Nottingham Girls' High School was originally in Nottingham's Oxford Street, with Mrs Bolton as Headmistress, before relocating to its current location in Arboretum Street, in a building that had been a lace manufacturer's house.

The outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 caused the school to move to two separate locations: Ramsdale Park and Daybrook.

The Arboretum Street buildings were used to accommodate the South Notts Hussars until 1944–1945, when the school was able to move back.

In 1995, a house system was introduced and named after the first four headmistresses of the school: Bolton, Hastings, Luxton and Skeel.

[2] In 2023, the newly expanded and refurbished 1875 Sports Centre was opened by Lydia Greenway OBE.

It provides a source of education for girls interested in all aspects of the performing arts and theatre production work, from music to lighting, sound and costume.

The school grounds include all-weather courts, grass pitches, a gymnasium, and the recently refurbished and expanded 1875 Sports Centre which includes the sports hall, fitness studio and state-of the art fitness suite.

Upnah Wood has plentiful outdoor learning equipment, such as low ropes, a fire pit and a pizza oven.