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249: 165: 63: 22: 585: 469:'Brixton Hill High School' began in February 1887 in a house at 260 Brixton Hill. Continued expansion led in 1894 to a temporary move to a home in Palace Road to await the completion of the new building in Wavertree Road, Streatham Hill (now the location of the Junior School). The building was opened by H.R.H. 512:
dining hall, reception and fountain atrium. These additions to the school, designed by Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture, won the Royal Institute of British Architects' London Award and the Retrofit Award in the School Project category, and were also shortlisted for the Education Architect of the Year Award.
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Since then the Abbotswood Road site has been expanded with the Millennium Building, comprising an Art Suite, Music Suite and a Recital Hall, and a Sports Hall. In January 2017, a new Sixth Form Centre opened on the newly built fourth storey on the Harrison building, followed in April 2018 by a new
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damaged the school on 27 July 1944, and though parts of the building were still usable, the operation of the school had to be split between four separate sites. Two of the sites were 'Winchester House' on Upper Tulse Hill and 'Courtlands' on Christchurch Road. The contract for rebuilding was signed
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The ability profile of the school is above the national average, with a proportion of pupils being far above the national average. The 2019 Independent Schools Inspectorate report awarded the school the highest grade in both categories inspected ('Excellent'): the quality of pupils' academic and
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inspected Streatham & Clapham High School in October 2019 and awarded the school the highest grade ("Excellent") in both categories inspected: the quality of pupils’ achievements and the quality of pupils’ personal development.
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The school is located on two sites, the Prep School in a Victorian building in Wavertree Road, London SW2, and the Senior School (including the Sixth Form) in buildings designed in the 1930s by
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in 1895, and the school was soon renamed Streatham Hill High School. In 1938 Streatham Hill merged with (but essentially took over) the older Clapham High School (established in 1875, with
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some girls were evacuated from London, while others continued their schooling in often difficult conditions. A
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for girls aged 3 to 18, in south London. The school was founded in 1887 by the
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as its first head), and was renamed 'Streatham Hill and Clapham High School'.
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in 1949, and then followed three years of demolition and reconstruction.
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other achievements and the quality of their personal development.
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