Dorothea Beale LL.D. was a suffragist, educational reformer and author. As Principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College, she became the founder of St Hilda's College, Oxford.
Bedford College was founded in London in 1849 as the first higher education college for women in the United Kingdom. In 1900, it became a constituent of the University of London. Having played a leading role in the advancement of women in higher education and public life in general, it became fully coeducational in the 1960s. In 1985, Bedford College merged with Royal Holloway College, another constituent of the University of London, to form Royal Holloway and Bedford New College. This remains the official name, but it is commonly called Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL).
Queenswood School is a girls-only private school located near Hatfield, Hertfordshire, twenty miles from London. It offers admission at ages 11, 13 or 16.
Bedford High School for Girls was a private school for pupils aged 7 to 18 in Bedford, England. It was one of a number of schools run by the Harpur Trust. The school was located on its original site in Harpur ward, near the centre of Bedford, until its closure in 2012. In September 2010 the junior department of the school merged with the junior department of Dame Alice Harpur School. From September 2011 to September 2012 the senior schools also merged, the new school is known as Bedford Girls' School.
Frances Mary Buss was a British headmistress and a pioneer of girls' education.
Streatham & Clapham High School is a private day school for girls aged 3 to 18, in south London. The school was founded in 1887 by the Girls' Public Day School Company, which established schools for girls providing academic, moral and religious education.
Talbot Heath School is a selective, private day and boarding school for girls aged 3–18 located in Talbot Woods, Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The school was founded as Bournemouth High School in 1886 by founding headmistress Mary Broad. Talbot Heath was originally a Church of England School.
Milham Ford School was a girls' secondary school in Oxford, England, located in the suburb of New Marston on Marston Road. It was founded in East Oxford in the 1880s and closed in 2003.
Dame Madeline Dorothy Brock was an English educationist. She served as Headmistress of the Mary Datchelor Girls' School, Camberwell, London from 1918 to 1950. She oversaw the evacuation of the school during the Second World War.
MyDaughter was a British website set up by the Girls' Schools Association (GSA) offering advice to parents of daughters on all aspects of raising and educating girls. Advice was provided by headteachers from the member schools of the Girls' Schools Association and other specialists in fields such as nutrition, psychology, health education and business.
The Newark Academy is a mixed secondary school in Balderton, Nottinghamshire, England.
Sara Annie Burstall was a Scottish born writer on education and the second headmistress of the Manchester High School for Girls.
Mary Walker was a Scottish teacher who was the founding head of the first Scottish teacher training college and the head of the first Scottish day school, St. George's High School for Girls to teach girls to pass university entrance exams.
Dame Emmeline Mary Tanner, DBE was a British headmistress and educational reformer. She led several schools including Roedean. She was appointed a dame for her contribution to the Education Act 1944.
Ethel Trew was a British headmistress.
Enid Mary Essame aka "Emma" Essame was a British headmistress whose whole career was teaching at Queenswood School. She led the school from 1944 to 1971.
Dame Margaret Joyce Bishop was an English educator who was head master of Holly Lodge High School for Girls in Smethwick from 1925 to 1935 and then of Godolphin and Latymer School for Girls in Hammersmith, West London between 1935 and 1963. She was associated with the primary school teacher training institute Froebel College, Roehampton and its associated Ibstock Place School of which she chaired the governors from 1964 to 1979. Bishop was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1953 before being upgraded to Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire ten years later.
