Croydon High School Explained

Croydon High School
Coordinates:51.3411°N -0.0615°W
Motto:May Her Character and Talents Inspire Others
Established:1874
Type:Private day school
Head Label:Headmistress
Head:Ms A Davies[1]
Address:Old Farleigh Road
Country:England
Postcode:CR2 8YB
Dfeno:306/6081
Urn:101845
Enrolment:700~
Gender:Girls
Lower Age:3
Upper Age:18
Colours:Blue
Website:http://www.croydonhigh.gdst.net/

Croydon High School is a private 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 has been an independent girls school aiming to educate young girls since its foundation in 1874.

Houses

Girls entering the school are assigned to one of the four houses.[2]

House Colour
Eliot/Evans
Garrett

Weekend programmes

The Japanese Saturday School of London, a weekend Japanese programme, uses the Girls' School as its Croydon Campus (クロイドン校舎 Kuroidon Kōsha).[3]

Notable former pupils

Headmistresses

Past headmistresses[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Staff, Governors and Trustees . Croydon High School . 12 October 2022.
  2. http://www.croydonhigh.gdst.net/senior-house-system Senior School House System
  3. "<学校紹介>" (Archive). The Japanese Saturday School of London. Retrieved 5 April 2015. – See "9.校舎 "
  4. Book: Cowman, Krista . Women of the Right Spirit: paid organisers of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) 1904–18 . Manchester . Manchester University Press . 2007 . 9780719070020 . 25, 222 .
  5. Web site: ASHA Women : Wendy Savage . 13 March 2008 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080820123330/http://www.asha-foundation.org/women/women/wendy_savage.php . 20 August 2008 .
  6. Web site: Coleman . Madeline . May 15, 2023 . ‘The linchpin’: How F1 strategy expert Hannah Schmitz helps keep Red Bull on top . live . June 26, 2024 . The Athletic.
  7. List of past headmistresses courtesy of the librarian, Croydon High School GDST
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=eIzLissZmscC&dq=The+Womes+Suffrage+Movement:+headmistress+Croydon+High+School&pg=PA444 The Women's Suffrage Movement