Wesley Girls Senior High School, Cape Coast

Gender - Girls
Housing status - Day & Boarding
Year of Establishment - 1836

Wesley Girls Senior High School

A government-assisted girls’ Methodist school with a strong Methodist tradition. Founded, in 1836 by the wife of the second Methodist missionary to the Gold Coast, Mrs Harriet Wrigley, it provides holistic education and believes that every girl is special and has her own contributions to make. The hard-working staff of the Wesley Girls Senior High School strive to inculcate the core values of Integrity, Respect, Sacrifice, Discipline, Intelligence, Service and Godliness in the girls while both staff and students endeavour to live out the school motto to: ‘Live Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong, and Follow the King.’ It has nine houses most of which are named after past Headmistresses of the school.

VISION

To be a centre of quality education in partnership with stakeholders to produce God-Fearing, well-balanced, disciplined and self-confident individuals capable of taking the challenges of a fast-changing world in their stride whilst making the most of every opportunity for self-development and service to humankind.

MISSION

To create a propitious environment for the spiritual, moral, physical and emotional development of each girl, providing what it takes to attain and sustain the highest academic standard and putting in place a framework that exposes each girl to Ghanaian/African culture and creates an opportunity for each girl to develop their talents to the full while respecting those of others.

COURSES OFFERED

• Business
• Home Economics
• Visual Arts
• General Arts
• General Science

SCHOOL STATISTICS

• No. of Students (SHS 1): 592
• No. of Students (SHS 2): 707
• No. of Students (SHS 3): 457

SCHOOL FACILITIES

• 40 Classrooms
• 6 Science Labs
• 1 Library
• 1 ICT Lab
• 1 Assembly Hall
• 1 English Lab
• 1 Sick Bay
• 1 Dining Hall
• 1 School Chapel
• 9 Dormitories
• 8 School Vehicles
• 1 French Lab
• 1 Book Store.

ACHIEVEMENTS

1. 2016:
   • Best candidate in General Arts programme
   • 1st in United Bank Africa (UBA) Essay Competition
   • 1st in the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection Debate Competition.
   • 1st position in Zonal - Inter-School Sports Competition.
2. 2017:
   • 1st position in Zonal - Inter-School Sports Competition.
   • 1st position in Super Zonal - Inter-School Sports Competition.