Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls
- Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls
Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls is a British independent public school in Elstree, near Borehamwood, in the county of Hertfordshire. Often known as "Habs" or "Habs Girls", to distinguish it from the neighbouring Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, the school was founded in 1875 by The Haberdashers' Company, one of the ancient livery companies of the City of London, through the agency of Robert Aske. It moved to its present site in 1974. The school is a selective academic day school with its main intakes at the ages of 4, 5, 7, 11 and 16. The current headmistress is Mrs Elizabeth Radice. A coach network shared with the neighbouring boys' school transports pupils from a catchment area stretching from St John's Wood in London to Harpenden and Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire.
Class names
The school has different names for its classes(Until September 2008). In the junior school, year group forms are classified as follows:
There are two classes in each year group (except Rainbow, which has one class), with about 20 pupils in each class.
The senior school year groups are classified as follows:
There are usually 4 classes in each year group up to year 11, called A, Aesc (pronounced "ash"), Aleph and Alpha, after the first letter of the Greek alphabet, the "Æ" grapheme, the first letter of the Arabic and Hebrew alphabets, and the first letter of the Greek alphabet. Occasionally, a fifth form is called Aske after Robert Aske, after whom the school is named and was founded by. Each class has up to 28 pupils, two prefects, a Form Teacher and a Deputy Form Teacher. Lower and Upper Sixth form classes have about 14 pupils in each class.
Awards
Scholarships and governor's bursaries are awarded. Music scholarships pay for instrumental tuition. The Trotman scholarship is awarded in competition with other north london schools. The school has an excellence book which girls are asked to sign if they have excelled in a subject. The school also awards Cornflower Awards to some girls.
Notable Alumnae
*Laura Aikman, Actress
*Vanessa Feltz, TV Personality
*Talulah Riley, Actress
External links
* [http://www.habsgirls.org.uk/ School website]
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