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Croydon High School

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Established
  
1874

Headmistress
  
Mrs Emma Pattison

DfE URN
  
101845 Tables

Color
  
Blue

Founded
  
1874

Type
  
Independent day school

DfE number
  
306/6081

Phone
  
+44 20 8651 5020

Local authority
  
London Borough of Croydon

Location
  
Old Farleigh Road South Croydon Greater London CR2 8YB England

Address
  
Old Farleigh Rd, Croydon CR2 8YB, UK

Motto
  
Aim high, Aim for Croydon High

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Croydon High School is an independent day school for girls located near Croydon, London, England. It is one of the original schools founded by the Girls' Day School Trust.

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The history exam croydon high school


History

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 to Bradden, Northamptonshire during World War II. The present building in Old Farleigh Road, Selsdon, South Croydon, Surrey was opened in 1966. It was a direct grant grammar school until the abolition of the scheme and the tripartite system during the 1970s.

Houses

Girls entering the senior school are assigned to one of the four houses.

Weekend programmes

The Japanese Saturday School of London, a weekend Japanese programme, uses the Girls' School as its Croydon Campus (クロイドン校舎 Kuroidon Kōsha).

Notable former pupils

  • Dame Lilian Braithwaite DBE (1873-1948), actress (née Florence Lilian Braithwaite).
  • Catherine Christian (1901 - 1985), novelist and supporter of the Girl Guide movement.
  • Dame Jane Drew DBE (1911-1996), architect and town planner (née Joyce Beverly Drew).
  • Jacqueline du Pré OBE (1945-1987), musician, cellist
  • Josephine Elder (1895-1988), children's author (née Olive Gwendoline Potter)
  • Jessie Gilbert (1987-2006), chess player
  • Barbara Jones (1912-1978), artist, writer and mural painter
  • Elizabeth Laird (b. 1943), children's author
  • Sandra Howard (b. 1940), novelist, former model Sandra Paul
  • Perin Jamsetjee Mistri (1913-1989), Indian architect
  • Susanna Reid (b. 1970), Good Morning Britain presenter
  • Anneka Rice (b. 1958), TV presenter (née Anne Rice)
  • Dame Marion Roe DBE (b. 1936), Conservative politician
  • Wendy Savage (b. 1935), obstretician and gynaecologist
  • Beatrice Seear, Baroness Seear (1913-1997), known as Nancy Seear, social scientist and politician
  • Jill Tweedie (1936-1993), novelist and journalist

    • Headmistresses

    Past headmistresses

  • 1874-1901 Miss Dorinda Neligan (1833-1914) Anecdote The Women's Suffrage Movement
  • 1902-1924 Miss Marion Leahy
  • 1925 (Spring term) Miss Eleanor Roper, acting headmistress
  • 1925-1939 Miss Ella Ransford
  • 1939-1960 Miss Margaret F. Adams
  • 1960-1974 Miss Elsa Cameron
  • 1974-1979 Miss Agnes McMaster
  • 1979-1990 Miss Agnes Mark
  • 1990-1997 Mrs Pauline Davies
  • 1998-2007 Miss Lorna M. Ogilvie
  • 2007-2010 Mrs Zelma Braganza
  • 2010-2016 Mrs Debbie Leonard
  • 2016- Mrs Emma Pattison

    • References

    Croydon High School Wikipedia
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