North London Collegiate School

Distinguished ONLs list

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:06:56 PST

Some prominent Old North Londoners...please click on read more just below

About the Junior School...

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:46:18 PST

Mrs Jo Newman, Head of Junior School

As I walk around the Junior School I am delighted to see how much fun the girls are having. In fact, so much so that they hardly know they are learning.

In any given week you may encounter girls dressed up as Romans, a class listening to a visiting author, a group doing a tree survey in the grounds and a team testing out an egg mobile they have just designed.

The girls are absorbed in the fun and adventure of learning as they rapidly develop confidence and a wealth of new skills. The close involvement of our team of dedicated and experienced staff in teaching and pastoral care ensures that we are able to identify skills and excellence at an early stage and in turn provide the help and inspiration that each girl needs to achieve her full potential.

The Junior School benefits from a dedicated building with superb facilities. Our presence on the same campus as the Senior School means that we also share all that Canons has to offer. Our girls can use the extensive North London coach system with the confidence that Senior girls will act as chaperones to the youngest North Londoners.

Our curriculum offers a broad and balanced range of subjects and has been designed to ensure that pupils can try themselves out in a variety of ways whilst gaining a strong foundation in the core academic areas.

Imagination and creativity are nurtured through huge opportunities in Music, Art and Drama, which are integral elements of the curriculum. Special performances for parents and guests generate great excitement in an atmosphere which is lively and productive.

From the girls' earliest years at school, Sport and fitness for all is strongly promoted with the emphasis always on enjoyment at every level of ability. The sporting facilities are stunning and the sporting programme is packed with activity.

As the girls gain in confidence they are encouraged to develop independence and a sense of responsibility. With the support of our strong school community they move on well prepared to meet new challenges.

Examinations Office

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:33:12 PST

Welcome to the Examinations Office. Please click on the links to the left for further information about the different examinations we offer.

Awarding Body websites:

AQA http://www.aqa.org.uk/

EDEXCEL http://www.edexcel.com/

OCR http://www.ocr.org.uk/

Examinations Office contact details:

Tel: 020 8951 6477 Fax: 020 8951 6370

Mrs C Sallis Head of Examinations ctsallis@nlcs.org.uk

Mrs S Burkett Examinations Secretary sburkett@nlcs.org.uk

Parents' Guild

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:11:44 PST

The Parents' Guild organises social events for parents at North London Collegaite School and raises funds for bursaries and facilities according to the School's needs.

Regular events include the annual Fireworks Display, the Bring & Buy Sale, The Parents' Quiz and help with teas at Open Days, Taster Afternoons and Junior School functions. Parents also help with the chaperoning on the Junior School coaches.

Major events in recent times include the hugely successful International Fair (2008) and the Circus (2009)

The International Fair...

The Christmas Bring & Buy Sale in the Junior School..

About the Departments

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:32:04 PST

The fundamental aims of the curriculum at North London are to nurture an enthusiasm for learning and appreciation of the importance and value of scholarship, and to equip our students with the knowledge, skills and confidence to make the most of the opportunities they have at school and in life.

Lessons are lively and varied, and the classroom atmosphere is relaxed, open and purposeful. We encourage students to try out their ideas and to be actively involved in discussions, presentations and debates.

As girls progress through the school, choice is also an increasingly distinctive characteristic of the school's curriculum. In the Middle School all pupils follow a broad and balanced programme designed to provide them with strong foundations for further study, to nurture a sense of enjoyment in their work and to give every girl a chance to discover and develop her own passions and interests.

At GCSE, everyone takes five core examinations in Maths, English and Science and then has up to five additional choices from a broad range of Languages, Humanities and Creative or Technological subjects.

In the Sixth Form, students have a choice of pathway between A Levels and the International Baccalaureate Diploma. On both programmes, the expectations are high and students have many opportunities to challenge themselves academically and personally through the leadership and responsibility posts all girls take up in the Sixth Form, links and symposia with other schools and institutions and the thriving intellectual societies at the school.

The attached links give an insight into the work of our departments and, hopefully, a flavour of the diversity of opportunities on offer at North London.

Welcome from the Headmistress

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:01:28 PST

Girls have been educated at North London Collegiate for more than 150 years. The School is steeped in tradition but has always helped to pioneer women's education and constantly looks to improve the education offererd.

The best way to get to know the school is to come for a visit, experience the buzz and energy of the Old House, enjoy the stunning grounds and the new Performing Arts Centre and, of course, meet the girls who make it such an exciting place to work and learn.

We have a wonderful heritage at the school, and a proud tradition of producing independent, often pioneering, young women with the drive and confidence to make the most of opportunities and a difference in the world. That was the vision of the Founder, Frances Mary Buss, in 1850, and it remains true of the school today; we have enjoyed the accolade of being named the leading Independent Secondary School of the Year - twice in the last decade.

Examination success is only part of the picture... Art, Music, Drama, Dance, Sport, Community Service projects and over 30 clubs and societies create a vibrant atmosphere and help girls to flourish and enjoy their time at Canons. Every girl matters and the pastoral care at the school ensures pupils feel supported and valued throughout their time here.

North London is a unique school; if you wish to visit you can be sure of a warm reception whether you are a prospective parent or pupil, or a former student.

Bernice McCabe

About the Headmistress....

Bernice McCabe has been Headmistress of North London Collegiate School since 1997 when she succeeded Mrs Joan Clanchy.

Educated at Clifton High School and Bristol University, Bernice McCabe began her career in 1974 as an assistant English teacher at Filton High School, Bristol, a mixed comprehensive; she was Head of two English departments in maintained mixed comprehensives: Cotham School in Bristol and Collingwood School in Surrey, before becoming Deputy Head at The Heathland School, a mixed London comprehensive, in 1986.

From 1990-1997 she was Headmistress of Chelmsford County High School, a maintained girls’ grammar school during which time she studied for her MBA.

She has served on a number of governing bodies and national education committees in the maintained and independent sectors, including the National Grammar Schools Association and the GSA/HMC Universities Committee.

Since 2002 she has directed the Prince of Wales Education Summer Schools for teachers of English and History and is also now Co-Director of The Prince’s Teaching Institute.

Canonaid

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 09:04:50 PST

Charity and community service in the Senior School...

About the Sixth Form

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 09:19:39 PST

The Sixth Form at North London is one of the largest of any independent girls school. It is a fun, vibrant and diverrsified community in which everyone is involved.

Sixth Formers on the steps of the Old House..

The Senior Committee (the "Big Six") comprises six students who are elected by staff and pupil votes and by interview. They liaise between the student body and senior staff and organise the Canons Follies variety show and many other events.

The 2009-10 Committee is:

Jahnavi Emmanuel (Senior Student), Olivia Emden, Georgina Prichard, Selina Parmar, Beth Denham (Games Secretary) and Roshni Janarthanan.

Emmanuel writes "As a member of the Big Six there is a large amount of responsibility and you get to organize a huge number of exciting events. In the sixth form, there is an eclectic mix of clubs and societies for everyone to get involved in."

The Big Six...

Every Sixth Form student takes responsibility for running a range of societies and activities, including many sporting and musical events. There is a strong tradition in taking active part in service to the community and fund-raising for charity. For example, teachers and Yr 12 pupils have the opportunity each summer to visit and teach in the Flying Angels School in Lusaka, Zambia. Please see the Extra Curricular Activities section on the website for more details of what is on offer.

Academically, there is a choice between A levels and the IB Diploma, and a huge range of lectures and subject-specific societies to attend. Academic enrichment courses are run in Yr 13 to help with preparation for university study in students' chosen subjects. All students take part in inter-school research projects and presentations with Whitgift School and Winchester College.

A tutor group on Valedictory Day...

The pastoral care of students is of paramount importance and each pupil works closely with her tutor as well as the Director of Sixth Form (Mrs Helen Turner) and the Director of University Admissions (Mrs Katherine Hedges) and their deputies. A great deal of preparation and support for university entry and careers is provided, including a careers fair, UCAS events, and individual interview experience.

Tutorial groups are a mixture of Yr 12 and Yr 13 girls, integrating the year groups. Sixth form teaching in small groups is largely based in the picturesque Old House, and two lively and comfortable Sixth form common rooms with computer and catering facilities are also located here.

Sixth formers also have exclusive use of The Athenian Cafe in the Performing Arts Centre where they can relax, look out on the wonderful view of the lily pond and enjoy drinks, paninis, homemade soup and, of course, chocolate!

The Athenian Cafe

Highlights of Sixth Form life include Founder's Day which celebrates the life of Frances Mary Buss who founded North London Collegiate in her family home in 1850.

The farewell occasion for Yr 13 is Valedictory Day. There is a special service in the Hall to which families are invited and a drinks party on the terrace.

Valedictory Day drinks party....

There is also a social dinner with senior sixth form boys at Harrow School and a mixed rounders match with Harrovians at North London Collegiate.

We welcome about twenty new sixth formers every year into Yr 12 from a variety of other schools, bringing new perspectives and a particular vibrancy into the senior year group. Each new girl is allocated a tutor group "buddy" and a subject "buddy" to give her as much support as possible, and is invited into school on several occasions before she officially joins Yr 12.

For further information on Sixth Form life at North London, please contact Mrs Helen Turner on hturner@nlcs.org.uk who will put you in touch with a current Sixth Former.

For information on admission to the Sixth Form, please contact Miss Linda Chambers on lmchambers@nlcs.org.uk.

Open Day information is on the website.

Sixth Form Charities Committee...

Sport

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:02:20 PST

There are a wide number of sports available for girls to participate in at North London Collegiate School. Many of the sports have practices at lunchtime and after school. They are often in preparation for matches but some are just for l eisure and relaxation. The following clubs are available during the week during the autumn and spring terms:

Monday

Senior Lacrosse

U15 Netball

U14 Badminton

Swimming

Tuesday

Senior Badminton

U16 Netball

U15 Lacrosse

U14 Lacrosse

U13 Netball

U12 Lacrosse

Wednesday

Senior Netball

U15 Badminton

Football Club

U16 Badminton

Swimming

Thursday

U15 Lacrosse

U14/U13 Lax Fitness

U12 Lacrosse

Dance Club

Friday

Senior Lacrosse

U14 Netball

U13 Lacrosse

U12 Netball

During the summer term there are rounders, tennis, athletics and cricket clubs available.

Many other sports are taught in lessons such as volleyball, basketball and touch rugby.

Pioneering Women's Education for 150 Years

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:28:04 PST

North London Collegiate is regarded as the pioneer of women's education among England's schools.

Founded in 1850 to give girls an educaton "equal to that of their brothers", the school has always educated pupils in an ambitious and scholarly way, whilst offering a vast range of extra-curricular activities.

Since 2005, girls have the choice of studying A Levels or the International Baccalaureate Diploma in the Sixth Form.

Located in the former home of the Duke of Chandos, pupils enjoy stunning surroundings including acres of playing fields.

The founder, Frances Mary Buss, was headmistress for 44 years and was a notable figure in the struggle for the education of women in the second half of the nineteenth century.

ONL Events

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:45:24 PST

January 2010		For further information contact:
Tues 26^th	Cambridge Undergraduate Drinks, Cambridge	alovejoy@nlcs.org.uk 020 8951 6475
February 2010
Tues 2^nd	Oxford Undergraduate Drinks, Oxford	alovejoy@nlcs.org.uk 020 8951 6475
March 2010
Thu 11^th	London Undergraduate Drinks, North London	alovejoy@nlcs.org.uk 020 8951 6475
Fri 26^th	FOUNDER'S DAY	alovejoy@nlcs.org.uk 020 8951 6475
April 2010
Sat 17^th	Hampshire Group Meeting, 12 noon in Shedfield	helenjex@tiscali.co.uk
Sat 24^th	South West Group meeting, Kingston Deverill, Nr Warminster	priorscombe@tiscali.co.uk 01823 421323
May 2010
Sat 8^th	10^th, 20^th & 30^th Anniversary Class Reunions	alovejoy@nlcs.org.uk 020 8951 6475
June 2010
Sat 26^th	School Reunion for those who attended more than 55 years ago	alovejoy@nlcs.org.uk 020 8951 6475
TBA	Graduation ‘Pimms Party' for Class of 2007	alovejoy@nlcs.org.uk 020 8951 6475


School Open Days and Events	ONLs are welcome to visit school. Open Days and other events are listed on the main school website. If you would like to visit on other days please call Amanda Lovejoy on 020 8951 6475 or email alovejoy@nlcs.org.uk

Anti-bullying policy

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:38:13 PST

Young Enterprise

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:46:00 PST

Young Enterprise is a national organisation founded in 1963. It helps young people between the ages of 15 and 19 set up and run their own company for a year with the help of a link teacher and a business adviser.

Students elect a board of directors and raise capital by selling shares. Their company may make a product, supply value-added to something they have bought in or offer a service. At the end of their year the pupils have to liquidate the company, pay dividends to their shareholders and company taxes to Young Enterprise.

Between 60-70 students from Yr 12 take part in Young Enterprise each year and for the last five years, North London Collegiate School has had three companies. All of these have been successful in local competitions and further afield, with several travelling to the National Trade Fair at Stratford-upon-Avon where there are regularly 100 companies taking part.

In 2003, Scribble was runner-up at Stratford-upon-Avon and participated in the first international trade fair in Oslo where their acrylic scribble pads won Most Innovative Product.

In 2005, Cocktail became the first North London Young Enterprise Company to reach the UK Final. Ranked among the top ten in the UK, Cocktail won the Marketing Award supported by Nestle Waters Powwow for showing exceptional performance in marketing its company and products.

In 2006, Zen Enterprise won through to the London Regional Final, so NLCS had a representative in that round of the competition for the second successive year. One of the directors of Zen Enterprise won the individual Deutsche Bank Scholarship Award. This company also used acrylic to make the Zen stand which the girls described as an advanced desk tidy, a computer document holder, a food and drinks holder or a dry wipe board!

An important feature of the Young Enterprise company scheme is the role played by the business adviser appointed to offer help and advice to the achievers. We are extremely fortunate to have had several parents and family friends give their time voluntarily in this capacity and the girls have benefited from the wealth of experience they can tap into and the insight they have gained into business practices. At the end of the year they are amazed at what they have learned by doing, the team working skills and confidence gained through running meetings and making presentations. They always say that, in spite of all the hard work, Young Enterprise is fun!

Fusion 2010...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:01:42 PST

Charity evening presented by Canonaid, Performing Arts and Asian Society...

Music Department

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:57:44 PST

The Music Department aims to provide all girls with the opportunity to expand their knowledge and experience of all musical genres. At North London Collegiate, we place strong emphasis on the classical western music tradition, both within the curriculum and through concert performance.

The Department has four fulltime members of staff.

Mr Lawrence Haigh - Director of Music: BMUS Hons Edinburgh University; Post Graduate studies in trumpet at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music; PGCE at Homerton College, Cambridge. Studied Composition and Harmony and Counterpoint with Professor Kenneth Leighton, Head of Music at the City of Ely Community College, 1988. Assistant Director of Music at North London Collegiate School from 1991 and Director of Music from 2003.

Mr John Haythornthwaite (Director of Music, Junior School) BMus LRAM, is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music where he studied singing with Elizabeth Ritchie. Since graduating he has appeared as a soloist with the London Mozart Players, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the Northern Chamber Orchestra and has performed Opera & Oratorio in Switzerland, Germany and Ireland as well as all over the UK. He has taught singing at Italia Conti, Millennium Dance 2000, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral and at the Cavendish School in Camden. He is Artistic Director of the Music ‘n’ Motion Performing Arts Courses for Children at the Royal Academy of Music and is a singing adviser to the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. In 2008 he was appointed as Director of Junior School Music at North London Collegiate.

Mr David Lawrence - Class Music Teacher and Piano Teacher: BMus London, LRAM piano teaching, ARCM in piano accompaniment. Rehearsal pianist for the LPO. Head of Department at Peterborough and St. Margaret's School 1993.

Mr Steven Berryman – Assistant Director of Music : BMus (Hons) Cardiff University; MMus Advanced Musical in Studies, Royal Holloway (London); Studied composition with Simon Holt and Phillip Cashian; Fellow of the Royal Society of Art. Currently pursuing a PhD in Composition with Anthony Powers and Judith Weir (Old North Londoner) at Cardiff University. Assistant Director of Music at Clayesmore School 2004, and Assistant Director of Music at North London Collegiate School since January 2009

Societies

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:13:05 PST

Life at North London is enriched by the work of the numerous societies. There are over 30 societies, all of them run by students...

Sixth formers in the Canons Follies revue

Middle School Activities

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:03:45 PST

Immediately after the bell for last lesson in the morning has rung, the Middle School leaps into action and participates in the exciting lunchtime programme of activities. From Young Historian to Debating to Chess to Sport, the choice is a challenge for everyone to get involved.

Some clubs are taken by sixth form students, others by staff but all agree that they are a fantastic way to learn new skills, break down friendship barriers, benefit from team work and achieve personal targets.

Choirs and Orchestras are open to everyone, students can debate or have politics discussions, develop their pottery and art ideas, plan planting schemes in Gardening Club and be inspired choreographing dance and gym sequences, there is no excuse for not getting involved!

Music

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:58:39 PST

There are numerous choirs and orchestras throughout the school and girls can join in with music making all through the Junior and Senior school...

Coach Routes

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:00:42 PST

The School runs an extensive coach service...

Introduction

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:11:45 PST

Superb facilities at North London Collegiate...

Set in 30 acres of parkland, the School combines all the beauty of a rural setting with the convenience of proximity to the heart of London. The facilities are first class, designed to offer the girls every opportunity to develop themselves academically, creatively and socially.

The Performing Arts Centre 2007

There is now a state of the art, 350-seater Performing Arts Centre, designed by an Old North Londoner, which sits in the centre of the School. There are art galleries and a cafe within the complex. The Performing Arts wing includes a Drama Studio for both rehearsal and performance: on two recent occasions the plays produced by the girls have moved on to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Music is strong, with opportunities for all to take part in choirs and orchestras, and includes challenging music for the most able with such events as the National Chamber Groups competition in which the school has won the Founder's Trophy as the most successful competing school nine times in eleven years.

Sport

There are extensive lacrosse pitches and tennis courts and a Sports Centre with an indoor swimming pool and fitness suite. Students are selected to join teams at national and county level.

Academic

The school buildings are centred on the Old Mansion House where sixth formers are largely based. The main teaching block is spacious and well equipped with 12 modern science laboratories, language laboratories and a network of computers.

A fine new library on four floors was opened in spring 1999 and houses a huge collection books, videos and CD-ROMs.

Other facilities

Also on campus are a Music School, Drawing School and Design Technology block, all situated around a pond where water lilies in the summer make it an ideal place to relax during the long lunch break.

Junior School

The Lower School is accommodated in a self-contained building on the site with its own science and technology facilities, library and art room.

The First School is next door, and all three sections of the school enjoy close links with each other.

There is a Medical Centre housing the School's doctor, nurse and counsellor.