Croydon High School

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Croydon High School
Established	1874
Type	Independent day school
Headmistress	Mrs D Leonard
Location	Old Farleigh Road South Croydon Greater London CR2 8YB England Coordinates: 51°20′28″N 0°03′41″W / 51.3411°N 0.0615°W / 51.3411; -0.0615
Local authority	Croydon
DfE number	306/6081
DfE URN	101845 Tables
Students	630~
Gender	Girls
Ages	3–18
Colours	Blue
Website	www.croydonhigh.gdst.net

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.

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.^[1]

House	Colour
Curie
Eliot
Garrett
Seacole

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^[2]
Perin Jamsetjee Mistri (1913-1989), Indian architect
Susanna Reid (b. 1970), BBC Breakfast 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^[3]
Beatrice Seear, Baroness Seear (1913-1997), known as Nancy Seear, social scientist and politician
Jill Tweedie (1936-1993), novelist and journalist

Headmistresses

Past headmistresses^[4]

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- Mrs Debbie Leonard

References

↑ Senior School House System
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↑ http://www.asha-foundation.org/women/women/wendy_savage.php
↑ List of past headmistresses courtesy of the librarian, Croydon High School GDST

External links

v t e Schools and colleges in Croydon

Primary	Beaumont Primary School David Livingstone Academy Oasis Academy Shirley Park Smitham Primary School South Norwood Primary School St John's CE Primary School West Thornton Primary Academy Whitehorse Manor Junior School Winterbourne Junior Boys' School

Secondary	Addington High School The Archbishop Lanfranc School Archbishop Tenison's School BRIT School Coloma Convent Girls' School Edenham High School Harris Academy Purley Harris City Academy Crystal Palace Harris Academy South Norwood Harris Academy Upper Norwood The John Fisher School Norbury Manor Business & Enterprise College Oasis Academy Coulsdon Oasis Academy Shirley Park The Quest Academy Riddlesdown Collegiate St Andrews CE High School St Joseph's College St Mary's RC High School Shirley High School Thomas More RC School Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School Woodcote High School

Special	St Giles School

Independent	Al Khair school Croydon High School Cumnor House School Elmhurst School for Boys Old Palace School Royal Russell School St David's School Trinity School of John Whitgift Whitgift School

Further education	Croydon College Coulsdon College John Ruskin College

Defunct	Commonweal Lodge Croham Hurst School Purley High School for Boys Selhurst High School

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