Hornsey_High_School_for_Girls

Hornsey School for Girls

Hornsey School for Girls

Community school, comprehensive school in London, England

Hornsey School for Girls is the only all-girl secondary school located in the borough of Haringey, situated in the Hornsey/Crouch End area of North London.

Quick Facts Address, Coordinates ...

History

The school began as a girls' grammar school the 'Hornsey High School for Girls in 1887, by the Church Schools Company (now the United Church Schools Trust). In 1915 it moved to new buildings in Weston Park. In 1971, it moved to newly built premises on Inderwick Road.[1]

It later became a girls-only comprehensive school.

Structural problems

In 2023, it was discovered that parts of the school were in danger of collapse due to RAAC construction. Remedial works had to be initiated. [2]

Alumni

References

  1. [1]
    London Borough of Haringey Minutes, 02/12/2008, Pre-2011 Planning Committee (Item 314) on Haringey Council website (visited June 25, 2022)
  2. [2]
    https://www.minutes.haringey.gov.uk/documents/s140939/Cabinet%20Member%20Signing%20Hornsey%20School%20for%20Girls%20RAAC%20Final.pdf
  3. [3]
    "Julie Dorrington Obituary | IMI". www.imi.org.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Hornsey_High_School_for_Girls, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.