Camden School for Girls
 | |
| Motto | Onwards and Upwards |
|---|---|
| Established | 1871 |
| Type | Voluntary aided |
| Headmistress | Elizabeth Kitcatt |
| Chair of Governors | Janet Pope |
| Founder | Frances Mary Buss |
| Location |
Sandall Road Camden Town London NW5 2DB England Coordinates: 51°32′46″N 0°08′05″W / 51.546°N 0.1347°W |
| Local authority | Camden |
| DfE number | 202/4611 |
| DfE URN | 100054 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1,006 |
| Gender | Girls; coeducational sixth form |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours |
Camden green White |
| Publication | Friday News, Sixth Sense |
| Affiliations | Camden Consortium |
| Website | CSG |
The Camden School for Girls (CSG) is a comprehensive secondary school for girls, with a co-educational sixth form, in the London Borough of Camden in north London. It has about one thousand students of ages eleven to eighteen, and specialist-school status as a Music College.[1] The school has long been associated with the advancement of women's education.
History
Founded in 1871 by the suffragist Frances Mary Buss, who also founded North London Collegiate School, the Camden School for Girls was one of the first girls' schools in England. A grammar school for much of the 20th century, it became comprehensive in 1976, although only year by year. It was not fully comprehensive until 1981. The school was damaged in the war but rebuilt in 1957, the architect being John Eastwick-Field OBE.[2]
Academic performance
A 1999 Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) report called it "a unique and very effective school in many ways." Another, written in March 2005, said it was an "outstanding school with excellent features," and the most recent report said that it "rightly deserves the outstanding reputation it has among parents and in the community." Its GCSE results are excellent, and its A-level results are the best in the Camden LEA outside the private sector.[3]
Notable former pupils
The following people were educated at the Camden School for Girls. Some of them only attended the sixth form.
- Sally Beamish (born 1956), composer
- Sarah Brown (born 1963), PR consultant, wife of Gordon Brown[4][5]
- Dame Julia Cleverdon (born 1950), charity worker
- Charlotte Coleman (1968–2001), actress, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, expelled at age 16[6][7]
- Prof Athene Donald (born 1953), Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Cambridge[8]
- Lily Donaldson (born 1987), model[9]
- Tamsin Greig (born 1967), actress[10]
- Geri Halliwell (born 1972), singer, former Spice Girl (Ginger Spice).[5]
- Kate Kellaway (born 1957), journalist for The Observer[11]
- Lucy Kellaway (born 1959), writer and journalist for The Financial Times[11][12]
- Lilian Lindsay (1871–1960), the first woman with a British qualification in dentistry, having graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh on 3 May 1895[13]
- Jodhi May (born 1975), actress[14]
- Fiona Millar (born 1958) journalist and education campaigner
- Anna Shaffer (born 1992), actress, Romilda Vane in Harry Potter Series and Ruby Button in Hollyoaks.
- Marianne Stone (1922–2009), actress, notably in Carry On films[15]
- E. G. R. Taylor (1871–1966), geographer and historian[16]
- Emma Thompson (born 1959), actress.[5][17]
- Arabella Weir (born 1957), actress, comedian and author.[5][18]
Fictional pupils
- Prudence Harbinger, fictional character in The Sunday Telegraph, created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran
Notable former teachers
- Sara Burstall - educationalist and headteacher in Manchester
- Margot Heinemann - English teacher and active member of the Communist Party of Great Britain.[19]
Further reading
- Doris Burchell, Miss Buss' Second School, 1971.
References
- ↑ "The Camden School for Girls". Ofsted. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ↑ "John Eastwick-Field". Timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ↑ "Education | League Tables | Secondary schools in Camden". BBC News. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ↑ Gaby Hinsliff "Lady in waiting", The Observer, 2 October 2005, Retrieved on 30 March 2008
- 1 2 3 4 Max Davidson, Town vs gown: north London, The Daily Telegraph, 6 September 2008
- ↑ "Obituary: Charlotte Coleman" Daily Telegraph, 17 November 2001
- ↑ Valentine, Penny; "Obituary: Charlotte Coleman" The Guardian, 19 November 2001
- ↑ "'DONALD, Prof. Dame Athene Margaret', Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012".
- ↑ Eyre, Hermione (2011-02-17). "How the world fell in love with Camden girl Lily Donaldson". London Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
- ↑ Sale, Jonathan (2009-01-08). "Passed/Failed: An education in the life of the actress Tamsin Greig". London: The Independent. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
- 1 2 Williams, Sally (25 April 2010), "Lucy Kellaway interview for In Office Hours", The Daily Telegraph, retrieved 19 December 2011
- ↑ Interview by Jonathan Sale (2007-02-01). "Lucy Kellaway". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ↑ Haines, Catharine M.C. (2001). International women in science: a biographical dictionary to 1950. ABC-CLIO Inc. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-57607-090-1.
- ↑ Culture (2001-09-04). "The anonymous celebrity". Telegraph. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ↑ "Marianne Stone". Timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ↑ G. R. Crone, 'Obituary: Professor E. G. R. Taylor, D. Sc.', The Geographical Journal 132:4 (1966), pp. 594–596
- ↑ Thomas, Liz (28 September 2010). "'Innits' and aints' drive me insane! Emma Thompson hits out at teenagers' sloppy English after visit to her old school". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ↑ Jonathan Sale (1998-01-22). "Arabella Weir". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ↑ "Website of Graham Stevensonis". Retrieved 5 October 2009.