North London Collegiate School

North London Collegiate School is an independent educational institution with a day school for girls in England. Founded in Camden Town, it is now located in Edgware, in the London Borough of Harrow. Two sister schools were opened - one in South Korea, on Jeju Island, and one in Dubai, both are coeducational day and boarding schools offering the British curriculum. It is a member of the Girls' Schools Association.

North London Collegiate School
Address
Canons Drive

Edgware
,
Middlesex
,
HA8 7RJ

England
Information
TypeIndependent institution with day school for girls in London and coeducational boarding school in South Korea
Mottoin spe laboramus
Established1850 (1850)
FounderFrances Mary Buss
Local authorityHarrow
Chairman of the GovernorsTim Suter
HeadmistressSarah Clark
GenderGirls (UK), girls and boys (South Korea)
Age4 to 18
Enrolment1066 (2008)
HousesAngus, Lindsay, Gibbons, Collet, Aitken
Colour(s)Sky blue   Brown  
Former pupilsOld North Londoners (ONLs)
Websitewww.nlcs.org.uk

Location
Canons Drive

North London Collegiate School is located at the western edge of Edgware near the Canons Park. It is accessed by car through Canons Drive from Edgware's High Street. However both Stanmore tube station and Canons Park tube station are walking distance.

History

The North London Collegiate School was founded by Frances Buss, a pioneer in girls' education. It is generally recognised as the first girls' school in the United Kingdom to offer girls the same educational opportunities as boys, and Miss Buss was the first person to use the term 'Headmistress'.

The small school opened in 1850 at No.46 (later renumbered No.12) Camden Street, London.[1] Buss believed in the importance of home life and it remained a day school.[2] In 1929, the school bought Canons, a modest villa built by William Hallett Esq, on the site of a palatial residence originally built in the early 18th century by the Duke of Chandos, and relocated to the property (designed by Sir Albert Richardson) in 1940.[3][4]

Lucinda Elizabeth Shaw, mother to George Bernard Shaw was a director of music at the school, followed in 1908 by Lilian Manson, J.B. Manson's wife. Her ambitious revival of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas in 1910 gained coverage in The Times.[5]

The school introduced a house system in 2014, with the houses being named after noted past pupils. The houses have colours, and each house has two house captains amongst the pupils (a year 9 and a year 11), and a staff head of house.

Today the school caters to girls from ages 4 to 18. It comprises a Junior School (Reception to Year 6) and Senior School (Year 7–13). Former pupils are known as ONLs, short for Old North Londoners. The uniform of North London Collegiate School is light blue and dark brown in colour, however uniform is not compulsory in sixth form.

The co-ed boarding North London Collegiate School Jeju opened in Seogwipo, South Korea in 2011.[6]

Curriculum

North London Collegiate is one of the most academically successful schools in England, having been placed in the top two in the Daily Telegraph exam league tables every year for over a decade. It has been an International Baccalaureate World School since October 2003 .[7][8] Girls may choose to take the traditional A Levels or the Pre-U or the IB curriculum.

The girls are also encouraged to participate in non-academic pursuits. The Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme is available similarly to all independent schools. They may also take part in activities such as World Challenge Expeditions, Young Enterprise, Model United Nations and various community service projects.[9]

Headmistresses
Frances Mary Buss and Sophie Bryant in 1900

Notable former pupils

Notable former staff

Bibliography
  • The North London Collegiate School 1850–1950: A Hundred Years of Girls' Education Includes 'Essays in honour of the Frances Mary Buss Foundation' together with an appendix section that includes Royal Patrons, The School Prospectus, Prize Day List, Links to Girton College and the University of London, and regulations concerning Prefects and Monitors. Published by OUP (Oxford University Press) in 1950 with 231 pages, including the index. (No author or Editor)[49]
  • "And Their Works Do Follow Them" by Watson, Nigel London, James & James, 2000 ISBN 0907383300
  • Cockburn, J S; King, H P F; McDonnell, K G T, eds. (1969). "Schools: The North London Collegiate School". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1, Physique, Archaeology, Domesday, Ecclesiastical Organization, the Jews, Religious Houses, Education of Working Classes To 1870, Private Education From Sixteenth Century. Victoria County History (via British History Online). pp. 308–310.

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