Northampton School for Girls (NSG) is a girls-only comprehensive secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

 in Northampton

Northampton

Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...

, England

England

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In 2004, the school gained specialist

Specialist school

The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...

 Music College

Music College

Music Colleges were introduced in 2004 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in England. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, music. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Music Colleges will receive extra...

 status, the first school in England to do so, and as a result provides a wide range of musical opportunities for both its students and the local community. It is also home to Spinney Hill

Spinney Hill

Spinney Hill is an affluent area of Northampton which lies to the north of the town, located in the Parklands ward. It offers a wide range of amenities including a chippy called Andrew's Takeaway, a Tesco Express and two local estate agents. The local pub in the area called the "Spinney Hill Pub"...

 Theatre, where both NSG students and other groups regularly perform. The theatre was used for classical music productions whilst work was undertaken on the Derngate

Derngate

Derngate is a part of Northampton, England, with a theatre complex of the same name. It refers to a gate in the old town walls, which was located there....

theatre.

Education

All students in GCSE must usually study English, English Literature, Mathematics, either Double Science or separate sciences, Design and Technology (either Food Technology, Textiles, Resistant Materials or Graphics), a Foreign Language (either French, Spanish or German), Humanities (either History, Geography or Sociology), Religious Studies, ICT (at least short course) and a Performing Arts (either Drama, Art, Dance, Music or Physical Education)
Students may also take up additional GCSE's if they wish, such as Health and Social Care, or short course Statistics. The school also allows students to study 'Twilight' classes (studied after school on premises), such as Twilight Drama.

There is a very wide range of subjects available to Post 16 Students: Applied Business, Applied ICT, Art, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Creative Media Diploma, Dance, Diploma in Society - Health and Development, Drama and Theatre Studies, English Language, English Language and Literature, English Literature, Film Studies, Food Technology, French, Functional Skills, Further Mathematics, General Studies, Geography, German, Government and Politics, Graphics, Health and Social Care, History, ICT, Mathematics, Music, Music Technology, Physical Education, Physics, Psychology, Religion and Philosophy/Ethics, Resistant Materials, Sociology, Spanish and Textiles.

External links

• http://www.nsg.northants.sch.uk The school's official website.
• http://www.nsgmusic.co.uk The school's music website
• An article mentioning NSG and its oversubscribed status.