Wesley Girls' Senior High School (WGHS) is an educational institution for girls in Cape Coast, Ghana. The Second oldest secondary school in Ghana, Though the school, was started before all other schools it didn’t assume secondary status before Mfantsipim that is the reason in our article we place it second.

It was founded in 1836 by Harriet Wrigley, the wife of a Methodist minister. The school is named after the founder of Methodism, John Wesley.

History

Wesley Girls' High School was ranked 68th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based upon the quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumnae, school profile, internet, and news visibility.

Achievements

• Won the Sprite Ball Championship in 2008 and 2016

Notable Alumni

• Jemila Abdulai, blogger, writer, and digital marketer
• Rosina Aboagyewaa Acheampong, first Ghanaian head of Wesley Girl's High School and Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service
• Betty Acquah, feminist painter
• Adina, musician
• Sophia Ophelia Adjeibea Adinyira, justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2006 – 2019)
• Edjewani Afenu, first female brigadier general of the Ghana Armed Forces; Deputy Military Adviser to Ghana's Permanent Mission in New York
• Agnes Aggrey-Orleans, Ghanaian diplomat
• Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, member of parliament for Klottey Korle Constituency
• Mabel Agyemang, Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands, first female Chief Justice of The Gambia (2013-2014)
• Ama Ata Aidoo, award-winning author, academic, former Minister of Education
• Sophia Akuffo, 13th Chief Justice of Ghana
• Patience Akyianu, banker; managing director of Barclays Bank Ghana
• Grace Amponsah-Ababio, retired diplomat