Pipers Corner School

Pipers Corner School
Motto	They Will Rise Like Eagles
Established	1930
Type	Independent day
Religion	Church of England
Headmistress	Helen Ness-Gifford
Founder	Miss Jessie Cross
Location	Great Kingshill High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP15 6LP England Coordinates: 51°40′11″N 0°44′47″W / 51.66979°N 0.74651°W / 51.66979; -0.74651
Local authority	Buckinghamshire
DfE number	825/6017
DfE URN	110545 Tables
Students	530~
Gender	Girls
Ages	4–18
Houses	Hampden, Mandeville, Milton and Penn
Website	www.piperscorner.co.uk

Pipers Corner School is an independent day school for girls in Great Kingshill, Buckinghamshire, England. There are 530 pupils aged from 4 to 18 years. The school is an Educational Charitable Trust administered by a Board of Governors. Its current headmistress is Mrs Helen Ness-Gifford. There are three age groups: Pre-Prep for 4 to 7 years old; Prep for 7-11; and Senior for 11-18.

History

The school was first established in 1930 by Miss Jessie Cross as "The Old Vicarage School", Richmond. It moved to Prestwood Lodge, Buckinghamshire during The Blitz on London in the Second World War and officially opened at the present site on 23 March 1946, after the purchase of the Pipers Corner property in July 1945.^[1]

Facilities, curriculum and extra-curricular activities

There are a wide range of facilities, including an indoor swimming pool, dance studios, drama studios, a ceramics room, art studios, numerous ICT suites, music rooms, a large sports hall, four tennis/netball courts, two lacrosse pitches, science laboratories and seven humanities rooms. In-school music lessons are available, including violin, clarinet, drums, guitar and singing. There are many clubs and extra-curriculum activities for the girls to enjoy, including swimming, netball, choir and debating.

Notable alumnae

Ana Mulvoy-Ten, actress
E. L. James, Author
Kathryn Ratnapala, Netball

External links

School Website
Profile on the ISC website
Profile at MyDaughter
Department for Education Performance Tables 2011

References

↑ Memories of High Wycombe. True North Books Limited. 1999. ISBN 1-900463-84-9.

Schools in Buckinghamshire

Primary	Hawridge and Cholesbury CofE School St Michael's Catholic School

Non-selective secondary	Amersham School The Aylesbury Vale Academy The Beaconsfield School Bourne End Academy Buckingham School Buckinghamshire UTC Chalfonts Community College Chiltern Hills Academy The Cottesloe School Cressex Community School The E-ACT Burnham Park Academy The Grange School Great Marlow School Highcrest Academy Holmer Green Senior School John Colet School Mandeville School The Misbourne School Princes Risborough School St Michael's Catholic School Sir Thomas Fremantle School Sir William Ramsay School Waddesdon Church of England School

Grammar	Aylesbury Grammar School Aylesbury High School Beaconsfield High School Burnham Grammar School Chesham Grammar School Dr Challoner's Grammar School Dr Challoner's High School John Hampden Grammar School Royal Grammar School Royal Latin School Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Wycombe High School

Independent	Akeley Wood School Pipers Corner School Stowe School Teikyo School Wycombe Abbey

Special	Alfriston School Chiltern Way Federation Furze Down School MacIntyre School The PACE Centre Pebble Brook School Stocklake Park Community School

Further education	Aylesbury College Amersham & Wycombe College

Defunct	Amersham Hall Lady Verney High School London Central Elementary High School

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