The Godolphin and Latymer School is a private day school for girls in Hammersmith, West London.
| Godolphin and Latymer School | |
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Iffley Road Hammersmith , London , W6 0PG England | |
| Coordinates | 51°29′43″N 0°13′48″W / 51.4953°N 0.2301°W |
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| Type | Private day school |
| Motto | Francha Leale Toge (Free and Loyal Art Thou) |
| Established | 1861 as a boys' school; re-established 1905 as a girls' school |
| Local authority | Hammersmith and Fulham |
| Head Mistress | Frances Ramsey |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Number of students | 800 |
| Houses | Bassi Lovelace Maathai Naidu Quinn-Brown Sheppard |
| Colour(s) | Red Grey |
| Former pupils | Old Dolphins |
| Website | Godolphin and Latymer School |
The school motto is an ancient Cornish phrase, Francha Leale Toge, which translates as "free and loyal art thou". The school crest includes a double-headed white eagle, Godolphin in Cornish signifies a white eagle.[1]
The Good Schools Guide called the school a "Very strong academic school with a friendly atmosphere, an outstanding head and a broad range of extra-curricular activities."[2]
History
editA private Act of Parliament in 1697[3] modified the wills of Sir William Godolphin (1634–96) in favour of his nephew Francis and niece Elizabeth and devoting £1,520 to charity. In 1703 this fund was used to purchase land west of St James's, Piccadilly, for education and other charitable purposes and, independently, in 1707 Elizabeth founded the Godolphin School, Salisbury, from her own resources. In 1856 the Godolphin School for boys was opened in Great Church Lane, Hammersmith. In 1862 The school relocated to the current Iffley Road site. Though initially successful, it closed in 1900.[4][5] In 1905 it reopened as an independent day school for girls, associated with the Latymer Foundation and taking the name of the Godolphin and Latymer School.
From 1906 onwards it received grants from the London County Council and the Local Education Authority for equipment, library books and buildings. In 1939 the whole school was evacuated from London with no forward planning for where the school would stay.[6] In 1951 the school became a state Voluntary aided school under the Education Act 1944, and ceased to charge fees to pupils. After the abolition of the scheme, the school chose to revert to full independent status in 1977 rather than join the state system and turn comprehensive and resumed the charging of fees to pupils.[7]
The Godolphin and Latymer School celebrated its centenary in May 2005 with a service at St Paul's Cathedral. In the same year the nearby church of St John the Evangelist, designed by William Butterfield and built in the late 1850s, was closed and acquired by the School on a 125-year lease. It has been converted into the Bishop Arts Centre, named after Dame Joyce Bishop, who was headmistress between 1935 and 1963.[8]
Notable alumnae
editThe poet and Nobel Laureate W. B. Yeats was a pupil on the current Iffley Road site, attending the Godolphin School between 1877 and 1881.[9]
Notable former pupils of the girls' school, known as Old Dolphins, include:
- Sarah Alexander, actress[10]
- Julia Barfield, architect
- Nada Bashir, journalist and foreign correspondent
- Kate Beckinsale, actress and model
- Georgina Born, academic, anthropologist, musicologist, and musician
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor, singer
- Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, scientist, writer, broadcaster, and member of the House of Lords
- Natasha Hausdorff, barrister and international law expert
- Florence Hirst, later Frances Bibby, mathematician and wife of Cyril Bibby
- Hattie Jacques, actress[11]
- Carrie Johnson, Communications and PR advisor and wife of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson[12]
- Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge[13]
- Nigella Lawson, food writer, journalist and broadcaster[14]
- Davina McCall, actress and television presenter[15]
- Candida Moss, writer and academic[16]
- Lucy Punch, actress[17]
- Jemma Redgrave, actor[18]
- Annunziata Rees-Mogg, journalist and politician[19]
- Hayaatun Sillem, CEO of the Royal Academy of Engineering[20]
- Francesca Stavrakopoulou, writer and academic[21]
- Winifred Watkins, biochemist[6][22]
- Catherine Webb, author
- Zoe Williams, newspaper columnist[23]
See also
edit- Edward Latymer
- Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums (twinned school)
- Latymer Upper School
- Godolphin School, Salisbury
References
edit- ^ Hitchins, Fortescue; Drew, Samuel (1824). The History of Cornwall: From the Earliest Records and Traditions, to the Present Time, Volume 2. Penaluna. p. 110.
- ^ Profile Archived 8 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine on the Good Schools Guide
- ^ 1697 (9 Will. 3). chapter 19 Confirming and establishing the administration of Sir William Godolphin's goods and chattels. "Chronological Tables of the Private and Personal Acts". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1, Physique, Archaeology, Domesday, Ecclesiastical Organization, the Jews, Religious Houses, Education of Working Classes To 1870, Private Education From Sixteenth Century". British History Online. Victoria County History. 1969. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Full List of Current Archive Holdings" (PDF). Hammersmith and Fulham Local Studies and Archive. London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ a b Marshall, Robin D. (June 2004). "Obituary: Winifred May Watkins (1924–2003)" (PDF). The Biochemist. 26 (3): 56–59. doi:10.1042/BIO02603056.
- ^ The history of the school
- ^ "Saint John the Evangelist Church". London Gardens Online. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ Pierce, David (1995). Yeats's Worlds: Ireland, England and the Poetic Imagination. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale. p. 310. ISBN 9780300063233.
- ^ "Sarah Alexander: Blonde ambition". The Independent. 9 November 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ Lewis, Roger (18 October 2007). "Carry On Hattie Jacques". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Sampson, Annabel (23 July 2019). "Everything you need to know about Carrie Symonds". Tatler. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Sound and vision blog". blogs.bl.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Nigella Lawson talks to Simon Schama". Financial Times. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ Byrne, Ciar (7 December 2005). "Davina McCall's £1m deal makes her BBC's first female chat-show host". Independent. London. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
- ^ Lambert, Derek (21 April 2022). "Influential Females in Academia". MythVision Podcast Official Website. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Lucy Punch interview: 'I moved to the US because I kept getting cast as posh idiots'". The Independent. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "My Best Teacher – Jemma Redgrave". tes.com. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ "Profile of Annunziata Rees Mogg, the Prospective Conservative Candidate". www.wincantonwindow.co.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Women in STEM Professional Networking Event". godolphinandlatymer.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ <not stated> (Spring 2019). "Class Notes". Dolphin Link. Godolphin and Latymer.
- ^ Richmond, C. (17 February 2005). "Dr Winifred Watkins: born 6 August 1924, died 3 October 2003". Vox Sanguinis. 88 (2): 75–76. doi:10.1111/j.1423-0410.2005.00624.x. ISSN 0042-9007.
- ^ Marrin, Minette (17 May 2009). "When today's left speaks it is right-wing bigotry we hear". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 17 May 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via Times Online.
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