Croydon High School
| Croydon High School | |
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 Croydon High School and playing fields | |
| Address | |
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Old Farleigh Road ,, CR2 8YB England | |
| Coordinates | 51°20′28″N0°03′41″W/ 51.3411°N 0.0615°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Privateday school |
| Motto | May Her Character and Talents Inspire Others |
| Established | 1874 |
| Local authority | Croydon |
| Department for EducationURN | 101845Tables |
| Headmistress | Ms A Davies[1] |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 3 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 700~ |
| Colour(s) | Blue |
| Website | http://www.croydonhigh.gdst.net/ |
Croydon High Schoolis aprivateday school for girls located nearCroydon,London, England. It is one of the original schools founded by theGirls' Day School Trust.
History[edit]
The school was founded in 1874 in Wellesley Road just north of the centre of Croydon, and the first Headmistress was Dorinda Neligan. The school was evacuated toBradden,Northamptonshire duringWorld War II.The present building in Old Farleigh Road,Selsdon,South Croydon, Surrey was opened in 1966. It has been an independent girls school aiming to educate young girls since its foundation in 1874.
Houses[edit]
Girls entering the school are assigned to one of the four houses.[2]
| House | Colour |
|---|---|
| Curie | |
| Eliot/Evans | |
| Garrett | |
| Seacole |
Weekend programmes[edit]
TheJapanese Saturday School of London,aweekend Japanese programme,uses the Girls' School as its Croydon Campus (クロイドン giáo xáKuroidon Kōsha).[3]
Notable former pupils[edit]
- Mary Baines(1932–2020), palliative care physician
- DameLilian BraithwaiteDBE (1873–1948), actress (née Florence Lilian Braithwaite)
- Judy Buxton(b. 1949), actress
- Elsa Gye(1881–1943), suffragette organiser with theWomen's Social and Political Union[4]
- Catherine Christian(1901–1985), novelist and supporter of the Girl Guide movement
- DameJane DrewDBE (1911–1996), architect and town planner (née Joyce Beverly Drew)
- Jacqueline du PréOBE (1945–1987), musician, cellist
- Josephine Elder(1895–1988), children's author (née Olive Gwendoline Potter)
- Clare Gilbert,professor and researcher who focuses on blindness in children
- Jessie Gilbert(1987–2006), chess player
- Barbara Jones(1912–1978), artist, writer and mural painter
- Yootha Joyce(b. 1927), actress
- Elizabeth Laird(b. 1943), children's author
- Kate Evelyn Luard(1872-1962) Decorated 1st World War nurse
- Sandra Howard(b. 1940), novelist, former model (under the name Sandra Paul), and wife ofMichael Howard
- Perin Jamsetjee Mistri(1913–1989), Indian architect
- Susanna Reid(b. 1970),Good Morning Britainpresenter
- Anneka Rice(b. 1958), TV presenter (née Anne Rice)
- DameMarion RoeDBE (b. 1936), Conservative politician
- Wendy Savage(b. 1935), obstetrician and gynaecologist[5]
- Hannah Schmitz(b. 1985), Principal Strategy Engineer atFormula OneteamOracle Red Bull Racing[citation needed][6]
- Henderina Klaassen Scott(1862–1929), pioneer of time lapse photography in botany
- Beatrice Seear, Baroness Seear(1913–1997), known as Nancy Seear, social scientist and politician
- Joanna Shapland(b. 1950), criminologist, forensic psychologist, and academic
- Jill Tweedie(1936–1993), novelist and journalist
- Charlotte Deane(b. 1975), bioinformatician and Head of the Department of Statistics at theUniversity of Oxford
- Gabrielle Bertin, Baroness Bertin(b. 1978), Conservative aide and life peer
- Susan Ma(b. 1988),The Apprenticecontestant and founder ofTropic Skincare
- Kathryn WhalerOBE (b. 1956), Professor ofgeophysicsat theUniversity of Edinburgh,former president of theRoyal Astronomical Society
- Susan Wrigglesworth(1954-1996), British fencer who competed at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics
Headmistresses[edit]
Past headmistresses[7]
- 1874–1901:Dorinda Neligan(1833–1914)[8]
- 1902–1924: Marion Leahy
- 1925 (Spring term): Eleanor Roper (acting headmistress)
- 1925–1939: Ella Ransford
- 1939–1960: Margaret F. Adams
- 1960–1974: Elsa Cameron
- 1974–1979: Agnes McMaster
- 1979–1990: Agnes Mark
- 1990–1997: Pauline Davies
- 1998–2007: Lorna M. Ogilvie
- 2007–2010: Zelma Braganza
- 2010–2016: Debbie Leonard
- 2016–2022: Emma Pattison
- 2022–present: Annabel Davies
References[edit]
- ^"Staff, Governors and Trustees".Croydon High School.Retrieved12 October2022.
- ^Senior School House SystemArchived10 July 2012 at theWayback Machine
- ^"＜ học giáo thiệu giới ＞"(Archive).The Japanese Saturday School of London.Retrieved 5 April 2015. – See "９． giáo xá"
- ^Cowman, Krista (2007).Women of the Right Spirit: paid organisers of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) 1904–18.Manchester: Manchester University Press. pp. 25, 222.ISBN9780719070020.
- ^"ASHA Women: Wendy Savage".Archived fromthe originalon 20 August 2008.Retrieved13 March2008.
- ^Coleman, Madeline (15 May 2023)."'The linchpin': How F1 strategy expert Hannah Schmitz helps keep Red Bull on top ".The Athletic.Retrieved26 June2024.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^List of past headmistresses courtesy of the librarian, Croydon High School GDST
- ^The Women's Suffrage Movement
External links[edit]
- School Website
- Croydon High Sports Club
- ProfileonGDSTwebsite
- ProfileonISCwebsite
- ISIInspectionReports
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