Nottingham High School

Nottingham High School
Photograph of a Gothic Revival building in grey slate, with walls of light brown and a pitched roof bearing algae. It has a wide chimney on each side, five large multi-segment windows on each storey on each section. The left and right sections have two and three storeys respectively, separated by a central protrusion with five storeys. The central section has two-storey bays window flanking an arched, elevated wooden door, above an outdoor double staircase with a simpler wooden door in the front. Above each bay window is a smaller window. Above these is a narrower section with three large multi-segment windows, above which is a yet narrower section forming a square tower and the highest storey. The tower is crenellated with one large multi-segment window, a flagpole with no flag in the centre, and a crenellated stone structure projecting from the right corner like a crow's nest, which could be used as a lookout. The building is fronted by a lawn between an embankment and a planted area. Steps down from the central part lead to a war memorial: a bronze statue of a First World War uniformed British soldier looking back and pointing up towards the left, atop a white stone plinth with a relief of Nottingham's heraldic achievement, an inscription on a plaque and a relief of the lozenge of Dame Agnes Mellers. The war memorial has stone steps on all four sides separating an outer circle of shrubbery. Below is a paved stone floor.
South side of the school
Location
Waverley Mount

Nottingham
,
Nottinghamshire
,
NG7 4ED

England

52°57′45″N 1°09′33″W / 52.96253°N 1.15912°W / 52.96253; -1.15912
Information
TypePrivate day school
Public school
MottoLatin: Lauda finem
(Praise to the end)
Established1513 (1513)
FoundersDame Agnes Mellers, Sir Thomas Lovell and King Henry VIII
Local authority
Nottingham City Council
122915 Tables
Chairman of Governors
Steven Banks
Head
Headmaster of the Senior School:
Andrew Holman
Head of the Infant and Junior School:
Polly Bennett
Staff<130
GenderCo-educational since 2015; previously boys
Age4 to 18
Enrolment1186
HousesSenior:
Cooper's
Maples'
Mellers'
White's
Junior:
Cooper's
Maples'
Mellers'
White's
(Formerly Balls', Hardys', Tonkin's, Treases').
PublicationFormer Senior School:
Old Nottinghamian
Former 'Junior School':
Young Nottinghamian
Former 'Lovell House':
The Squirrel
AlumniOld Nottinghamians
WebsiteNottingham High School

Nottingham High School is a private, coeducational day school in Nottingham, England, consisting of an infant and junior school (ages 4–11), and senior school (ages 11–18). It was founded in 1513 by Dame Agnes Mellers, as a free grammar school for boys, with a charter signed by Henry VIII. The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and has been coeducational since 2015.

There were 1186 students enrolled as at December 2025, of whom 262 were in the sixth form.

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