Copthall School (formerly Copthall County Grammar School) is a girls'

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and

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located in the

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area of the

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, England. The school was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of Copthall County Grammar School and Woodcroft Secondary Modern. The original 1930s grammar school building has been joined to a new wing of equal size. A new library opened in 1999 and the school received an excellence award from the

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in 2001. The school was converted to academy status in October 2012, and was previously a community school under the direct control of

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. The school continues to coordinate with Barnet London Borough Council for admissions. Copthall School offers

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, City and Guilds qualifications and ESOL courses as programmes of study for pupils. Students in the sixth form have the option to study a range of

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Notable former pupils

Copthall County Grammar School

* Alison Dunhill, artist and art historian * Ann McPherson, GP, author and health campaigner *

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, art dealer and gallerist * Sue Platt, 1962 Commonwealth Javelin gold

Copthall School

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, basketball player

References

External links

Copthall School official website
Secondary schools in the London Borough of Barnet Academies in the London Borough of Barnet Girls' schools in London Mill Hill {{London-school-stub