North London Collegiate School is a selective independent day school in the London Borough of Barnet. It admits girls from the ages of 4 to 18 and was founded by pioneering girls's educator Frances Mary Buss in 1850, and is one of the oldest girls' schools in the United Kingdom. Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough in North London and forms part of Outer London. ... Frances Mary Buss (1827-1894) was an English pioneer of womens education. ... For the game, see: 1850 (board game) 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

North London Collegiate is among the most academically successful schools in England, having been placed in the top five in the Daily Telegraph exam league tables every year for over a decade. The first year that it offered the International Baccalaureate, it had the highest average mark in the country and five of its girls were among only ninety students worldwide to score the maximum possible IB score of 45 marks. This article deals with The Daily Telegraph in Britain, see The Daily Telegraph (Australia) for the Australian publication The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper founded in 1855. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into International Baccalaureate Organization. ...

Headmistresses and dates of headship

• Frances Mary Buss (1850 – December 1894)
• Sophie Bryant (1895 – 1918)
• Isabella Drummond (1918 – 1940, previously Head of Camden School)
• Eileen Harold (1941 – 1944)
• Dame Kitty Anderson (1944 – 1965)
• Madeline McLauchlan (1965 – December 1985, previously at Henrietta Barnett School)
• Joan Clanchy (1986 – 1997)
• Bernice McCabe (1997 - present)

Frances Mary Buss (1827-1894) was an English pioneer of womens education. ... Sophie Bryant (15 February 1850, Sandymount, Dublin – 29 August 1922, Chamonix, France) was an Anglo-Irish mathematician, educator, feminist and activist. ... The Henrietta Barnett School is a voluntary-aided grammar school for girls in Hampstead Garden Suburb in London, in fact one of the few grammar schools allowed to remain. ...

Noted alumnae

• Helen Gardner (academic/writer)^[1]
• Jessie Pope (poet)
• Stella Gibbons (novelist)
• Molly Hughes(novelist)
• Stevie Smith (poet)^[1]
• Gillian Cross (children's writer)^[2]
• Marie Stopes (medical pioneer - birth control)^[1]
• Lilian Lindsay (first woman dentist - qualified 1897)^[1][2]
• Edith How-Martyn (feminist activist)^[1]
• Myfanwy Piper (art critic, librettist)^[1]
• Esther Rantzen (presenter)^[2]
• Eleanor Bron (actress)^[2]
• Jane March (actress)
• Gillian Milton (gay rights activist)^[2]
• Jan Marsh (expert on pre-Raphaelites)^[2]
• Lorna Fitzpatrick (Labour Mayoress of Harrow 1996-97)^[2]
• Natasha Walter (writer)^[2]
• Alice Beer (TV presenter)^[2]
• Anna Wintour (fashion journalist; editor of Vogue. Non-graduate)^[2]
• Rachel Weisz (actress), later expelled
• Barbara Amiel (journalist)^[2]
• Anna Madeley (actress)
• Dame Evelyn Sharp(Civil servant)
• Clara Collet(Civil Servant)
• Maisie Gay (music hall artist)
• Jessie Millward (music hall artist)
• Noreena Hertz (academic)
• Judith Weir (composer)
• Margaret Fingerhut (pianist)
• Alison Britton (ceramicist)
• Sandy Boot (doctor)
• Kate O'Toole (actress)
• Amanda Swift (children's author)
• Charlotte Cory (novelist)
• Lindsey Fraser (Olympic athlete)
• Kate Clanchy (poet)
• Ruth Padel (poet)
• Sharon Cooper (soprano)
• Margaret Archibald (clarinettist)
• Tina Brain (French horn player)
• Tanya Byron (psychologist)
• Susie Orbach (psychologist/journalist)
• Judith Tucker (artist)
• Anna Popplewell (actress)

Helen Gardner (1909-1986) was an English literary critic. ... Jessie Pope (1870 - 1941) was an English poet best known for her poems about World War I. Detractors of her work accuse her of being a pro-war propagandist who trivialized the war through her use of simple rhyme schemes (similar to those in nursery rhymes) and allusions to sports... Stella Dorothea Gibbons (5 January 1902—19 December 1989) was an English novelist and poet. ... Stevie Smith was a British poet and radio personality (September 20, 1902 - March 7, 1971). ... Gillian Cross is a childrens author. ... Marie Stopes (October 15, 1880 - October 2, 1958) was a Scottish author, campaigner for womens rights and pioneer in the field of family planning. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Edith How-Martyn also known as Elizabeth How-Martyn (1875-1954) was a British suffragette and a member of the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU). ... Myfanwy Piper (28 March 1911 – 18 January 1997) was an English art critic and opera librettist. ... Esther Louise Rantzen CBE (born on 22 June 1940 ) (age 66)) is a British journalist and television presenter who is best known for her long stint in Thats Life! and her anti paedophile activism activities as founder of the charity ChildLine. ... Eleanor Bron (born 14 March 1938) is a British stage, film and television actress and author. ... Jane March (born Jane March Horwood in Edgware, London, England on March 20, 1973) is an English film actress, who has had lead roles in all of the films she has appeared in, and has made films in several countries. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... Natasha Walter is a British feminist columnist and journalist. ... Categories: | | | | | ... Anna Wintour (born November 3, 1949, in London) has been the editor-in-chief of American Vogue since 1988. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Rachel Weisz (born March 7, 1971) is an Academy Award-winning English film and television actress. ... After World War II terms, expulsion was a euphemism for ethnic cleansing of territories settled by Germans. ... Barbara Joan Estelle Amiel, Lady Black of Crossharbour (born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England on December 4, 1940), is a British-Canadian journalist and writer. ... Madeley (right) being dressed for the title role in The Secret Life of Mrs Beeton (BBC TV, 2006): Radio Times, 14-20 October 2006 Anna Madeley (born in 1977) is a British actor. ... Clara Collet, (1860-1948) was pivotal in affecting many reforms which greatly improved working conditions and pay for women (and some men) during the early part of the twentieth century. ... Prof. ... Judith Weir (born 1954) is a British composer. ... Kate OToole is a radio presenter from Sydney, Australia. ... Ruth Padel (born 1947) is a British classical scholar, poet and journalist. ... Sharon Cooper is a member of the House of Representatives in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Dr Tanya Byron BSc MSc PsychD is a British psychologist who became a celebrity in 2004/5 as the resident expert on parenting shows Little Angels and the House of Tiny Tearaways (these programmes are amongst several that have kickstarted the currently popular genre of parenting programmes in the UK). ... Anna Katherine Popplewell (born 17 December 1988) is an English actress. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} North London Collegiate School - Famous ONLs
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} isbi entry for North London Collegiate School

External links

• North London Collegiate School website