Year 6 open evenings
Tuesday 2nd or Wednesday 3rd October at 6.30pm. Prospective parents and children are welcome to look round the school and its facilities whilst meeting staff and current students.
News and events
U15s English Fell Running Champions
Two of our students have had recent cause to celebrate. Sisters, Eve Whitaker (Year 8) and Alexis Whitaker (Year 9) took part in the English Fell Running Championship, consisting of a series of six races over the Spring and Summer.
Rugby Junior shows national promise
Two years ago as an U15, student Achele Agada had never played rugby before. She was eventually encouraged to give it a go, and as a result she played in two full contact tournaments that season. Achele was quickly identified as a player with potential.
Medical School Residential Success
Five Harrogate Grammar School Sixth Form students have successfully gained places on Hull York Medical School (HYMS)’s Summer Residential Programme; one of only two Sutton Trust Medicine programmes in the UK and the only one outside of London.
EdTech trip of a lifetime to South Africa for HGS teacher
Earlier this year one of our teachers, Stephen Woollard, was selected as the winner of a nationwide competition hosted by e-textbook and e-learning provider, ITSI. The prize for the competition included an all-expenses-paid trip of a lifetime to South Africa.
End of year message from Mr Sheriff
The end-of-year message from Richard Sheriff, CEO, summarising 2017-18 and touching on the year ahead 2018-19. We hope you have a relaxing summer holiday.
Sixth Form – end of term message
An update from The Sixth Form covering the past year, 2017-18 and touching on the year ahead, 2018-19. We hope you have a wonderful summer break.
Cameron, through to National Diversity Awards final
Cameron recently won the sporting achievement award at the prestigious StrayFM’s local heroes awards ceremony, he has now gone on to be shortlisted into the finals of the National Diversity Awards out of more than 24,000 entries, a massive congratulations to Cameron for this fantastic achievement.
Success at indoor ski championships
Alex Green, in year 12, has excelled at the National Schools Indoor Ski Open Championships by coming second in the U18 Ladies Slalom after only 2 years of skiing, an outstanding achievement, she has now been offered a place in the National Schools Squad.
Students in National Maths Challenge final
A team of four students competed against teams from across the UK for this year’s UK Team Mathematics Challenge trophy. The team were winners in the regional final held in York and won the opportunity to compete in the National Final.