Palmers Green High School

Palmers Green High School is a private girls' day school located in Hoppers Road, Palmers Green, North London. It consists of three divisions: Preparatory (Reception-Year 2), Junior School (Years 3-6) and the Senior School (Year 7-11). It does not have a sixth form.

Palmers Green High School
Address
104 Hoppers Road Palmers Green London , N21 3LJ England
Coordinates	51.6261°N 0.1042°W / 51.6261; -0.1042
Information
Type	Private day school
Motto	By Love Serve One Another
Religious affiliation(s)	Quaker
Established	1905
Founder	Alice Hum
Local authority	Enfield
Department for Education URN	102061 Tables
Head teacher	Sarah Proudlove
Gender	Girls
Age	3 to 16
Enrolment	320~
Colour(s)	Blue (Navy), Pink
Website	www.pghs.co.uk

History

The school was founded by Alice Hum, who belonged to the Society of Friends, on 8 May 1905 in 1 Osborne Road, Palmers Green with twelve pupils, eight of whom were in the Kindergarten. In 1907, it expanded by taking the adjoining house on Green Lanes. After a third house was taken, the boy pupils were moved to Avondale Hall, which had been used as a school for girls from 1909-1910.

In 1918, by which time it had 300 pupils and the Boys' School had been phased out, it moved to its current site, Avondale Hall, in Hoppers Road. It has since been extended on that site.^[1]

After the outbreak of the Second World War, it continued to provide full-time education and temporarily shared its site with its co-foundation Keble School.

Admissions

Palmers Green is a selective school and the selection process includes assessment, which is in the form of an examination for the senior school, and an interview. A documentary film with the title Modern Times: Testing Times was produced in 1997, showing how some families approached this selection process.^[2]

Academics

Palmers Green is one of Enfield's top performing independent schools.^[3][4]

Curriculum

Pupils can choose from the following options of GCSE choices:

• History
• Geography
• French
• Art
• Drama
• Spanish
• ICT
• Music

This is in addition to compulsory subjects; English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Dual Science Award and a Modern Foreign Language.

Age groups

The Preparatory and Junior Departments are for girls from four to eleven and the Senior School is for girls up to sixteen years old.

Notable former pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Palmers Green High School

• Stevie Smith, poet and novelist^[5]
• Dame Flora Robson, actress^[5][6]
• Kathryn Prescott, actress^{[citation needed]}
• Megan Prescott, actress^{[citation needed]}
• Margaret Seward, First Female Chief Dental Officer^[7]