Blackheath High School | |
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Vanbrugh Park , London , SE3 7AG England | |
Coordinates | 51°28′40″N0°00′56″E / 51.4777°N 0.0155°E |
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Type | Private day school |
Motto | "Inspiration, curiosity, distinction" |
Established | 1880 |
Founder | Princess Louise |
Local authority | Greenwich |
Department for Education URN | 100756 Tables |
Headmistress | Natalie Argile |
Gender | Female |
Age | 3to 18 |
Enrolment | 680~ |
Website | http://www.blackheathhighschool.gdst.net/ |
Blackheath High School is a private day school for girls in Blackheath Village in southeast London, England. It was founded in 1880 as part of the Girls' Day School Trust; the Senior School occupied a purpose-built site in Wemyss Road for over 110 years.
The school was set up in 1880 by the Girls' Public Day School Company. Sarah Allen Olney was the founding head. During her short leadership the school's role grew by a factor of four. Olney resigned in 1886 to found a "more socially exclusive" school with her sister Rebecca. [1]
Having established The Kingsley School, Florence Gadesden was moved by the GPDSC in 1886 from Leamington to Blackheath. [2] The Times would later comment that her appointment was an act of "incalculable wisdom". [3] The school then had 300 girls [2] and Gadesden made a strong positive impression on many of them. [3] She served as head for over thirty years and she retired in 1919. [3]
The Senior Department (Years 7-13) is located in the former Church Army Wilson Carlile Training College (opened in 1965) in Vanbrugh Park after moving from the Wemyss Road site in Blackheath in 1993/4. The school building in Blackheath village then became the Junior department, for girls aged 3-11. The Vanburgh Park site includes the Church Army Chapel, a locally listed building (designed by architect Ernest Trevor Spashett) now used as a music room and dance studio. It was a state-funded direct grant grammar school (also known simply as direct grant schools) from the late 1940s until 1976.
The school's motto is "Blackheath High School – a place to grow, a place to excel". Previously it had been "Knowledge no more a fountain sealed": a reference to the days when girls had poor access to schooling, as was the case in the early years of the school.
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