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
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the Hornsey High School for Girls'' in 1887, by the Church Schools Company (now the
United Church Schools Trust
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History
UCST was founded in ...
). In 1915 it moved to new buildings in Weston Park. In 1971, it moved to newly built premises on Inderwick Road.
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Haringey Council website (visited June 25, 2022)
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It later became a girls-only comprehensive school.
Alumni
* Zeinab Badawi
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, presenter of ''World News Today
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'', and former presenter of ''Channel 4 News
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Current productions
''Channel 4 News''
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'' in the 1990s
* Julie Dorrington, medical photographerDilys Laye
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Early life
Laye was born in Muswell Hill, London, the daughter of Edward Lay and his wife Margare ...
, actress
References
External links
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Secondary schools in the London Borough of Haringey
Girls' schools in London
Community schools in the London Borough of Haringey
Hornsey