Notting Hill and Ealing High School
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Notting Hill and Ealing High School is an independent school for girls aged 4 – 18 in Ealing, London. Founded in 1873, it is one of the 26 schools that make up the Girls' Day School Trust. It has a Junior Department of 310 girls (ages 4–11) and a Senior Department of 570 girls (ages 11–18). The current Head is Mr M Shoults.HistorySince being founded in 1873, the school has changed both its location and its name. When the Girls' Day School Trust was formed in 1872, it established its first two schools in West London. In January 1873, the Trust opened Chelsea High School (later Kensington and Chelsea) to serve the area immediately to the west of the centre of the city and nine months later, Notting Hill High School which was to serve families in the area to the north of Hyde Park.The school originally occupied premises in Norland Square but eventually outgrew these and moved to Ealing in 1931 and became known as Notting Hill and Ealing High School for Girls. Following the Education Act 1944 it became a direct grant grammar school in 1946. When the direct grant scheme was abolished in 1976, it became an independent school.BuildingsThe site of the school included one of the large houses common to this part of Ealing. The house was converted to form the centre of the new school – entrance hall, headmistress's study, library and some classrooms. Over the past seventy years remodelling has transformed the interior but there are still features of the original hall and rooms and the entrance steps remain the same as in 1931. Later additions to the site include further classrooms and science block. In 2003 a music recital hall and associated music facilities were added along with an indoor swimming pool. In 2010, the new Sixth Form Centre opened and in summer 2013 new facilities including a multi purpose hall for assemblies and events, 4-court sports hall built to Sports England standard, 100-seat studio theatre and drama workshop area, dance studio and all weather courts and pitch were opened.
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