Howell's School () is a
private
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Music
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day school
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for girls in
Llandaff
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, a district in northern
Cardiff
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,
Wales
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. It consists of a nursery, infants, junior, senior school and a sixth form. The sixth form became coeducational in September 2005 and was renamed Howell's Co-ed College.
History
In 1537,
Thomas Howell, a Welsh merchant trading in
Bristol
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,
London
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and
Seville
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, bequeathed 12,000 gold
ducats to the
Drapers' Company to provide dowries "every yere for Maydens for ever." His "Merchant's Mark" is still used as a logo for the school. The school's magazine is called the ''Golden Ducat'' in reference to the bequest.
After founding a
girls' school of the same name in the town of
Denbigh
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, the Company started building the Llandaff school in 1859 and opened to girls the following year. In 1899 it was expanded to accommodate boarders but the boarding programme has been discontinued. The school still retains its links as the Company has a representative in the school board. It was originally housed in a building designed by
Decimus Burton
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, on the outskirts of the village of Llandaff. The school admitted its first pupils, with
Emily Baldwin as the first Headmistress.
[ Today it occupies a large site north of Cardiff city centre.
In 1980 the school joined the Girls' Day School Trust and is under its governance. It is the only member school in Wales.
Novelist ]Roald Dahl
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spent part of his childhood at Cumberland Lodge, which was later acquired by the school.
In 2005 The school opened the GDST's first co-educational sixth form with the admission of 26 boys into year 12.
Key dates
*1859–60 Howell's School built.
*1860 Emily Baldwin appointed Headmistress.Co-educational
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Sixth Form College established – first young men in school in 145 years.
*2007 Mrs Sally Davis appointed as Principal.
*2008 Howell's becomes a Fairtrade School.
*2010 Howell's celebrates 150 years since its opening.
Academics
Howell's is one of Wales's top performing independent schools.United Kingdom
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based on GCSE
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results and ranked first in Wales.
Notable alumnae
Alumnae are known as Hywelians and are entitled membership of the Hywelian Guild. It was founded in 1906 by old girls and is also open to former staff members and teachers.Hywelians
*
Fiona Bruce
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, Conservative MP
*
Patricia Clarke, biochemist
*
Ann Cotton, educational entrepreneur and philanthropist
*
Janet Davies, Welsh politician
*
Jem, pop singer
*
Jean McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff, the holder of the first Chair of Nursing in an English university, at the
University of Manchester
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*
Julie Morgan
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, Labour MP
*
Lucy Owen
Lucy Owen (born 18 June 1971 as Lucy Jane Cohen) is a Welsh television news reader.
Early life
Born 18 June 1971, in Llandaff, Owen attended Howell's School in Llandaff, Cardiff, and graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London, in Eng ...
(née Cohen), BBC Wales news presenter
*
Jo Walton
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, fantasy and science fiction writer
*
Hannah Mills, Olympic Gold Medallist, MBE
*
Charlotte Church
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As a child, Church was a popular classical singer with a less-successful attempt to mov ...
, Singer and Actress.
*
Marmalade
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,
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Gallery
Image:Howells_Boys.jpg, A group of students
Image:School_play_028.jpg, The College musical ''Oh, What a Lovely War!
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References
External links
School WebsiteProfile
on MyDaughter
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Profile
on the GDST website
Profile
on the Good Schools Guide
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The guide's contributors are predominantly parents, but include researchers and former headteachers. It uses a conversational tone. Selection of schools is made ...
*Estyn
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Educational institutions established in 1860
Schools of the Girls' Day School Trust
Member schools of the Girls' Schools Association
Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
Private schools in Cardiff
Llandaff
1860 establishments in Wales
Grade II* listed buildings in Cardiff