Eltham Hill School

Community school in Eltham, Greater London, England

51°27′04″N 0°02′46″E / 51.451°N 0.0461°E / 51.451; 0.0461InformationTypeCommunity schoolLocal authorityGreenwichDepartment for Education URN100182 TablesOfstedReportsPrincipalErika PodmoreGenderGirlsAge11 to 19Enrolment1,168 as of December 2022^[update]Websitehttp://elthamhill.com

Eltham Hill School is a secondary school for girls, and a mixed sixth form. It is located in the Eltham area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England.^[1]

History

Grammar school

The school was founded as Eltham Hill Grammar School for Girls on 18th September 1906. It was known as the County Secondary School Eltham, and was housed in the building now occupied by Deansfield School. The first intake of pupils was numbered 40, and over the next few years, the school grew rapidly. In 1909, the first pupil gained entry to University, and in 1919 a party visited Paris on the first school journey. By 1912 the school was full, with almost 200 pupils; however, The Great War brought permanent changes to Eltham.^[2]

Comprehensive

A comprehensive education system was adopted in Greenwich Borough, with the school becoming comprehensive in 1974. The school became a specialist Technology College for a time and was renamed Eltham Hill Technology College, before the Eltham Hill School name was readopted. Today, it is a community school administered by Greenwich London Borough Council.^[3]

Eltham Hill School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.^[4] Students in the sixth form have the option of studying from a range of A Levels, the International Baccalaureate and the IBCP.^[5]

Notable former pupils

Eltham Hill Grammar School for Girls

Sara Coward, actress who played Caroline Sterling/Pemberton/Bone in The Archers
Anne Dudley, composer of film scores, music producer and arranger, played with the Art of Noise
Bernardine Evaristo OBE FRSL FRSA, writer and Professor of Creative Writing, Brunel University London
Trudie Goodwin, actress in The Bill
Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes, Conservative politician and former corporate executive
Edith Summerskill, physician, feminist, Labour MP from 1938-55 for Fulham West, and from 1955-61 for Warrington, Minister of National Insurance from February 1950 to October 1951
Ruth Williams Khama, was the wife of Botswana's first president Sir Seretse Khama; she served as the inaugural First Lady of Botswana from 1966 to 1980.

References

^ "Eltham Hill School". Elthamhill-greenwich.com. 1 January 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
^ https://www.elthamhill.com/90/history-of-eltham-hill-school/timeline/3/retirements ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Eltham Hill School - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
^ "Curriculum |". Elthamhill.com. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
^ "Post 16 |". Elthamhill.com. Retrieved 12 August 2013.