North London Collegiate School

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{{short description|Independent day school for girls in London}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox school
| name = North London Collegiate School
| image = North_London_Collegiate_School_Logo.jpg
| caption =
| motto = in spe laboramus
| established = {{start date and age|1850}}
| closed =
| type = [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Private]] [[day school]] for girls in London<br/> [[Private school|Private]] [[coeducational]] [[boarding school]] in South Korea
| religion =
| president =
| head_label = Headmistress
| head = Vicky Bingham
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| r_head =
| chair_label = Chair of the Governors
| chair = Gabrielle Gower, OBE
| founder = [[Frances Mary Buss]]
| specialist =
| address = Canons Drive
| city = [[Edgware]]
| county = [[Middlesex]]
| country = England
| postcode = HA8 7RJ
| local_authority = [[London Borough of Harrow|Harrow]]
| dfeno = 310/6075
| urn =
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| staff =
| enrolment = 1,066 (2008)
| gender = Girls (UK), girls and boys (South Korea)
| lower_age = 4
| upper_age = 18
| houses = Angus, Lindsay, Gibbons, Collet, Aitken
| colours = Sky blue {{colour box|#58ACFA}} Brown {{colour box|#A66829}}
| publication =
| free_label_1 = Alumnae
| free_1 = [[#Notable alumnae|Old North Londoners (ONLs)]]
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| website = {{URL|https://www.nlcs.org.uk}}
}}

'''North London Collegiate School''' ('''NLCS''') is a [[independent school|private]] [[day school]] for girls in England. Founded in [[Camden Town]], it is now located in [[Edgware]], in the [[London Borough of Harrow]]. Associate schools are located in [[South Korea]], [[Jeju Island]], [[Dubai]], [[Vietnam]], and [[Singapore]], all of which are coeducational day and boarding schools offering the British curriculum. It is a member of the [[Girls' Schools Association]].

North London Collegiate School is consistently ranked among the top independent schools in the United Kingdom. In the 2025 edition of ''The Times Parent Power'' league table, NLCS was ranked within the top 10 schools overall in the UK, and among the top 3 girls’ schools nationally, based on academic results at GCSE and A-level.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-10 |title=NLCS ranked in the top 10 schools in the UK |url=https://www.nlcs.org.uk/news/nlcs-ranked-in-the-top-10-schools-in-the-uk/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=North London Collegiate School}}</ref>

==Location==
[[File:Canons Drive 90s.jpg|thumb|Canons Drive]]
North London Collegiate School is located at the western edge of Edgware near [[Canons Park]]. It is accessed by car through Canons Drive from Edgware's High Street. However both [[Stanmore tube station]] and [[Canons Park tube station]] are within walking distance.

==History==
North London Collegiate School was founded by [[Frances Buss]], a pioneer in girls' education. It is generally recognised as the first girls' school in the United Kingdom to offer girls the same educational opportunities as boys, and Miss Buss was the first person to use the term 'Headmistress'.{{citation needed|date=January 2010}}

The small school opened in 1850 at No.46. later renumbered No.12 [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]] Street, London.<ref>{{cite web|title=Secondary schooling |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/people-and-places/womens-history/visible-in-stone/secondary/ |publisher=english-heritage.org.uk| access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref>
Buss believed in the importance of home life and it remained a day school.<ref>Scrimgeour, Ruby Margaret, (ed.), The North London Collegiate School, 1850–1950: a hundred years of girls' education, (Oxford University Press),</ref> In 1929, the school bought [[Cannons (house)|Canons]], a modest villa built by William Hallett Esq, on the site of a palatial residence originally built in the early 18th century by the [[James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos|Duke of Chandos]], and relocated to the property (designed by [[Sir Albert Richardson]]) in 1940.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nlcs.org.uk/670/about-us/history-of-the-school/the-history-of-canons |title=The History of Canons |access-date=1 January 2016 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122175920/http://www.nlcs.org.uk/670/about-us/history-of-the-school/the-history-of-canons |archive-date=22 January 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nlcs.org.uk/357/about-us/history-of-the-school |title=History of the School |access-date=27 February 2016 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325210506/http://www.nlcs.org.uk/357/about-us/history-of-the-school |archive-date=25 March 2016 }}</ref>

Lucinda Elizabeth Shaw, mother to [[George Bernard Shaw]] was a director of music at the school, followed in 1908 by Lilian Manson, [[J.B. Manson]]'s wife. Her ambitious revival of [[Henry Purcell|Purcell]]'s ''[[Dido and Æneas|Dido and Aeneas]]'' in 1910 gained coverage in ''The Times''.<ref name=jbm7>Buckman, David (1973), ''James Bolivar Manson'', p. 9, Maltzahn Gallery Ltd, London.</ref>

The school introduced a house system in 2014, with the houses being named after noted past pupils. The houses have colours, and each house has two house captains amongst the pupils (a year 9 and a year 11), and a staff head of house.

Today the school caters to girls from ages 4 to 18. It comprises a Junior School (Reception to Year 6) and Senior School (Year 7–13). Former pupils are known as ONLs, short for ''Old North Londoners''. The uniform of North London Collegiate School is light blue and dark brown in colour, however uniform is not compulsory in sixth form.

The co-ed boarding North London Collegiate School Jeju opened in [[Seogwipo]], South Korea in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nlcs.org.uk/708/international/nlcs-jeju|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423074746/http://www.nlcs.org.uk/708/international/nlcs-jeju|url-status=dead|title= NLCS Jeju |archivedate=23 April 2015|website=www.nlcs.org.uk}}</ref> The school opened another international school in [[Singapore]] in August 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 May 2020|title=North London Collegiate School Singapore: The Newest British International School in Singapore|url=https://www.sassymamasg.com/north-london-collegiate-school-singapore-british-international-school/|access-date=19 May 2021|website=Sassy Mama|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Curriculum==
North London Collegiate is one of the most academically successful schools in England, having been placed in the top two in the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' exam league tables every year for over a decade.{{Clarify|date=September 2008}} It has been an [[International Baccalaureate]] World School since October 2003 .<ref>{{cite news|title=North London Collegiate School|url=http://www.tatler.com/guides/schools-guide/2012/public/north-london-collegiate-school|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704093205/http://www.tatler.com/guides/schools-guide/2012/public/north-london-collegiate-school|url-status = dead|archive-date=4 July 2012|publisher=[[Tatler (1901)|Tatler]]|date=March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = North London Collegiate School| work = IB World Schools| publisher = IBO| url = http://www.ibo.org/school/001482/ | access-date =22 May 2008 }}</ref> Girls may choose to take the traditional [[A Levels]] or the [[Cambridge Pre-U|Pre-U]] or the IB curriculum.

The girls are also encouraged to participate in non-academic pursuits. The [[Duke of Edinburgh Award]] scheme is available similarly to all independent schools. They may also take part in activities such as [[World Challenge Expeditions]], [[Young Enterprise]], [[Model United Nations]] and various community service projects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nlcs.org.uk/Clubs_Societies/index.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616035921/http://www.nlcs.org.uk/Clubs_Societies/index.php|url-status=dead|title=Extra Curricular Activities |archivedate=16 June 2012|website=www.nlcs.org.uk}}</ref>

==Alleged malpractice in deciding teacher-assessed grades==
In 2021 90% of its A-level entries got A* grades, whereas in 2019 the figure was only 34%. In December 2022 the Guardian revealed that the school had been the subject of an investigation by an A-level examination board into the teacher-assessed grades given to pupils in 2021. A spokesperson for NLCS claimed that there was no centre malpractice by the school. However, a whistleblower told the Guardian that the school had made decisions "that had little integrity, even though they appeared to be within the rules". <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Adams - |first1=Richard |date=24 December 2022 |title=London private school investigated over 'blanket' A or A* grades in 2021 A-levels |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/dec/24/north-london-collegiate-school-investigated-a-level-grades-2021-malpractice-allegations |journal=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref>

Teacher assessment grades replaced the formal exams that were cancelled due to Covid. <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Adams - |first1=Richard|date=24 December 2022 |title=London private school investigated over 'blanket' A or A* grades in 2021 A-levels |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/dec/24/north-london-collegiate-school-investigated-a-level-grades-2021-malpractice-allegations |journal=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref> North London Collegiate School was not the only private school under investigation. In 2021, the percentage of A* grades from English private schools was 39.5%, but only 16.1% in 2019.<ref>{{cite journal |last1= McCall|first1=Alastair |last2=Griffiths |first2=Sian|last3=Rodrigues|first3=Nick |date=5 February 2022 |title=Private schools 'gamed' Covid rules to give their pupils more top A-levels |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/private-schools-gamed-covid-rules-to-give-their-pupils-more-top-a-levels-6z0z6w9r5 |journal=The Sunday Times |access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref> Dr Jo Saxton, [[Ofqual]]’s chief regulator, confirmed in October 2022 that private schools were being investigated when she appeared before the education select committee.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.schoolmanagementplus.com/exams-qualifications/exam-boards-investigating-independent-schools-over-exam-malpractice/ | title=Independent schools investigated over grade malpractice | date=12 October 2022 }}</ref>

==Headmistresses==
[[file:Frances Mary Buss and Mrs Sophie Bryant.jpg|thumb|[[Frances Mary Buss]] and [[Sophie Bryant]] in 1900]]
*[[Frances Mary Buss]] (1850 – December 1894)<ref>The Book entitled ''The North London Collegiate School 1850 – 1950'' contains a black-and-white frontispiece portrait of Frances M Buss, with a printed signature – See bibliography for further detail of book</ref>
*[[Sophie Bryant]] (1895–1918)<ref name=Collegiate1>The book entitled ''The North London Collegiate School 1850 – 1950'' contains references in the index to this person and a black-and-white photographic plate with printed signature- See Bibliography for further detail of book</ref>
*Isabella Drummond (1918–1940, previously Head of [[Camden School for Girls|Camden School]])<ref name=Collegiate1/>
*Eileen Harold (1941–1944)<ref name=Collegiate2>The book entitled ''The North London Collegiate School 1850 – 1950'' contains references in the index to this person.</ref>
*Dame [[Kitty Anderson (headmistress)|Kitty Anderson]] (1945–1965)<ref name=Collegiate2/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/articleHL/30761?docPos=2&anchor=match|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography – subscription based|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
*Madeline McLauchlan (1965 – December 1985, previously at [[Henrietta Barnett School]])
*Joan Clanchy (1986–1997) previously Head of [[St George's School, Edinburgh]]
*Bernice McCabe (1997–2017, previously at [[Chelmsford County High School]])
*Sarah Clark (2018–2022, previously at [[Queen's School, Chester]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nlcs.org.uk/news/2018-01-08/NLCS-welcomes-new-Headmistress-Sarah-Clark |title=NLCS welcomes new Headmistress Sarah Clark |date=8 January 2018 |website=NLCS website |publisher=NLCS |access-date=24 January 2018}}</ref>
* Vicky Bingham (2023–present, previously at [[South Hampstead High School]]) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nlcs.org.uk/news/north-london-collegiate-school-appoints-vicky-bingham-as-new-headmistress/ | title=North London Collegiate School appoints Vicky Bingham as new Headmistress | date=November 2022 }}</ref>

==Notable alumnae==
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*[[Roma Agrawal]] (engineer)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nlcs.org.uk/international-schools/international-partnerships|title=Loading site please wait...|website=www.nlcs.org.uk|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[Barbara Amiel]] (journalist)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/barbara-amiel-farewell-my-lovely-400616.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/barbara-amiel-farewell-my-lovely-400616.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Barbara Amiel: Farewell, my lovely|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]|date=18 November 2007|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
* [[Peggy Angus]]<ref>James Russell, 'Angus, Margaret MacGregor [Peggy] (1904–1993)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2016 [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/109616]</ref>
*[[Agnes Arber]] [née Robertson] (1879–1960) (botanist)<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.rudischmid.com/arber/NLCS.html|title=AA & her milieus: North London Collegiate School for Girls|first=Mena|last=Schmid|website=www.rudischmid.com|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[Virginia Astley]] (musician){{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
*[[Alice Beer]] (TV presenter)<ref name="isbi"/>
*[[Alison Britton]] (ceramicist)<ref name="independent.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-peggy-angus-1501622.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-peggy-angus-1501622.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituary: Peggy Angus|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]|date=23 October 2011|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[Eleanor Bron]] (actress)<ref name="independent.co.uk1">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/how-to-be-top-its-girls-are-the-cream-of-north-london-and-its-academic-results-outstanding-so-are-1449023.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/how-to-be-top-its-girls-are-the-cream-of-north-london-and-its-academic-results-outstanding-so-are-1449023.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=How to be top: Its girls are the cream of north London and its|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]|date=22 October 2011|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[Sara Burstall]] (teacher, headmistress) (headmistress of [[Manchester High School for Girls]])<ref name="Gorham2012">{{cite book|author=Deborah Gorham|title=The Victorian Girl and the Feminine Ideal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cMTiNlFYLncC&pg=PA172|access-date=13 June 2018|date=9 October 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-62326-1|page=172}}</ref>
*[[Tanya Byron]] (psychologist){{Citation needed|date=December 2018}}
*[[Esther Cailingold]], fought with the Jewish forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and died of wounds received{{cn|date=May 2023}}
*[[Jo Coburn]] BBC political broadcaster<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nlcs.org.uk/old-north-londoners/onls-through-the-ages/jo-coburn|title=Jo Coburn|website=North London Collegiate School|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[Clara Collet]] (civil servant and promoter of women's education and employment)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2016/03/21/potter-collet-booth/|title=Beatrice Webb, Clara Collet and Charles Booth's Survey of London|date=21 March 2016|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[Gillian Cross]] (children's writer)<ref name="isbi">{{cite web|url=http://www.isbi.com/isbi-viewschool/1130-NORTH_LONDON_COLLEGIATE_SCHOOL.html|title=North London Collegiate School - Edgware, Middlesex - London - HA8 7RJ|first=isbi|last=schools|website=www.isbi.com|access-date=13 June 2018|archive-date=27 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927202936/http://www.isbi.com/isbi-viewschool/1130-NORTH_LONDON_COLLEGIATE_SCHOOL.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Anne Digby]] (novelist)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fidrabooks.com/publishing/digby.shtml|title=Fidra Books - Anne Digby|website=www.fidrabooks.com|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[Sophie Duker]] (comedian and writer)
*[[Jo Dunkley]] (Professor of Physics at Princeton University)<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131220256/https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/books/jo-dunkley-professor-our-universe-an-astronomers-guide-a4052746.html|archive-date=31 January 2019|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/books/jo-dunkley-professor-our-universe-an-astronomers-guide-a4052746.html|website=standard.co.uk|first=Katie|last=Law|year=2019|location=London|publisher=[[Evening Standard]]|title=Astrophysics professor Jo Dunkley on the complexities of the universe and her mission to get women into science}}</ref>
*[[Fenella Fielding]] (actress)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/culture/features/fenella-fielding-the-camp-vamp-carries-on-at-90-1.449351|title=Fenella Fielding: The camp vamp carries on at 90|date=30 November 2017|website=thejc.com}}</ref>
*[[Margaret Fingerhut]] (pianist)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.operamusica.com/artist/margaret-fingerhut/#biography|title=Margaret Fingerhut - Pianist|website=www.operamusica.com|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[Lindsey Fraser]] (Olympic athlete, Team GB diving coach)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londonpreprep.com/schools/girls/north-london-collegiate-school/|title=North London Collegiate School|website=London's Top Schools|date=30 September 2013|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[Caroline Sylvia Gabriel]] (artist)<ref name="BuckmanVol1">{{cite book|author=David Buckman|publisher=Art Dictionaries Ltd|year=2006|title=Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L |isbn=0-953260-95-X}}</ref>
*[[Dame Helen Gardner]] (academic/writer)<ref name="Famous ONLs">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nlcs.org.uk/history/hist-onl.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051217014911/http://www.nlcs.org.uk/history/hist-onl.shtml|url-status=dead|title=Famous ONLs |archivedate=17 December 2005|website=www.nlcs.org.uk}}</ref>
*[[Stella Gibbons]] (1902–1989) (novelist)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/206138/stella-gibbons|title=Stella Gibbons|website=www.penguin.co.uk}}</ref>
*[[Margaret Gilmore]] (former BBC correspondent)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-4000149|title=Gilmore, Margaret, (Mrs Eamonn Matthews) - WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|access-date=13 June 2018|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U4000149|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*[[Eleanor Graham]] (1896–1984) (publisher and children's writer)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://persephonebooks.co.uk/pages/eleanor-graham|title=Eleanor Graham|website=Persephone Books}}</ref>
*[[Noreena Hertz]] (b. 1967) (academic)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4722576/Adventures-of-a-high-flier.html|title=Adventures of a high flier|first=Cassandra|last=Jardine|date=30 March 2001|access-date=13 June 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>
*[[Caroline S. Hill]] (b. 1961) (scientist){{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
*[[Judith A. Hill]] (b.1959) (historian)
*[[Amy Horrocks]] (1867-1919) (composer)
*[[Gabrielle Howard]] (1876–1930) (plant physiologist)<ref name="Howard2012">{{cite book|author=Louise E Howard|title=Sir Albert Howard in India and The Earth's Green Carpet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uSWVAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA224|access-date=13 June 2018|year=2012|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-4716-2449-0|page=224}}</ref>
*[[Mary Vivian Hughes|Mary Vivian "Molly" Hughes]] (1866–1956) (writer, educator)<ref name="Gorham2012"/>
*[[Margaret Calkin James]] (1895–1985) (graphic designer and artist)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb73-aad%2F2010%2F11|title=Margaret Calkin James, graphic and textile designer : papers - Archives Hub|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[Emily Lawson|Dame Emily Lawson]] (head of the NHS [[COVID-19 vaccine]] programme)
*[[Lilian Lindsay]] [née Murray] (1871–1960) (first female dentist)<ref name="isbi"/><ref name="Famous ONLs"/>
*[[Jane Lunnon]] (born 1969, headmistress of [[Alleyn's School]])<ref>[https://www.kesw.org/staff/mrs-jane-lunnon/ Jane Lunnon], kesw.org, accessed 30 January 2021</ref>
* [[Ishbel MacDonald]]<ref>Hester Barron, 'MacDonald [married names Ridgley, Peterkin], Ishbel Allan (1903–1982)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2015 [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/107105]</ref>
* [[Sheila Lochhead|Sheila MacDonald Lochhead]]
*[[Anna Madeley]] (actress)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/nlcs1850/docs/nlcs_prospectus_single_pages|title=North London Collegiate School Prospectus|access-date=13 June 2018}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Marilyn Malin]], publisher, editor and literary agent<ref>{{cite web | last=Nissen | first=Jane | title=Marilyn Malin obituary | website=the Guardian | date=28 February 2022 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/28/marilyn-malin-obituary | access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>
*[[Judy Mallaber]] (MP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tes.com/news/class-97-take-reins|title=Class of 97 take up the reins - Tes News|website=www.tes.com|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[Jane March]] (actress)
*[[Jan Marsh]] (expert on pre-Raphaelites)<ref name="isbi"/>
*[[Katharine McMahon]] (author)
*[[Valerie Mendes]] (author)
*[[Margaret Meyer|Margaret Theodora Meyer]] (1862–1924) (mathematician)
*[[Jessie Millward]] (music hall artist)
*[[Susie Orbach]] (psychologist/journalist)<ref name="independent.co.uk1"/>
*[[Kate O'Toole (actress)|Kate O'Toole]] (actress)
*[[Ruth Padel]] (poet)
*[[Pat Phillips]] (diplomat, ambassador)
*[[Myfanwy Piper]] [née Evans] (1911–1997) (librettist)
*[[Jessie Pope]] (1868–1941) (poet)
*[[Anna Popplewell]] (actress)
*[[Catherine Alice Raisin]] (1855–1945) (geologist and educationist)
*[[Louie Ramsay]] (actress)
*[[Esther Rantzen]] (television personality)<ref name="independent.co.uk1"/>
*[[Ethel Sargant]] (1863–1918) (botanist)<ref name="auto"/>
*[[Victoria Sharp]] (President of the [[King's Bench Division]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/graduation/honorary-degrees/hondeg14/sharp.html|title = Rt Hon. Lady Justice Sharp, DBE}}</ref>
*[[Stevie Smith]] (1902–1971) (poet)<ref name="spectator.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2014/09/escape-from-the-hothouse/|title=Escape from the hothouse - The Spectator|date=6 September 2014|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[Marie Stopes]] (1880–1958)([[paleobotany|palaeobotanist]],birth control advocate)<ref name="Famous ONLs"/>
*[[Netta Syrett]] (1865–1943) (novelist and playwright)
*[[Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor]] (1879–1966) (geographer and historian of science)
*[[Gillian Tett]] (journalist)<ref>[http://www.nlcs.org.uk/767/old-north-londoners/news-and-notables/accomplished-onls Accomplished ONLS – Distinguished ONLS List] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507070031/http://www.nlcs.org.uk/767/old-north-londoners/news-and-notables/accomplished-onls |date=7 May 2014 }} Publisher: ''North London Collegiate School''. Retrieved 23 February 2014.</ref>
*[[Angela Tilby]] (author, Anglican priest and Canon Emeritus at [[Christ Church, Oxford]])<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1045195502474711040|user=AngelaTilby|title=I walked past this lake every day between 1961 and 1968 as a pupil at North London Collegiate School. Lovely reunio… |date=27 September 2018}}</ref>
*[[Clotilde von Wyss]] (nature educator)
*[[Natasha Walter]] (writer)<ref name="isbi"/>
*[[Olivia Wayne]] (news presenter)<ref>{{cite news|title=Old North Londers — ONL Profiles: Olivia Wayne|url=http://www.nlcs.org.uk/old-north-londoners/onl-profiles/olivia-wayne|publisher=North London Collegiate School}}</ref>
*[[Judith Weir]] (composer)
*[[Rachel Weisz]] (actress)<ref name="spectator.co.uk"/>
*[[Anna Wintour]] (fashion journalist; editor of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'')<ref name="isbi"/>
*[[Frances Wood]] (historian)
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==Notable former staff==
*[[Edith Aitken]] (founding head of Pretoria High School for Girls<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phsg.org.za/ |title=Pretoria High School for Girls |access-date=24 January 2018}}</ref>)
*[[Peggy Angus]] (artist, tile and wallpaper designer), teacher 1947-70<ref name="independent.co.uk"/>
* [[Edward Aveling]], teacher of elementary physics and botany (1872–1876)<ref>C. A. Creffield, 'Aveling, Edward Bibbens (1849–1898)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/40929]</ref>
* [[Hannah Robertson (educationist)|Hannah Robertson]], led middle school, later tutor of women at [[University of Leeds|Leeds University]] from 1905 to 1921.<ref>{{Cite ODNB |title=The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |date=2004-09-23 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48704 |pages=ref:odnb/48704 |editor-last=Matthew |editor-first=H. C. G. |access-date=2023-03-27 |place=Oxford |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/48704 |editor2-last=Harrison |editor2-first=B.}}</ref>

==Bibliography==

* ''The North London Collegiate School 1850–1950: A Hundred Years of Girls' Education'' Includes 'Essays in honour of the Frances Mary Buss Foundation' together with an appendix section that includes [[Royal Patrons]], The School [[Prospectus (university)|Prospectus]], Prize Day List, Links to [[Girton College]] and the [[University of London]], and regulations concerning Prefects and Monitors. Published by OUP ([[Oxford University Press]]) in 1950 with 231 pages, including the index. (No author or Editor)<ref>Detail obtained from a copy of ''The North London Collegiate School 1850–1950''</ref>
*"And Their Works Do Follow Them" by Watson, Nigel London, James & James, 2000 {{ISBN|0907383300}}
* {{cite book|chapter=Schools: The North London Collegiate School|title=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|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol1/pp308-310|editor1-first=J S|editor1-last=Cockburn|editor2-first=H P F|editor2-last=King|editor3-first=K G T|editor3-last=McDonnell|date=1969|pages=308–310|publisher=[[Victoria County History]] (via [[British History Online]])}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090711154911/http://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/school/north-london-collegiate-school.html Profile] on [[The Good Schools Guide]]
*[[Independent Schools Inspectorate|ISI]] Inspection [http://www.isi.net/schools/6736/ Reports]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120822161941/http://www.mydaughter.co.uk/schools-directory/north-london-collegiate-school/ Profile] on [[MyDaughter]]
*[https://www.nlcsinternational.co.uk NLCS International Ltd.]

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