City of Portsmouth Girls' School

Coordinates: 50°48′14″N 1°04′26″W / 50.804°N 1.074°W / 50.804; -1.074

City of Portsmouth Girls' School

City Of Portsmouth Girls' School (circa 1957)
Motto	Confidence, Progress, Growth and Success.
Established	1930
Type	Secondary, Comprehensive, Day school
Religion	Non-denominational
Headteacher	Sharon Watt
Chair of Governors	Neil Davies
Specialism	Humanities Specialist School
Location	St Mary's Road Portsmouth Hampshire PO1 5PF England
Local authority	Portsmouth
DfE URN	116460
Ofsted	Reports
Staff	+100
Students	Approx 1000
Gender	Female
Ages	11–16
Houses	sapphire      ruby      emerald      topaz
Website	http://cpgs.school.hants.gov.uk/

The City of Portsmouth Girls' School is a comprehensive (non-selective) school for girls from the ages of eleven to sixteen in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The school achieved specialist Humanities College status in 2008. The school is located on St Marys Road in the Portsmouth central sub district of Fratton near St Marys Church.^[1]

The last Ofsted inspection was in 2008, the last before that was in 2003. As of 2003 the school had 990 pupils in attendance. The current headteacher is Sharon Watt. The current head of Governors is Neil Davies. The City of Portsmouth Girls' School has a brother school - the City of Portsmouth Boys' School.

History

1890 to 1975

The original school building was St Mary's School build circa 1890. It first became a school for girls in 1930 as the Junior Girls Department of the nearby Penhale Road Board School. The building became one of the early casualties of bombing in Portsmouth during World War II and was subsequently demolished. With post-war reorganisation resulting from the Education Act 1944, the Kingston Modern School for Girls was created in 1949. This was initially based at the Penhale Road site rather than the St Marys site and had 250 girls on roll. This figure soon increased until it became impossible to accommodate the number of students. By 1954, with numbers still increasing, it became clear that a new building would be necessary at the St Marys site.

The new Kingston Modern School for Girls building opened on its present site in 1957. It cost £105,821 to build and consisted of a main three-story block with 20 classrooms including specialist rooms for science, art, craft and domestic science and a library. There was also a Hall, Stage and a Dining Area (now the foyer), and a gymnasium (now the Dining Hall). The site was much smaller then, being surrounded to the North and West by houses that no longer exist today. Numbers of pupils continued to increase and a new extension which is now the current Science and Technology block was completed in the 1960s.

1975

In 1975 education in Portsmouth was again reorganised resulting in the creation of the City of Portsmouth Girls' School as a comprehensive school for girls between the ages of 12 to 16. As a result the site increased in size again, with a large sports field (which used to be housing), a new sports hall, and another new complex, which is now the Maths block.

1994-2001

In 1994 education was once again reorganised in Portsmouth and the school became an 11 - 16 comprehensive school, taking girls from age 11. To accommodate additional numbers, another new block for teaching Modern Foreign Languages and Technology was added, together with the all weather multi-sport pitch, completed in 1998. practice rooms, additional office space and a new changing room for the Dance Studio was completed in February 2001.

2006 to Present

The TLC

In 2006 the 'Training & Learning Centre' was built on the school grounds. This building is used by the school for lessons and other activities and is also open to bookings from the local council as well as private individuals and groups. The centre contains offices, a fully equipped Information Technology suite, classrooms and conference room.

Building Schools For the Future

The City of Portsmouth Girls' School was chosen to take part in the scheme by Portsmouth City Council to improve a number of school buildings within Portsmouth. CPGS is said to be a 'Phase Three School' and as a result will undergo radical building works from 2013.^[2] The school will be completely rebuilt alongside the existing school buildings on the current sports and grass areas. No works are proposed for the Teaching Environment for the Future building which will be retained. The existing school will be demolished with the area which will include a new external sports area, re-landscaped.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://cpgs.school.hants.gov.uk/about/history.php
2. ^ http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/learning/17386.html
3. ^ http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/learning/14034.html

External links

• City of Portsmouth Girls School
• 2008 Ofsted information