St Paul's Girls' School

























































St Paul's Girls' School
St Paul's Girls' School logo.png
Address

Brook Green


London
,
W6 7BS


England

Information
Type
Independent day school
Established 1904
Founder Worshipful Company of Mercers
Local authority Hammersmith and Fulham
Chairman of Governors The Hon Timothy Palmer
High Mistress Sarah Fletcher
Gender Girls
Age 11 to 18
Enrolment 740
Former pupils Old Paulinas
Website http://www.spgs.org/

St Paul's Girls' School is an independent day school for girls, located in Brook Green, Hammersmith, in West London, England.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Exam results


  • 3 Music


  • 4 Drama


  • 5 Bursaries and scholarships


    • 5.1 Bursaries


    • 5.2 Scholarships




  • 6 Logo


  • 7 High Mistresses


  • 8 Old Paulinas


    • 8.1 Arts


    • 8.2 Culinary arts


    • 8.3 Education


    • 8.4 Humanitarianism


    • 8.5 Law


    • 8.6 Journalism and media


    • 8.7 Politics


    • 8.8 Science


    • 8.9 Sport




  • 9 Notable former staff


  • 10 Controversy


  • 11 References


  • 12 External links





History




Main building of the school in Brook Green area


St Paul's Girls' School was founded by the Worshipful Company of Mercers in 1904, using part of the endowment of the foundation set up by John Colet, to create a girls' school to complement the boys' school he had founded in the sixteenth century. The governors hold proprietorial responsibility, and some are representatives of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London.


The buildings for the school were designed by the architect Gerald Horsley, son of the painter John Callcott Horsley and one of the founder members of the Art Workers Guild.


The school has had several distinguished directors of music, most notably Gustav Holst (1905–34) and Herbert Howells (1936–62). Holst composed his St Paul's and Brook Green suites for the pupils at the school. Holst also composed what is arguably his best known work, "The Planets", while teaching at St Paul's. John Linton Gardener held a part-time position as director of music at the school.



Exam results


St Paul's girls have regularly performed extremely well in the GCSEs and A Levels.[1]
Over half of girls at the school get all A*s in their GCSEs and many take extra languages or maths GCSEs.
In 2014, 99.3% of GCSEs were graded at A*s or As with 93.6% graded at A* alone. This was the highest ever A* percentage achieved by the school and in the country. In 2016, the school achieved the highest A Level results in its history with 60.0% of entries achieving an A* grade and 93.8% of entries achieving A* or A grades.




Detail of main building of the school


GCSE summary: last five years[2]







































YEAR
 %A*
 %A*A
 %A*AB

2016
93.6
99.6
100.0
2015
 90.0
 98.9
 99.8
2014
 94.4
 99.3
 100.0
2013
 92.1
 99.5
 100.0
2012
 89.6
 99.1
 100.0

A level summary: last five years[2]







































YEAR
 %A*
 %A*A
 %A*AB

2016
60.0
93.8
99.2
2015
 49.1
 87.5
 98.9
2014
 56.3
 91.5
 98.9
2013
 43.7
 93.0
 98.3
2012
 50.7
 91.8
 99.1


Music


Gustav Holst was Director of Music at the school during the period he composed his orchestral suites, including St Paul's Suite and The Planets; he was succeeded by Herbert Howells before John Gardner followed in the 1960s. Gardner wrote many memorable pieces for the school, including his popular Christmas carols Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day and The Holly and the Ivy.




Side view of school buildings from Rowan Road



Drama


The school's main theatre, where most school productions are staged, is named after alumna Celia Johnson. Other productions are staged in the drama studio which is a smaller space.



Bursaries and scholarships



Bursaries


The school awards means-tested bursaries to students who join in Y7 and for students arriving in Y12. Bursaries fund up to 100% of tuition fees on a sliding scale depending on family income and assets, plus exam entry fees and a grant towards textbooks. Holders of 100% bursaries entering in Y12 also receive an extra package to cover additional expenses, such as the cost of sports equipment and music tuition.



Scholarships


Year 7: The school awards up to four academic scholarships and two music scholarships to 11+ entrants (worth £100 a year; the music scholarship also includes free tuition in one instrument).


Year 12: The school may also award two music scholarships to current students and two more to new joiners (worth £250 a year plus free tuition in two instruments), and two art scholarships (worth £250 a year) to internal and external candidates. The Nora Day music scholarship (worth up to 50% of school fees plus free tuition in two instruments) is awarded every other year to a new joiner who shows exceptional musical potential. The school also awards scholarships worth £250 a year for academic distinction in the "Senior Scholarship", a dissertation written by students in the summer holiday following Y12.





The school logo is a Grecian laurel wreath, representing the school's competitive spirit. In 2007, this logo was replaced by High Mistress Clarissa Farr with a blossoming rose, chosen to suggest potential. The change provoked much opposition from students within the school, and an article in the Daily Mail.[3] The traditional wreath was retained as the symbol of the Old Paulina Alumnae Association. In 2013 it was announced that the old logo would be reinstated.



High Mistresses


The headmistress of St Paul's Girls School is known as the High Mistress.



  • Frances Ralph Grey (d.1935), High Mistress 1903–1927


  • Ethel Strudwick (1880–1954), High Mistress 1927–1948, daughter of the Pre-Raphaelite painter John Melhuish Strudwick

  • Margaret Osborn (1906–1985), High Mistress 1948–1963


  • Dame Alison Munro (1914–9 September 2008), High Mistress 1964–1974[4]


  • Lady Brigstocke CBE (Heather Renwick Brigstocke, created Baroness Brigstocke 1990) (1929–2004), High Mistress 1974–1989

  • Helen Elizabeth Webber Williams (born 1938), High Mistress 1989–1992

  • Janet Gough (born 1940), High Mistress 1993–1998

  • Elizabeth Mary Diggory (1945–2007), High Mistress 1998–2006

  • Clarissa Mary Farr (born 1958), High Mistress 2006–2017

  • Sarah Fletcher, High Mistress 2017–present



Old Paulinas


See also: Category:People educated at St Paul's Girls' School

Alumnae of the school, known as "Old Paulinas", include:



Arts





  • Gillian Ayres – artist

  • Nicola Beauman – publisher, founder of Persephone Books


  • Helen Binyon – artist


  • Lesley Blanch – author


  • Celia Brayfield – author


  • Sophie Hunter – theatre and opera director


  • Brigid Brophy – dramatist


  • Lucy Briers – actress


  • Margaret Calvert – graphic artist


  • Miranda Carter – biographer


  • Edie Campbell – model


  • Cecilia Chancellor – model


  • Joan Cross – singer


  • Emma Darwin – author


  • Monica Dickens – author


  • Suzi Digby – conductor and musician


  • Flora Fraser – author


  • Justine Frischmann – musician


  • Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein) – artist


  • Imogen Holst – musician


  • Ursula Howells – actress


  • Celia Johnson – actress


  • Rachel Johnson – journalist and editor


  • Jane M. Joseph – musician and composer


  • Amy Key Clarke – poet and author


  • Marghanita Laski – author


  • Nicola LeFanu – composer


  • Amanda Levete – architect


  • Alice Lowe – actress/author


  • Jessica Mann – author


  • Emily Mortimer – actress


  • Santha Rama Rau – author


  • Joely Richardson – actress


  • Natasha Richardson – actress


  • Georgina Rylance – actress


  • Jennifer Saunders – comedian


  • Dodie Smith – playwright


  • Catherine Storr – author


  • Imogen Stubbs – actress


  • Emma Tennant – author


  • Angela Thirkell – author


  • Mary Treadgold – author


  • Salley Vickers – author


  • Samantha Weinberg – author


  • Rachel Weisz – actress


  • Antonia White – author




Culinary arts



  • Thomasina Miers – Chef and founder of Wahaca restaurant chain


Education




  • Sheila Forbes – Principal, St Hilda's College, Oxford


  • Jessica Rawson – Warden, Merton College, Oxford


  • Barbara Reynolds – scholar[5]


  • Joan Robinson – economist



Humanitarianism



  • Myrtle Solomon – pacifist and former Chair War Resisters' International


Law




  • Dame Sonia Proudman QC – High Court Judge

  • Rosalind Wright CB QC – Director Serious Fraud Office (1997–2003)



Journalism and media





  • Emily Buchanan – BBC World Affairs correspondent


  • Clemency Burton-Hill – broadcaster and author


  • Daisy Donovan – TV presenter


  • Stephanie Flanders – BBC Economics editor


  • Bronwen Maddox – senior journalist at 'The Times' newspaper


  • Veronica Pedrosa – Al Jazeera English correspondent


  • Sophie Raworth – news reader


  • Susanna Reid – news presenter


  • Anne Scott-James – journalist and editor


  • Alexandra Shulman – editor-in-chief, Vogue 1992–present[6]


  • Carol Thatcher – journalist


  • Erica Wagner – author, critic, and literary editor of The Times


  • Eirene White, Baroness White – journalist and Labour politician


  • Petronella Wyatt – journalist


  • Edie Campbell – Model, socialite and fashion icon




Politics




  • Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Conservative MP


  • Jane Bonham Carter – Liberal Democrat peer


  • Harriet Harman – Labour MP, former Acting Leader of the Labour Party, former Leader of the Opposition and former Cabinet minister


  • Susan Kramer – former Liberal Democrat MP


  • Jo Valentine, Baroness Valentine – member of the British House of Lords


  • Mavis Tate – Conservative MP and women's rights campaigner[7]


  • Vicky Ford, Conservative MP and formerly MEP


  • Shirley Williams – former Labour Education Secretary and co-founder of the Social Democratic Party[8]


  • Eirene White, Baroness White – Labour Minister of State then life peer



Science




  • Ruth Bowden – anatomist


  • Rosalind Franklin – scientist, research led to discovery of the structure of DNA


  • Jean Ginsburg – physiologist, endocrinologist


  • Christine Hamill – mathematician


  • Kathleen Kenyon – archaeologist


  • Irene Manton, FRS – botanist


  • Sidnie Manton, FRS – entomologist


  • Onora O'Neill – philosopher


  • Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin – astronomer


  • Catherine Peckham – doctor and scientist


  • Joan Beauchamp Procter – zoologist, herpetologist



Sport




  • Kitty Godfree – tennis player


  • Victoria Coren Mitchell – poker player[9]


  • Lara Prior-Palmer – equestrian



Notable former staff




  • Margaret Cole – socialist politician, former Classics teacher


  • Gustav Holst – composer, pioneer of music education for girls


  • Nicola LeFanu – Director of Music during the 1970s



Controversy


The school was in the news in November 2017 with allegations of sexual abuse between the 1970s and 1990s.[10] One teacher resigned on 22 November 2017 amidst these allegations.[11]



References





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  2. ^ ab "Exam results | St Paul's School". Stpaulsschool.org.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2017.


  3. ^ Kay, Richard (7 July 2008). "The Vulcan splits up with lover". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 1 July 2016.


  4. ^ Janet Gough, 'Munro , Dame Alison (1914–2008)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Jan 2012; online edn, May 2012 accessed 31 Dec 2016


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  6. ^ Alexandra Shulman Archived 6 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Vogue UK, 22 April 2008


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  8. ^ "FindArticles.com – CBSi". Findarticles.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017.


  9. ^ "EPT10 Sanremo: Salute Victoria Coren Mitchell – the EPT's first two-time champion". Pokerstars.com. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2017.


  10. ^ Weale, Sally (14 November 2017). "St Paul's Girls' School in London at centre of sexual abuse claims". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 December 2018.


  11. ^ Weale, Sally (23 November 2017). "Teacher at London girls' school resigns after claims of sexual abuse". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 December 2018.




External links







  • Official School Website


  • Profile at The Good Schools Guide


  • ISI Inspection Reports



Coordinates: 51°29′42″N 0°13′08″W / 51.4951°N 0.2188°W / 51.4951; -0.2188







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