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Northampton High School is pleased to announce that following the secondment of Dr Helen Stringer to Oxford High School, we have now recruited a new permanent Headteacher who takes up this role with immediate effect. Our new Headmistress is Mrs Caroline Petryszak BSc PGCE.

Having worked as Interim Head of Junior School for a year in 2018/19, Caroline has a good understanding of Northampton High School and its people, history and ethos. She has been serving as Acting Head since the beginning of the 2019/20 school year and now moves to the permanent role of Headmistress.

Caroline looks forward to further-developing her relationship with girls in Nursery and Junior School whilst getting to know students in the Senior School and Sixth Form, and to leading a school that will continue to value the individual and prepare all for a happy, balanced and fulfilling life.

We provide an invigorating single-sex environment in which our students can thrive. Our School is a place where each girl is given the freedom and the support to be the best she can be, ready to face the world and take on its challenges.Without enforced gender boundaries, the sheer liberation that a single sex education can provide enables each girl to fulfil their potential in every field and at every age. Confidence grows immeasurably, girls get used to taking a lead and having a voice; choices are bold, successes are celebrated and there are no limits - life is there for the taking.

At single-sex schools, girls are the leaders – head of school, captain of sport, leader of the debating society. They find their voices, and get used to the challenges of leadership. Similarly, in the classroom they can take intellectual risks, ask questions, or make judgements without worrying about ‘looking stupid in front of boys’.

In short, an all-girls school builds risk-taking and resilience. In working life, these attributes are essential. Young women need to be brave enough to ask a question at a big meeting, or to disagree with the crowd view. They need to be able to handle the vagaries and unfairnesses of life, to try, and fail, and try again.

We are proud to be part of the Girls' Day School Trust:

We offer a girls' education from Nursery and Reception right through to helping pupils enter their first choice university.

"The younger girls exude enjoyment and warmth." ISI Inspection Report