Notting Hill and Ealing High School

Notting Hill and Ealing High School
Established 1873
Type Independent day school
Head Ms Lucinda Hunt
Location 2 Cleveland Road
Ealing
London
W13 8AX
England
Coordinates: 51°31′17″N 0°18′58″W / 51.5214°N 0.3160°W / 51.5214; -0.3160
Local authority Ealing
DfE number 307/6065
DfE URN 101954 Tables
Students 880
Gender Girls
Ages 4–18
Website www.nhehs.gdst.net

Notting Hill and Ealing High School is an independent school for girls aged 4 – 18, located in West Ealing, a suburb of London. Founded in 1873, it is one of the 26 schools that make up the Girls' Day School Trust. It has a Junior Department of some 310 girls (ages 4–11) and a Senior Department of some 570 girls (ages 11–18).

History

Since being founded in 1873, the school has changed both its location and its name. When the Girls' Day School Trust was formed in 1872, it established its first two schools in West London. In January 1873, the Trust opened Chelsea High School (later Kensington and Chelsea) to serve the area immediately to the west of the centre of the city and nine months later, Notting Hill High School which was to serve families in the area to the north of Hyde Park.

The school originally occupied premises in Norland Square but eventually outgrew these and moved to Ealing in 1931 and became known as Notting Hill and Ealing High School for Girls. Following the Education Act 1944 it became a direct grant grammar school in 1946.[1] When the direct grant scheme was abolished in 1976, it became an independent school .[2]

Buildings

The site of the school included one of the large houses common to this part of Ealing. The house was converted to form the centre of the new school - entrance hall, headmistress's study, library and some classrooms. Over the past seventy years remodelling has transformed the interior but there are still features of the original hall and rooms and the entrance steps remain the same as in 1931. Later additions to the site include further classrooms and science block. In 2003 a music recital hall and associated music facilities were added along with an indoor swimming pool. In 2010, the new Sixth Form Centre opened and in summer 2013 new facilities including a multi purpose hall for assemblies and events, 4-court sports hall built to Sports England standard, 100-seat studio theatre and drama workshop area,dance studio and all weather courts and pitch were opened.

Present day

The school numbers 878 girls in 2013/14. Entry to the school is by interview or examination normally at ages 4+, 7+, 11+ or 16+ The school has a strong academic tradition. In 2013, 92% of grades at GCSE were A* or A. At A Level 70% of A level grades were A*, A and 92% were A*/ A/ B. In 2013 the Junior School was placed in the top 5 among UK preparatory schools in the Sunday Times Parent Power Survey. Former pupils keep in touch with each other through the Old Girls’ Association.

School Fees, Scholarships and Bursaries

In 2014/15 fees are £4,083 per term (Junior School) and £5,250 per term (Senior School). Academic scholarships and Music Scholarships are awarded at 11+ and 16+ and there are further scholarships at 16+. Means tested bursaries are awarded in the senior school only.

Notable former pupils

References

  1. ↑ http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1946/may/31/grammar-schools-direct-grant-status |chapter-url= missing title (help). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 31 May 1946. col. 234W–234W.
  2. ↑ http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1976/jan/26/direct-grant-schools |chapter-url= missing title (help). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 26 January 1976. col. 54W–54W.

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