Camden School for Girls
| The Camden School for Girls | |
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| Address | |
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Sandall Road , NW5 2DB England | |
| Coordinates | 51°32′46″N 0°08′05″W / 51.546°N 0.1347°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Voluntary aided |
| Motto | Onwards and Upwards |
| Established | 1871 |
| Founder | Frances Mary Buss |
| Local authority | Camden |
| Department for Education URN | 100054 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chair of Governors | Janet Pope |
| Headmistress | Elizabeth Kitcatt |
| Gender | Girls; coeducational sixth form |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1,006 |
| Colour(s) | Camden green White |
| Publication | Friday News, Sixth Sense |
| Affiliations | Camden Consortium |
| Website | http://www.camdengirls.camden.sch.uk/ |
The Camden School for Girls (CSG) is a comprehensive secondary school for girls, with a co-educational sixth form, in the London Borough of Camden in north London. It has about one thousand students of ages eleven to eighteen, and specialist-school status as a Music College.[1] The school has long been associated with the advancement of women's education.
History
Founded in 1871 by the suffragist Frances Mary Buss, who also founded North London Collegiate School, the Camden School for Girls was one of the first girls' schools in England. Although not a fee-paying school by then, girls in the mid-20th century wore a traditional uniform of dark green, with blue and green striped ties. The blazer badge showed a type of ancient sailing ship called a "buss" to commemorate the founder's surname, with the motto 'Onwards and Upwards'. Although no entry exams were held, in its pre-comprehensive era, entrance was by interview.
One of its most formative headmistresses, Doris Burchell, took on the school in the post war years and developed its renowned strengths in both science and music, overseeing a massive amount of new building on the site. The Sir John Cockcroft science wing was built from funds raised by many means, including a series of Celebrity Concerts held at the school and involving many eminent musicians. A grammar school for much of the 20th century, it became comprehensive in 1976, although only year by year. It was not fully comprehensive until 1981. The school was damaged in the war but rebuilt in 1957, the architect being John Eastwick-Field OBE.[2] In 1973 the assembly hall roof collapsed following deterioration of its roof beams due to problems with the high-alumina cement concrete used.[3]
Academic performance
A 1999 Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) report called it "a unique and very effective school in many ways." Another, written in March 2005, said it was an "outstanding school with excellent features," and the most recent report said that it "rightly deserves the outstanding reputation it has among parents and in the community." Its GCSE results are excellent, and its A-level results are the best in the Camden LEA outside the private sector.[4]
Notable former pupils
The following people were educated at the Camden School for Girls. Some of them only attended the sixth form.
- Sally Beamish (born 1956), composer[5]
- Sarah Brown (born 1963), PR consultant, wife of Gordon Brown[6][7]
- Sara Annie Burstall (1859–1939)[8]
- Julia Cleverdon (born 1950), charity worker[9]
- Charlotte Coleman (1968–2001), actress, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, expelled at age 16[10][11]
- Athene Donald (born 1953), Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Cambridge[12]
- Julia Donaldson (born 1948), author[13][14]
- Lily Donaldson (born 1987), model[15]
- Nubya Garcia (born 1991), jazz musician[16]
- Georgia Gould (born 1986), Labour Party politician, leader of Camden London Borough Council[17]
- Eileen Greenwood (1915–2008) artist, printmaker, and art teacher[18]
- Tamsin Greig (born 1967), actress[19]
- Geri Halliwell (born 1972), singer, former Spice Girl (Ginger Spice).[7]
- Kate Kellaway (born 1957), journalist for The Observer[20]
- Lucy Kellaway (born 1959), writer and journalist for The Financial Times[20][21]
- Lilian Lindsay (1871–1960), first woman with a British qualification in dentistry, having graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1895[22]
- Jodhi May (born 1975), actress[23]
- Fiona Millar (born 1958) journalist and education campaigner[24]
- Deborah Moggach (born 1948), novelist and screenwriter[25]
- Ellie Rowsell (born 1992) lead singer and guitarist in Wolf Alice[26]
- Anna Shaffer (born 1992), actress[citation needed]
- Marianne Stone (1922–2009), actress, notably in Carry On films[27]
- E. G. R. Taylor (1871–1966), geographer and historian[28]
- Emma Thompson (born 1959), actress[7]
- Sophie Thompson (born 1962), actress[citation needed]
- Lowri Turner (born 1964), presenter & journalist[29]
- Arabella Weir (born 1957), actress, comedian and author[7][30]
Fictional pupils
- Prudence Harbinger, fictional character in The Sunday Telegraph, created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran[citation needed]
Notable former teachers
- Carol Handley née Taylor - Classics teacher, Headmistress (1971-1985)[31]
- Annie E. Ridley - governor[32]
Further reading
- Doris Burchell, Miss Buss' Second School, 1971.
References
- ^ "The Camden School for Girls". Ofsted. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "John Eastwick-Field". Timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ Hill, R. N. (1997). "Are Old High Aluminia Cement Concrete (HACC) Roof Structures Still a Problem?".
- ^ "Education | League Tables | Secondary schools in Camden". BBC News. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "Sally Beamish: collaborative artistry". Incorporated Society of Musicians. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ Gaby Hinsliff "Lady in waiting", The Observer, 2 October 2005, Retrieved on 30 March 2008
- ^ a b c d Max Davidson, Town vs gown: north London, The Daily Telegraph, 6 September 2008
- ^ Sara Delamont, 'Burstall, Sara Annie (1859–1939)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004, [1].
- ^ "Dame Julia Cleverdon interview: 'The price we all pay if children". independent.co.uk. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Obituary: Charlotte Coleman" Daily Telegraph, 17 November 2001
- ^ Valentine, Penny; "Obituary: Charlotte Coleman" The Guardian, 19 November 2001
- ^ "'DONALD, Prof. Dame Athene Margaret', Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012".
- ^ "Press Cuttings". The Camden School for Girls. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ Duerden, Interviews by Nick (16 August 2015). "Relative Values: The Gruffalo, author Julia Donaldson, and her sister, Mary". Retrieved 8 June 2019 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ Eyre, Hermione (17 February 2011). "How the world fell in love with Camden girl Lily Donaldson". London Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ https://www.camdengirls.camden.sch.uk/news/?pid=1183&nid=83&storyid=778
- ^ "Georgia Gould selected for Camden seat | London Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ "Greenwood, Eileen Constance ARCA" in Who's Who in Art, Volume 32 (Bernard Dolman, Art Trade Press, 2006), p. 398
- ^ Sale, Jonathan (8 January 2009). "Passed/Failed: An education in the life of the actress Tamsin Greig". The Independent. London. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ a b Williams, Sally (25 April 2010), "Lucy Kellaway interview for In Office Hours", The Daily Telegraph, retrieved 19 December 2011
- ^ Interview by Jonathan Sale (1 February 2007). "Lucy Kellaway". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ Haines, Catharine M.C. (2001). International women in science: a biographical dictionary to 1950. ABC-CLIO Inc. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-57607-090-1.
- ^ Culture (4 September 2001). "The anonymous celebrity". Telegraph. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Fiona Millar, journalist,". independent.co.uk. 6 May 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ Rustin, Susanna (16 February 2013). "Deborah Moggach: a life in writing". the Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ McCormick, Neil. "Wolf Alice interview: 'I never felt much like a girl'". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Marianne Stone". Timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ G. R. Crone, 'Obituary: Professor E. G. R. Taylor, D. Sc.', The Geographical Journal 132:4 (1966), pp. 594–596
- ^ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/lowri-turner-77655145
- ^ Jonathan Sale (22 January 1998). "Arabella Weir". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ Pat Easterling, Handley, 'Eric Walter (1926–2013)', Oxford dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2017 [2]
- ^ Ridley, Annie E. (1896). Frances Mary Buss and Her Work for Education. London: Longmans, Green & Co.