| St Helen's School London | |
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Eastbury Road , HA6 3AS England | |
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| Type | Private day school |
| Motto | "In hoc vincite velut illi crescite" "Conquer by the cross and grow like the daisies" (Literal: "In this [cross] we conquer and in these [daisies] grow.") |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
| Established | 1899 |
| Founder | May Roland Brown |
| Local authority | Hillingdon |
| Department for Education URN | 102453Tables |
| Headmistress | Alice Lucas |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 3 to 18 |
| Houses | Seacole, Kahlo, Bronte, Franklin |
| Colour(s) | Green |
| Website | http://www.sthelens.london |
St Helen's School London is aprivate day school for girls aged three to eighteen inNorthwood, North West London. It is associated with theMerchant Taylors' Company and works in close collaboration with the localMerchant Taylors' School in a range of areas.
St Helen's School was founded by May Rowland Brown in 1899. Having been trained as a teacher atCambridge Training College for Women, she began to teach atNorthwood College, which at the time, refused to take in any students that were connected with trade. Whilst still at Northwood College, a group of local businessmen persuaded her to start another school, and at the age of 25, she founded Northwood High School, later named St Helen's School.
St Helen's school occupies a twenty-two acregreenfield site. TheSenior school,Junior School and Little Saints occupy separate buildings within the site with their own specialised facilities for their students. A new Junior School building opened in September 2016.
There are science laboratories, art rooms, a drama studio, a language laboratory, computer rooms, a recital hall and a library.[citation needed]
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In July 2004, phase I of the sports complex was completed and was opened bySteve Parry, Olympic bronze medalist. It consists of a 25m swimming pool and a fitness suite. Phase II was finished in summer 2006. This includes the multi-gym,dance studio, treatment rooms and observation areas. In 2005, the new swimming pool was used by the female celebrity competitors fromThe Games television programme for training.
In December 2006, the final phase II of the sports complex was also completed and was opened by Olympic silver medalist,Roger Black.
The Centre was opened in 2014 and provides space for drama, music and gymnastics as well as a recording studio.
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The house system was established in 1927 with three houses namedScott,Shackleton and Bruce. Two of the houses were named afterAntarctic explorers – CaptainRobert Falcon Scott and SirErnest Shackleton, with Bruce named after theHimalayan explorer Brig. Gen.Charles Bruce. A fourth house,Bonington, also named after aHimalayan explorer, has since been added.
The houses have now been changed to Seacole (Bruce), Kahlo (Scott), Brontë (Shackleton), and Franklin (Bonington).
Each year the House Cup is awarded to the house with the most points, which can be earned through commendations, Sports Day, House Arts and other achievements.
| House | Name Origin | Motto | House Colour |
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| Kahlo | Frieda Kahlo | "Ready Aye Ready" | Red |
| Bronte | Charlotte Bronte | "Endurance" | Blue |
| Seacole | Mary Seacole | "Altiora Peto" | Purple |
| Franklin | Rosalind Franklin | "Laboramus Ut Vincamus" | Yellow |
In 1999, to mark the centenary, Junior School adopted a new house system consisting of 3 houses. The Houses, nominated by the Junior School students, were named after pioneering women in history. Later in 2012 the fourth house was added, named after the American female pilot Amelia Earhart.[1][failed verification]
| House | Name Origin | House Colour |
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| Curie | Marie Curie | Orange |
| Keller | Helen Keller | Turquoise |
| Nightingale | Florence Nightingale | Magenta |
| Earhart | Amelia Earhart | Purple |
Pupils in Middle School (Years 7–9) follow a broader version of theNational Curriculum.[2] Upper School pupils (Years 10–11) take English Language and Literature, Mathematics, the Sciences, and at least one Modern Foreign Language and one Humanity course. Students take bothGCSE andIGCSE courses, with core subjects studied at IGCSE.[3]Sixth Formers sitA Levels.[4]
St Helen's has regularly performed well inGCSE andA Levels examination league tables.[5][6] In 2009 candidates achieved a 100% pass rate, all A*-C grades.[7] In 2010 they achieved a 99% pass rate with 96% receiving all A*-B grades.[8] In 2015, the school achieved some of its best results to date with 53% of entries graded A* and 84% graded A*-A.[9] The pass rate was 99%.[10]
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