Northampton High School, Northamptonshire

Northampton High School is an independent day school for girls in Hardingstone, Northampton, England.LocationThe school is about 1mi from Northampton town centre along the Newport Pagnell road (the B526, formerly part of the A50 road) which separates the school from Wootton.HistoryThe school was founded in 1878 by a committee of local church people. It later came under the control of the Diocese of Peterborough (Church of England), whose Board of Education used to appoint the majority of the Governors. The school eventually became a direct grant grammar school. However, on the abolition of the direct grant system during the 1970s, the school became independent.Before moving to its current location, the school was based in Derngate, Northampton town centre. The site was sold for a housing development with the school moving to new premises at its present location in 1992.In 2006 the school joined the Girls' Day School Trust and no longer has a formal link to the church.A new sixth form facility costing £150,000 was opened in 2008.The Nursery opening time was extended to 46 weeks of the year in 2013.