Palmers Green High School
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| Palmers Green High School | |
| Motto | By Love Serve One Another |
| Established | 1905 |
| Type | Indepenent school |
| Headteacher | Christine Edmundson |
| Founder | Alice Hum |
| Location | Hoppers Road, Palmers Green London Middlesex N21 3LJ England |
| Ofsted number | 102061 |
| Students | 318 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 3 to 16 |
| Website | http://www.pghs.co.uk/ |
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Palmers Green High School is an independent girls' school located in Hoppers Road, Palmers Green, North London in the London Borough of Enfield. (Note, however, that its postal address places it in Winchmore Hill.)
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[edit] History
The school was founded by Alice Hum, who belonged to the Society of Friends, on 8 May 1905 in 1 Osborne Road, Palmers Green with twelve pupils, eight of whom were in the Kindergarten. In 1907, it expanded by taking the adjoining house in Green Lanes. After a third house was taken, the boy pupils were moved to Avondale Hall, which had been used as a school for girls from 1909-1910.
In 1918, by which time it had 300 pupils and the Boys' School had been phased out, it moved to its current site, Avondale Hall, in Hoppers Road. It has since been extended on that site.
After the outbreak of the Second World War, it continued to provide full time education and temporarily shared its site with its co-foundation Keble School.
[edit] Selection
The school selects its pupils from the applicants. The selection process includes assessment, which is in the form of an examination for the senior school, and an interview. A documentary film with the title 'Modern Times: Testing Times' was produced in 1997, showing how some families approached this selection process.[1]
[edit] Age groups
The Nursery for girls from 3-4 years of age is on a separate site. The Preparatory and Junior Departments for girls from four to eleven and the Senior School for girls up to sixteen years old are on the main site.
[edit] Notable Alumnae
- Stevie Smith, poet and novelist[2]
- Dame Flora Robson, actress[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Modern Times: Testing Times on the British Film Institute accessed 31st July 2007
- ^ a b Dumayne, Alan: "Once Upon a Time in Palmers Green", page 48. Macdermott and Chant, 1998
[edit] External links
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