Blackheath High School

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For Blackheath High School chapel, see Church Army Chapel, Blackheath.

Blackheath High School

Motto	"Blackheath High School - a place to grow, a place to excel"
Established	1880
Type	Independent day school
Headmistress	Mrs E Laws
Founder	Princess Louise
Location	Vanbrugh Park Blackheath London SE3 7AG England, United Kingdom Coordinates: 51°28′40″N 0°00′56″E / 51.4777°N 0.0155°E / 51.4777; 0.0155
Local authority	Greenwich
DfE number	203/6295
DfE URN	100756 Tables
Students	680~
Gender	Girls
Ages	3–18
Website	www.blackheathhighschool.gdst.net

Blackheath High School is an independent day school for girls in Blackheath Village in southeast London, England. It was founded in 1880 as part of the Girls' Day School Trust; the Senior School occupied a purpose built site in Wemyss Road for over 110 years.

Location and history

The Senior Department is located in the former Church Army Wilson Carlile Training College (opened in 1965) in Vanbrugh Park after moving from the Wemyss Road site in Blackheath in 1993/4. The school building in Blackheath village then became the Junior department. The Vanburgh Park site includes the Church Army Chapel, a locally listed building (designed by architect Ernest Trevor Spashett) now used as a music room and dance studio.

School motto

The school's motto is "Blackheath High School - a place to grow, a place to excel". Previously it had been "Knowledge no more a fountain sealed": a reference to the days when girls had poor access to schooling, as was the case in the early years of the school.

Notable former pupils

Sophie Aldred, actor
Lucy Boynton, actor
Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington^[1]
Helen Lederer, comedian
Mary Quant, fashion designer
Charlene White, journalist
Beth Willis (producer)
Saffron Coomber, actress
Lesley Vickerage, actress
Helene Kvale, actress
Deborah Lawrenson, novelist
The Reverend Professor Sarah Coakley, theologian

Published Histories

Malim, Mary Charlotte; Escreet, Henrietta Caroline (1927), The Book of Blackheath High School, Blackheath: Blackheath Press .
Watts, K M (1980), A History of Blackheath High School, Impart .
Allen, Dr Hillary (2005), A Brief History of Blackheath High School GDST 1880–2005. Retrieved on 21/05/2008.

References

↑ Dillon, Jo (2000-06-04). "Lady Jay stands accused of telling lies out of school". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-08-09.

External links

School Website
Profile on the ISC website
ISI Inspection Reports

v t e Schools and colleges in Greenwich

Primary	Heronsgate Primary School Sherington Primary School

Secondary	Blackheath Bluecoat CE School Corelli College Crown Woods College Eltham Hill School Greenwich Free School Harris Academy Greenwich John Roan School Plumstead Manor School Royal Greenwich UTC St Paul's Academy St Thomas More RC School St Ursula's Convent School Thomas Tallis School Woolwich Polytechnic School

Independent	Bellerbys College Blackheath High School Colfe's School

Further education	Anglian College London Greenwich Community College

Former	Blackheath Proprietary School Royal Naval Asylum

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