A welcome from our Headteacher
Alexandra Kent, MA (Cantab)
Headteacher
I am delighted to introduce myself as the Headteacher at North Halifax Grammar School having served as teacher and leader at the school since 2008.
Life at North Halifax is best summed up in our motto: “Living to learn, and learning to Live” and we pride ourselves on providing excellent academic education to all our students - coupled with a focus on the holistic development of the individual- to enable all students to thrive and develop a true love of learning. .
Our school logo is a compass which reflects the fact that learning, like life, is a journey and the compass provides guidance, protection and direction along the way. As our young people develop and grow, they discover their talents and skills and leave here with the confidence, the qualifications and the character to set courses of their own choosing with a full understanding of how wide and how exciting those courses could be.
The journey at NHGS is characterised by three elements: Scholarship, Fellowship and Leadership.
Scholarship
no child left behind
Taught by subject specialists, our inclusive and inspiring education ensures that no child is left behind. Our strong academic curriculum, based on the principles of the Trivium, offers strong foundations for any career. We encourage a love of learning and our students to become curious and enquiring scholars, determined to work hard and succeed.
Alongside this, a broad range of rich experiences help students discover their interests and prepare for future education careers and life. Our Enrichment programme is called Ambit and encompasses a wide array of clubs, multiple opportunities to explore and develop interests and an international engagement programme that encourages students to build bridges across the world.
"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."
Malcolm X
Fellowship
no child left out
NHGS is characterised by Fellowship. It is a warm, caring and connected community where relationships are built on mutual respect. Supported not only by a tutor and pastoral Year group leader, our students can access support from a wide range of staff including our SEND team, our Welfare Officer, our Wellbeing Manager and Counsellor, and our onsite Careers adviser and friendly librarian. Older students also play a key role in supporting the younger students in the school as prefects, leaders and role models.
Alongside our Character and Culture programme, our cultural calendar of events and celebrations from Belonging Week to Culture Day helps students develop a strong understanding of the importance of respect, inclusivity and social responsibility. Parents and carers provide strong support to the school with our Parents Association supporting many events and projects.
"Our unity is our strength and our diversity is our power."
Kamala Harris
Leadership
no child left unseen
This a school that inspires leadership - and helps students to understand that being a leader is to influence others. Being a leader is to to be a person of integrity, to lead by example, to seek to problem solve, and develop ideas and new methods, and to act as a guide to others.
Students develop resilience, responsibility and strong moral character to make thoughtful decisions right through the school from programmes such as the TEnX challenge in Y7 up to leading the school as Head Prefects in Year 13. Programmes such as The First Give programme in Y9 makes students develop a social action project and students learn how to create meaningful change and become positive influences in school, society and the wider world. Our annual Speech Day programme also ensures that every child in the school stands up to tell us what matters to them, truly meaning that no child is unseen.
"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future."
The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien