delighted to announce work will soon begin on a new SuperSport asphalt multi-use games area with surrounding landscaping at the senior school. The development will… Read More
2022-03-10 16:48
In PE lessons during this half of the spring term Reception Class are focussing on developing their fundamental movement skills and fitness. This week they participated in a variety of activ… Read More
2022-03-07 15:56
Pre-School enjoy Forest School sessions each week and there is always something new to learn. The spacious school grounds, with both wooded and growing areas, means there is always an opport… Read More
2022-03-07 15:31
The Class of 1990 celebrated their 50th Birthdays with a return to Portsmouth High School for tours and lunch at their old school. Over half of the class returned to have coffee, lunch and a… Read More
2022-03-04 14:32
Portsmouth High School’s delightful production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was performed to a packed audience of staff, families, pupils and friends over two… Read More
2022-03-04 11:16
Portsmouth High Prep School celebrated the wonder of books yesterday when pupils and staff came to school dressed as their favourite book character. Many colourful costumes adorned the class… Read More
2022-03-03 22:38
Pre-School and Reception Class went on an exploration of the jungle this week and met some amazing animals. An immersive drama workshop, run by specialist drama company Perform for Schools… Read More
2022-03-03 15:38
The conflict in Ukraine has dominated our headlines this week and School Clinical Psychologist Dr Abi Parnell shares some useful tips as to how you can support your child and provide comfort… Read More
2022-02-24 16:24
Many congratulations to Abbie in Year 10 who is now ranked 6th in England for her success in badminton. Abbie said ‘I started playing badminton seriously 3 years ago and have been play… Read More
2022-02-24 13:51
The Early Years are a wonderful time for instilling a lifelong love of learning and building up experiences within an enabling and stimulating environment. It is a time for creating new rela… Read More
2022-02-21 07:42
Portsmouth High School celebrated its 140th Birthday just before half term with a resounding service at Portsmouth Cathedral. The school was founded on 21 February 1882 opening at Marlboroug… Read More
2022-02-16 11:43
A wonderful array of budding musical talent was celebrated at the prep school Teatime Concert. Twenty-three pupils from Years 1 to 6 enthusiastically performed a variety of pieces including… Read More
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