| Motto | Spes Audacem Adjuvat |
|---|---|
| Established | 1711 |
| Type | Independent school |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headmistress | Gillian Lowe |
| Location | Hanworth Road Hampton, London Middlesex TW12 3HF England |
| Local authority | London Borough of Richmond upon Thames |
| DfE number | 318/6002 |
| DfE URN | 102932 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | c. 890 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 7–18 |
| Website | LEHS |
The Lady Eleanor Holles School (often abbreviated to LEH or LEHS) is an independent school for girls in Hampton, London, England. The school was founded in 1711.
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The school has a Junior Department with around 190 students aged 7–11 and a Senior Department for ages 11–18 with around 700 pupils. There is an Entrance Examination to the school at the age of 11. It is a member of the Girls' Schools Association [1] and a MyDaughter school.
The school was established in 1711, when a trust for its endowment as a Christian foundation was created under the will of Lady Eleanor Holles, daughter of John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare, which prescribed that money from her estate should be used to set up a school. First located in St Gile's, in the Cripplegate Ward of the City of London, its original site is marked by a plaque on one of the Barbican walkways. The school went on to occupy other premises in the City until 1878, when it moved to Mare Street in east Hackney.
The current premises in Hampton were purpose built, and were opened on 7 December 1937 by HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. The building was designed in the shape of an E.
According to the Good Schools Guide, Lady Eleanor Holles School is "Deservedly one of the top girls' schools in the country". It also states that the school is "Highly sought-after for its academic delivery, celebration of female success, top of the range facilities and cream of the crop intake."[2]
The school's facilities include a sports hall, swimming pool, boat house on the Thames, playing fields, tennis courts, netball courts, athletics facilities, science laboratories, modern languages laboratory, design and technology suite, music and art suites, computer rooms and a Learning Resources Centre.
Clubs within the school include Amnesty International, Chess Club, Debating Society, Christian Union, Choirs, Orchestral and Chamber groups.
The school is known for success in rowing, tennis and lacrosse.
There are also several sports teams including trampolining, lacrosse, netball, tennis, gymnastics, athletics, rounders, swimming, rowing and fencing.
The local LEA, Richmond upon Thames is a comparatively high-performing area (for London) at GCSE, but quite low at A level, not helped by the fact that there are no 11-18 schools, and only one college - Richmond upon Thames College. There are no grammar schools, unlike neighbouring Kingston upon Thames. The school gets the second best A level results in the borough, for all types of school, with some of the best exam results in England.
There is very little comparison between what the school has to offer at A level and what local state schools have to offer. This is not true for other outer London boroughs, such as Sutton.