Why Choose Northgate High School for your child?

Drama opportunities – our stage productions are famous throughout the county. Recent performances include ‘Bugsy Malone’,  ‘Oliver!’ and ‘Grease’. Our pupils acquire tremendous self-confidence through participation in such events.

We hold the Artsmark Gold Award for achievement in the Arts. We also hold the RE Gold Quality Mark. This is a fantastic award that very few secondary schools achieve.

The European Dimension. We have links with a range of schools throughout Europe and participate in exchange programmes with schools in France, Spain and Holland. Able linguists have the opportunity to study two Modern Foreign Languages to GCSE and beyond.

We have received the prestigious Schools Eco-Award on three occasions, underlining our commitment to environmental education. We now hold the award outright.

We have a fine track record of sporting achievement, having been awarded the Sportsmark Gold and the FA Charter Mark for sporting excellence.

We have excellent facilities. Past building projects have enhanced learning environments in Music and outdoor learning, Drama, the Learning Hub, Science, Religious Education, Computing and Food Technology. An all-weather, floodlit football pitch, along with a suite of changing rooms, provide high-quality facilities. A six-classroom block, including Performing Arts provide a fantastic environment for learning.

A refurbishment of our technology block enables students to have in-depth opportunities to experience textiles and fashion education. We are committed to developing the use of technology to enhance learners’ experience and we utilise visualiser equipment, iPads, interactive boards and touch screens.

In Spring 2015 we began a prestigious project to develop an External Learning Facility (ELF) comprising animal and land management areas, a World War I trench and World War II Anderson Shelter alongside a fantastic outdoor stage and amphitheatre seating area for drama and music performances.

The ELF is going from strength to strength with animals now comprising of minature Kune Kune pigs, pygmy goats, rabbits, canaries, Japanese quails, cockerels and hens. Children support staff in caring for and learning about animals, and students from our cluster schools have visited and enjoyed the area. We are excited about the opportunities for learners that the area provides across a wide range of subjects in which the environment enhances the learning in the curriculum.