Hornsey School for Girls

Hornsey School for Girls
Location
Inderwick Road London , N8 9JF England
Coordinates	51°34′54″N0°06′55″W / 51.5818°N 0.1153°W / 51.5818; -0.1153
Information
Type	Community school, Comprehensive school
Religious affiliation	all religions
Established	1887
Local authority	Haringey
Department for Education URN	102153 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Kuljit Rahelu
Gender	Girls
Age	11to 16
Houses	Franklin, Okeeffe, Seacole, Curie, Shelley, Hypatia
Colours	purple, orange, blue, yellow, green, red
Telephone	0208348 6191

Hornsey School for Girls is the only all-girl secondary school located in the borough of Haringey, situated in the Hornsey/Crouch End area of North London.

History

The school began as a girls' grammar school the Hornsey High School for Girls in 1887, by the Church Schools Company (now the United Church Schools Trust). In 1915 it moved to new buildings in Weston Park. In 1968, it moved again, to newly built premises on Inderwick Road on the site of the former village of Abyssinia (later known as Hornsey Vale). ^[1]

It later became a girls-only comprehensive school.

Structural problems

In 2023, it was discovered that parts of the school were in danger of collapse due to RAAC construction. Remedial works had to be initiated. ^[2]

Alumni

• Zeinab Badawi, presenter of World News Today , and former presenter of Channel 4 News in the 1990s
• Julie Dorrington, medical photographer ^[3]
• Dilys Laye, actress

References

1. Flouch, Hugh (2024). Abyssinia: Hornsey's Lost Village. Hornsey Historical Society.
2. https://www.minutes.haringey.gov.uk/documents/s140939/Cabinet%20Member%20Signing%20Hornsey%20School%20for%20Girls%20RAAC%20Final.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
3. "Julie Dorrington Obituary | IMI". www.imi.org.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

• Official website