As well as being a part of a family of exceptional schools, Shrewsbury High School is also part of a movement in girls’ education and so it was incredibly exciting this year to see that movement go global with Shrewsbury High and her 24 Sister schools becoming founding members of the International Coalition of Girls….

We are delighted to be finalists in the Independent School of the Year Awards in the category of Student Wellbeing. Our CLIMB pastoral programme provides girl-centred pastoral care to ensure our pupils feel happy and secure and a real sense of belonging in our SHS family! Congratulations to our sister GDST schools who have made….

We are very lucky to have a number of girls at Shrewsbury High School who are part of our National Schools Equestrian Association (NSEA) squad and who have been very busy over the summer holidays on their trusty steeds! Isabella  Isabella is a member of the Wheatland Hunt Pony Club, and she came 4th at….

A well-deserved morning of celebration at Shrewsbury High School as year 11 students collected their GCSE results to warm congratulations from their families, teachers, and school friends.   As a group, the girls have achieved outstanding results, with 60% of grades at grades 9-7, significantly above the national average of 26% in England and 23% in….

Following another excellent set of A level results for Shrewsbury High School Sixth Formers, SHS students will take up places in 2022 to study Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, Law, Mathematics, Drama and Acting, Business, Music, and Graphic Design to name but a few.  With nearly half of all grades A*-A, and over 70% A*-B we….

This year the GDST celebrates its 150th anniversary and as part of the celebrations to mark this exciting landmark, all current GDST Head Girls were asked to play a very special role. They were asked to write a handwritten letter to the 2032 future Head Girl of their school, reflectiing on what it means to….

SHS Arts Fest 2022 – What a triumph! SHS Arts Fest 2022 has been a wonderful showcase of all arts at Shrewsbury High and a good reminder of how important the arts are in celebrating talent, diversity and creativity across our school.  Over the course of the week all pupils had the opportunity to take….

Last week, pupils in years 3 to 6 were treated to some amazing adventures away from school to reward them for their super hard work over the last year. Year 6 spent the week in Manchester with Mr Carter and Mrs Lock and certainly made the most of their time with so many activities packed….

Two wonderful sports day at SHS! Both the Junior and Senior Sports Days were blessed with good weather, and it was wonderful to see so many parents with their picnics and rugs cheering on the girls as they raced, relayed, jumped, threw and generally had a great time.  They were both brilliant afternoons of competition….

We were amazed by the creativity, enthusiasm and team-work displayed by the Senior Girls last Friday during Eco Day.  The morning saw a frenzy of activity with each house family creating their own Eco Fashion that will be shown on the catwalk next week as part of the Arts Fest.  Each house also did a….

Shrewsbury High School Headteacher Jo Sharrock has been invited to present at the annual Global Forum on Girls’ Education in Boston, USA, later this month.  She will be accompanied by SHS teachers Jo Orgill (French) and Carla Tonks (RPE/PHSE) who are both research fellows contributing to the Global Action Research Collaboration on Girls’ Education –….

The Classics department is very proud of Anna Morris and Phoebe Pryce-Boutwood, our year 12 A Level Latin students, who were both awarded prizes from the GDST Pearson and Silver Award. Both girls are extremely talented linguists and Classicists, studying Classical subjects on and off the timetable and taking part in activities and research above….