Notting Hill and Ealing High School
| Notting Hill and Ealing High School | |
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2 Cleveland Road , London , W13 8AX England | |
| Coordinates | 51°31′17″N 0°18′58″W / 51.5214°N 0.3160°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private day school |
| Established | 1873 |
| Local authority | Ealing |
| Department for Education URN | 101954 Tables |
| Head | Allison Saunders |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 4 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 926 |
| Colour(s) | Blue, Red, White |
| Website | http://www.nhehs.gdst.net |
Notting Hill and Ealing High School is a private day school for girls aged 4–18 in Ealing, London. Founded in 1873, it is one of the 26 schools that make up the Girls' Day School Trust. It has a junior department of 310 girls (ages 4–11) and a Senior Department of 600 girls (ages 11–18).[1] The current head is Allison Saunders.[2] Ms Bevan is head of the junior school.[3]
History
[edit]Since being founded in 1873, the school has changed both its location and its name. When the Girls' Day School Trust, then the Girls' Public Day School Trust, was formed in 1872, it established its first two schools in West London. In January 1873, the Trust opened Chelsea High School (a predecessor of Kensington Preparatory School) to serve the area immediately to the west of the centre of the city and nine months later, Notting Hill High School which was to serve families in the area to the north of Hyde Park. Harriet Morant Jones was the founding head who looked after ten pupils assisted by her sister.[4] Harriet Jones retired in 1900. Controversially, Ethel Gavin was appointed instead of an internal heir apparent and resignations followed. Gavin was a "capable and experienced headmistress" until 1908 when she moved to the GPDST school at Wimbledon.[5]
The school originally occupied premises in Norland Square[4] but outgrew these and moved to Ealing in 1931 when it became known as Notting Hill and Ealing High School for Girls. Following the Education Act 1944 it became a direct grant grammar school in 1946.[6] When the direct grant scheme was abolished in 1976, it became an independent school.[7]
Present day
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The school numbers 926 girls in 2024/25. Entry to the school is by assessment normally at ages 4+, 7+, 11+ or 16+. The school has a strong academic tradition. In 2024, at A Level, 70% of entries were A*/A and 95% were A*-B. At GCSE, 91% of entries were grade 9-7.
In 2025, the school was included in the Top 25 schools in The Sunday Times' Parent Power Guide for Independent Schools. The Junior School won 'Best City Prep' in The Week's Independent Schools Guide: Best of the Best (Prep).
In 2024, the school won 'London Independent School' at the Independent Schools of the Year Awards and was a top-rated school in the Telegraph Money’s value-for-money league table. It also won 'Charitable Work Champion' at the School House Magazine Awards and was a finalist for 'Pastoral Care Champion', 'Awesome Sixth Form' and 'Championing Sustainability' at various school awards. It was named as a Top 20 All-Girls' School for Cricket by The Cricketer Schools Guide in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
The Good Schools Guide gave a spectacular review of the Senior School in 2023, saying: “Academic achievements are excellent, and these energetic, exuberant girls are definitely a force to be reckoned with.” The Junior School review in 2024 said it had a “forward-thinking, buzzy environment with an ‘informal, happy vibe’ and a ‘multitude of opportunities’ for bright girls who are keen to learn.”
In their last report, the ISI inspectors reported, "The quality of the pupils' academic and other achievements is excellent. Pupils are highly motivated to succeed and are exceptionally focused in their attitudes to learning."
During NHEHS’s 150th year, the new sustainable and carbon-neutral Junior School building was officially opened at a ceremony by TV presenter and local alumna Konnie Huq. The building won the Ealing Civic Society Annual Award 2024 in October 2024.
Former pupils keep in touch with each other through the Old Girls' Association.
School fees
[edit]In 2024/25 fees are £6,142 per term (Junior School) and £7,965 per term (Senior School). Academic and Music Scholarships are awarded at 11+ and 16+ and there are further scholarships at 16+.[8]
Notable former pupils
[edit]- Achieng Ajulu-Bushell (b. 1994), Kenyan and British swimmer[9]
- Margaret Alexander, Countess Alexander of Tunis (1905–1977), Viceregal consort of Canada, Châtelaine of Rideau Hall & Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire[10]
- Professor Polly Arnold (b. 1972) Professor of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh[11]
- Ava Alice Muriel Astor (1902-1956), American heiress and socialite[12]
- Barbara Ayrton-Gould (1886–1950), Labour politician and suffragist[13]
- Sarah Badel (b. 1943), actress[14]
- Angellica Bell (b. 1976), television presenter[15]
- Frances Blogg (1869–1938), author and poet[16]
- Mabel Haynes Bode (1864–1922), academic[10]
- Dame Harriette Chick (1875–1977), protein scientist and nutritionist[10]
- Diana Churchill (1909–1963), daughter of Sir Winston Churchill[10]
- Sarah Churchill, Baroness Audley (1914–1982), actress[10]
- Mary Collin (1860–1955), suffragist[10]
- Agnes de Selincourt (1872–1917), missionary and educator[10]
- Astra Desmond (1893–1973), contralto[10]
- Frances Hermia Durham (1873–1948), civil servant[10]
- Kathleen Mary Easmon Simango (1892-1924), Sierra Leonean missionary and artist[17]
- Professor Beatrice Edgell (1871–1948), psychologist[10]
- Katharine Esdaile (1881–1950), art historian[18]
- Pippa Evans (b. 1982), comedian[19]
- Margaret Fairweather (1901–1944), aviator[10]
- Kathryn Flett (b. 1964), TV critic[20]
- Alice Franklin (1885–1964), feminist[21]
- Lynne Frederick (1954–1994), actress[22]
- Abi Fry (b. 1981), violist with the band British Sea Power[23]
- Jamila Gavin (b. 1941), author[24]
- Rose Graham (1875–1963), historian[10]
- Virginia Graham (1910–1993), writer, poet and translator[25]
- Olivia Hallinan (b. 1985), actress[26]
- Emily Hamilton (b. 1971), actress[27]
- Bettany Hughes (b. 1968), historian[28]
- Violet Hunt (1862-1942), author and literary hostess[29]
- Konnie Huq (b. 1975), television presenter[28]
- Rupa Huq (b. 1972), Labour Party Member of Parliament[19]
- Aeta Lamb (1886–1928), suffragist[13]
- Karolina Laskowska (b. 1992), fashion designer[30]
- Nona Liddell (1927–2017), violinist[31]
- Rebecca Lowe (b. 1980), sports broadcaster[32]
- Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda (1883–1958), suffragist[13]
- Betty Miller (1910-1965), author[33]
- Ernestine Mills (1871–1959), artist, writer & suffragist[13]
- Jane Alice Morris (1861–1935), embroiderer[34]
- May Morris (1862–1938), artist & editor[10]
- Irene Petrie (1864–1897), missionary[10]
- Rosalind Pitt-Rivers (1907–1990), biochemist[35]
- Ruth Plant (1912–1988) architect & academic[36]
- Eleanor Purdie (1872–1929), philologist[10]
- Clara Rackham (1875–1966), suffragist[13]
- Hannah Reid (b. 1989), musician with the band London Grammar[37]
- Dame Angela Rumbold (1932–2010), Member of Parliament & Government Minister[38]
- Hilda Runciman, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford (1869–1956), Liberal politician[10]
- Dame Nancy Salmon (1906–1999), Women's Royal Air Force leader[39]
- Dame Louise Samuel (1870–1925), suffragist & charity worker[10]
- Professor Caroline Skeel (1872–1951), historian[10]
- GB Stern (1890–1973), novelist[10]
- Hannah Sullivan (b. 1979), poet[40]
- Helena Swanwick (1864–1939), suffragist & pacifist[13]
- Penny Vincenzi (1939–2018), novelist[41]
- Nina Wadia (b. 1968), actress
- Emily Watson (b. 1967), actress[20]
- Reverend Alison White (b. 1956), bishop[28]
- Elizabeth Wiskemann (1899–1971), journalist & historian[10]
- Professor Helen Wodehouse (1880–1964), philosopher & academic[10]
- Frances Wood (1883–1919), chemist & statistician[10]
Notable former staff
[edit]- Edith Aitken, teacher[42]
- Hertha Ayrton, engineer, mathematician, physicist and inventor[10]
- Alice Cooper, teacher[43]
- Ella Mary Edghill, translator[44]
- Ethel Gavin head 1900-1908[5]
- Harriet Morant Jones was the founding head[4]
- Jane Ellen Harrison, classical scholar[45]
- Winifred Holtby, journalist and novelist[10]
- Katharine Jex-Blake, classical scholar[46]
- Margaret Meyer, mathematician[47]
- Marie Shedlock, story teller[10]
- Katharine Wallas, politician[48]
- Emily Ward, pioneer of childcare education[49]
References
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- ^ "Welcome - Notting Hill and Ealing High School". Archived from the original on 14 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "Jones, Harriet Morant (1833–1917), headmistress". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51749. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 13 October 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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- ^ "Grammar Schools Direct Grant Status (1946)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Written Answers. 31 May 1946. col. 234w. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Direct Grant Schools (1976)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Written Answers. 26 January 1976. col. 54w. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "NHEHS Admissions Fees".
- ^ "Achieng Ajulu-Bushell, Great Britain". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Sayers, Jane E (1973). The Fountain Unsealed: A History of the Notting Hill and Ealing High School. Welwyn Garden City: The Broadwater Press Limited. ISBN 978-0950306308.
- ^ Anon (2019). "Arnold, Prof. Polly Louise". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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- ^ "Notting Hill & Ealing High School 1949". Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Notting Hill & Ealing alumnae shine in the Limelight". Girls' Day School Trust. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ Nancy Carpentier Brown, The Woman Who Was Chesterton (Charlotte, NC, 2015).
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- ^ Baker, Malcolm (2004). "Esdaile [née McDowall], Katharine Ada". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33026. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 30 November 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b "Alumnae News". Notting Hill and Ealing High School GDST. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ a b Flett, Kathryn (26 August 2001). "Please, Miss, I'm back". The Observer.
- ^ "Register of Pupils 1890–1908" (PDF). Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDST. p. 140.
- ^ "Lynne Frederick". IMDB.
- ^ "NHEHS School Magazine 2000" (PDF). Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDST. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Author and alumna Jamila Gavin returns to Notting Hill & Ealing High for World Book Day". Girls' Day School Trust. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Papers of Joyce Grenfell and Virginia Graham". Lucy Cavendish College Archives, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
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- ^ "NHEHS School Magazine 1989". Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDST. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ a b c "Notable Alumnae". Girls' Day School Trust. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ Belford, Barbara. "Hunt, (Isabel) Violet". ODNB. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "NHEHS School Magazine 2010". Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDST. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ Brook, Donald (1948). Violinists Of Today. London: Salibury Square. pp. 91–93.
- ^ Caldwell, Dave (2 May 2017). "How Rebecca Lowe went from England to become the US's face of football". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ The Palgrave dictionary of Anglo-Jewish history. Palgrave Macmillan. 27 January 2011. ISBN 9780230304666.
- ^ MacCarthy, Fiona (5 March 2012). The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination. Harvard University Press. p. 258.
- ^ "NHEHS School Magazine 1990". Notting Hill & Ealing High School. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "NHEHS School Magazine 1939". Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDST. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ Culbertson, Alix. "The BRITs: Chiswick's Hannah Reid hoping to grab an award with London Grammar". GetWestLondon. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Obituary – Dame Angela Rumbold". The Daily Telegraph. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "NHEHS School Magazine 1955". Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDST. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Quidditch, Quizzes, Quests & Questions at NHEHS Book Week!". NHEHS School Website. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ Lucy Hume (5 October 2017). Debrett's People of Today 2017. Debrett's. p. 1893. ISBN 978-1-9997670-3-7. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ Megson, Barbara. "Aitken, Edith". ODNB. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ Watts, Ruth. "Cooper, Alice Jane". ODNB. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "NHEHS School Magazine 1906". Notting Hill and Ealing High School GDST. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "Jane Harrison Collection". Newnham College Archives, Cambridge. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ Perrone, Fernanda. "Blake, Katharine Jex-". ODNB. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ Creese, Mary. "Meyer, Margaret Theodora". ODNB. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
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External links
[edit]- School Website
- Profile on the ISC website
- Profile on the GDST website
- Profile at MyDaughter
- Educational institutions established in 1873
- Private schools in the London Borough of Ealing
- Private girls' schools in London
- Schools of the Girls' Day School Trust
- Member schools of the Girls' Schools Association
- Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
- 1873 establishments in England