Croydon High School

Croydon High School

Established	1874
Location	Old Farleigh Road Croydon CR2 8YB England
DfE number	306/6081
DfE URN	101845
Gender	Girls
Ages	3–18
Website	gdst.net/croydonhigh/

Croydon High School for Girls GDST is a leading non-denominational independent school for girls, located near Croydon, Greater London, England. It is one of the schools in the Girls' Day School Trust.

It is a day school with around 800 pupils aged three to eighteen, providing both secondary and primary school education, as well as a nursery and sixth form. It has a recently established Sports Club which is open to members of the public; facilities include a swimming pool, fitness suite, indoor and outdoor pitches and fitness classes.

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 in Northamptonshire during World War II. The present building in Old Farleigh Road, Selsdon, South Croydon, Surrey was opened in 1966.

Notable former pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Croydon High School

• 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^[1]
• 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^[2]
• Beatrice Seear, Baroness Seear (1913-1997), known as Nancy Seear, social scientist and politician
• Jill Tweedie (1936-1993), novelist and journalist

Headmistresses

Current headmistress (2010)

• Mrs D Leonard

Past headmistresses^[3]

• 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

References

1. ^ [1]^{[dead link]}
2. ^ http://www.asha-foundation.org/women/women/wendy_savage.php
3. ^ List of past headmistresses courtesy of the librarian, Croydon High School GDST

External links

• Croydon High School.
• Croydon High Sports Club.
• Girls' Day School Trust.
• article from The Independent.

Coordinates: 51°20′28″N 0°03′41″W / 51.3411°N 0.0615°W / 51.3411; -0.0615