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Woodford County High School For Girls

Field	Value
name	Woodford County High School For Girls
image	Woodford County High School (London) logo.png
coordinates
motto	Laeti Gratias Deo Agimus
(Let us thank God joyfully)
established	1919
type	Grammar
head	Gemma Van Praagh
address	High Road
city	Woodford Green
county	London
country	England
postcode	IG8 9LA
local_authority	Redbridge
ofsted	yes
urn	102852
staff	Deputy Head - Mr Colin Jenkins
enrolment	1098
gender	Girls
lower_age	11
upper_age	18
houses	Highams , Repton , Warner and Newton
colours	, ,
website

(Let us thank God joyfully)

Woodford County High School For Girls, formerly Woodford County High School (WCHS) is a secondary all-girls selective grammar school in Woodford Green of the London Borough of Redbridge, England. The school was opened in 1919. Woodford County's brother school for boys is Ilford County High School.

Woodford County High School has seven Years (7–13) . To gain a place in the lower school, children take the 11-plus exam via the local authority, the London Borough of Redbridge. Redbridge offers the top 180 girls in the 11-plus exam results places. The school offers a range of GCSE subjects, including Classical Civilisation.

Although the school is part of the Borough of Redbridge school system, the school buildings themselves are located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

History

The main school building was originally Highams Manor or Highams Park, and was built in 1768 by William Newton (1735–1790). The exterior has Ionic order pilasters and a polygonal roof lantern. Notable internal features include a stone staircase with a wrought-iron balustrade. The grounds were designed by Humphry Repton and originally included Highams Park Lake. In 1849, the house was acquired by the Warner family, who also held ownership of many properties in Walthamstow. The building was later used a hospital, in which Florence Nightingale worked, as well as a means of accommodation for Winston Churchill during the Second World War. The site became Woodford County High school for Girls in 1919 and was extended to the north and south between 1928 and 1938. It became a Grade II listed building in 1951.

Notable former pupils

Julie Marson, Conservative MP for Hertford and Stortford and former Employment Minister
Jane Lomax-Smith, Lord Mayor of Adelaide
Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971), crystallographer
Jenny Powell, TV presenter
Lucy Kirkwood, playwright
Sarah Winman, actress and author
Mona Chalabi, journalist

References

. ["Woodford County High School: URN: 102852"](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/102852). *Ofsted*.
"Woodford County High School For Girls - GCSE Courses".
"Archived copy".
. ["Woodford County High School"](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1191027). *[[Historic England]]*.
"A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 (London, 1973), pp. 253-263.". British History Online.
"Joy Manners".
(Nov 1994). "Churchill, the Member for Woodford". Routledge.
Marson, Julie. "Julie Marson".

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