City of Portsmouth Girls' School

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Description

Portsmouth Academy for Girls is a secondary school with academy status for girls, located in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The school is located on St Mary's Road in the Portsmouth central sub district of Fratton near St Mary's Church.The last Ofsted inspection was in 2011, the last before that was in 2008. As of 2003 the school had 990 pupils in attendance. The Academy opened in April 2013, replacing its predecessor school, which was judged as inadequate by Ofsted. The current Principal is Natalie Sheppard, she is supported by Denise Shepherd from a grammar school in Rochester, Kent. The school partners with the City of Portsmouth Boys' School for many activities.History1890–1975The 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 Mary's site and had 250 girls on roll. This figure soon increased until it became impossible to accommodate the number of pupils. By 1954, with numbers still increasing, it became clear that a new building would be necessary at the St Mary's site.

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City of Portsmouth Girls' School is Portsmouth based place and this enity listed in High School category.