South Hampstead High School
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| Motto | More Light (German: Mehr Licht) |
|---|---|
| Established | 1876 |
| Type | Independent GDST |
| Headteacher | Mrs Jenny Stephen |
| Location | 3 Maresfield Gardens South Hampstead Greater London NW3 5SS England  |
| Local authority | (inside Camden) |
| DfE URN | 100076 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | circa 69 |
| Students | 815 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Gold and Navy |
| Website | SHHS |
Coordinates: 51°32′46″N 0°10′38″W / 51.5462°N 0.1773°W
South Hampstead High School is an all-girls independent day school situated in Hampstead, north-west London. The school was founded and is still supported by The Girls' Day School Trust (GDST). The school operates over two sites, the Senior school and Junior school which are run as a single unit with 600 students. Also part of the school is a sixth form of about 160 students which has its own building, Oakwood House.
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[edit] History
The school was founded in 1876 as the ninth school established by the Girls' Day School Trust (the largest group of independent schools in the UK). It started life as the St John's Wood School. From 1946[1] until the late 1970s it was a girls' direct grant grammar school, whereby around half the intake were paid for by the local council. In general, this had a beneficial effect on the academic standards of an independent school. It opened in its present form on 30 September 1980.
[edit] Staff
[edit] Headmistresses
- Vivien Ainley 2001-4
- Jean Scott 1993-2001 (Chairman from 2001-6 of the Independent Schools Council, and also Head from 1986-93 of St. George's School, Edinburgh)
- Averil Burgess OBE 1975-93 (President from 1988-9 of the Girls' Schools Association)
- Mary Benton 1886-1918
[edit] Former teachers
- Edith Allen, mother of food writer Raymond Postgate and Dame Margaret Cole (who married G. D. H. Cole), and wife of classicist John Percival Postgate
- Rosalind Goodfellow taught history [2]
- Marianne Lutz, Headmistress from 1959-83 of Sheffield High School for Girls taught history from 1947–59.
- Margaret Nevinson, suffragette, and mother of the painter Christopher R. W. Nevinson (taught classics in the 1880s)
[edit] Academic results
In 2011, South Hampstead High School was ranked 2nd in the country for A-Level results according to the Financial Times league table.[3]
In 2010, South Hampstead High School was ranked 6th in the country for A-Level results[4] and 11th for GCSE results.[5]
Over one fifth of the student body goes on to study at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, putting the school 18th in the country in terms of Oxbridge admissions.[6]
[edit] School motto
- "Mehr Licht" - More Light (German)—the reputed last words of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
[edit] Notable former pupils
- Naomi Alderman, author
- Alma Birk, Baroness Birk, 1970s Labour politician
- Helena Bonham Carter, actress
- Prof Julia Briggs[7]
- Irene Bruegel[8]
- Ann Chegwidden, film editor[9]
- Janet Neel Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico, author and former BBC governor
- Joyti De-Laurey, Britain's biggest female fraudster (and moreover, the daughter of the victim was herself an SHJS pupil).[10]
- Lynsey de Paul, singer/songwriter/pianist/actress
- Una Ellis-Fermor, Hildred Carlile Professor of English from 1947-58 at Bedford College
- Lynne Featherstone, Liberal Democrat MP since 2005 of Hornsey and Wood Green
- Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, actress
- Antonia Forest (Patricia Rubenstein), British children's author
- Jill Fraser MBE, theatre director
- Jane Green, author
- Vivien Greene (née Dayrell-Browning), wife of author Graham Greene
- Charlotte Haldane (née Franken), writer, and first wife of evolutionary biologist J. B. S. Haldane from 1926–45
- Amanda Harlech, model [11]
- Margot Heinemann (briefly), left-wing writer
- Elizabeth Irving (Lady Brunner), actress and founder of the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign
- Lady Elsie Janner CBE, wife of Barnett Janner, Baron Janner
- Miriam Karlin, actress and activist
- Angela Lansbury, actress
- Una Ledingham (née Garvin),[12] physician in the field of diabetes mellitus and pregnancy, and daughter of James Louis Garvin
- Nora Lee (née Nora Francisca Blackburne), actress and casting director [13]
- E. C. R. Lorac, crime writer
- Daisy Lowe, model
- Prof Ruth Mace, Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology since 2004 at University College London[14]
- Joanna MacGregor, classical & contemporary pianist
- Lucasta Miller, writer
- Kate Moross, graphic designer
- Julia Neuberger, Rabbi
- Freya North, author
- Ruth Padel (prep school), poet
- Margaret Quass, educationalist
- Netta Rheinberg MBE, cricketer
- Diana Rowntree, architecture journalist[15]
- Jordan Scott, photographer, daughter of Sir Ridley Scott
- Georgia Slowe, actress
- Anna Stothard (briefly), author
- Flora Twort, English painter
- Fay Weldon, author
- Olivia Williams, actress
- Sula Wolff, child psychiatrist
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Mr. K. Lindsay (1946-05-31). "Direct grant status". Hansard.millbanksystems.com. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1946/may/31/grammar-schools-direct-grant-status. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ Rosalind Goodfellow
- ^ http://rankings.ft.com/secondary-schools/independent-schools-2011?sortcol=17556&sortdir=asc&search=&fields=17556%7C17561%7C17571%7C17576%7C17591%7C17606%7C17651
- ^ "A-Level Exam Results 2010 | Mail Online". London: Dailymail.co.uk. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/education/independentALevelRanked.html?topOneHundred=true. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ "GCSE Exam Results 2010 | Mail Online". London: Dailymail.co.uk. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/education/independentGCSERanked.html?topOneHundred=true. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ The Guardian (London). http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Education/documents/2007/09/20/100topoxbridge.pdf.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Sue Himmelweit and Simon Mohun (2008-10-15). "Obituary: Irene Bruegel | Life and style". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/15/women-highereducation. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ Michael Ratcliffe (2007-10-23). "Obituary: Ann Chegwidden | Film". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/oct/23/guardianobituaries.obituaries1. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ Harding, Louette (2008-03-30). "Britain's Biggest Female Fraudster Admits: 'It was fun while it lasted' | Mail Online". London: Dailymail.co.uk. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-548068/Britains-Biggest-Female-Fraudster-Admits-It-fun-lasted.html. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ Picardie, Justine (2007-12-02). "Amanda Harlech: a charmed life". London: Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/stellamagazine/3363816/Amanda-Harlech-a-charmed-life.html. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ Una Ledingham. PMC 1846661. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1846661.
- ^ The way we were: my life in pictures, The Times August 23, 2005
- ^ "Ruth Mace". Ucl.ac.uk. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology/staff/r_mace. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ Fiona MacCarthy (2008-08-27). "Obituary: Diana Rowntree | Art and design". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/aug/27/architecture.pressandpublishing. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
