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St Paul's Girls' School
St Paul's Girls' School
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.

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.

Logo

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

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

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

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

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

^ 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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[stpaulsschool1-2] "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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[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.

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Secondary schools	Ark Burlington Danes Academy The Fulham Boys School Fulham College Boys’ School Fulham Cross Girls School Fulham Enterprise Studio Hammersmith Academy The Hurlingham Academy Lady Margaret School London Oratory School Phoenix High School Sacred Heart High School West London Free School
Special schools	Queensmill School
Independent schools	Bute House Preparatory School for Girls Fulham Preparatory School Godolphin and Latymer School Kensington Preparatory School Latymer Upper School LF Charles de Gaulle Marie d'Orliac Primary St James Independent School St Paul's Girls' School Thomas's London Day School
Further education colleges	Chelsea Independent College Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College William Morris Sixth Form
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