St Paul's Girls' School

St Paul's Girls' School is a private secondary school for girls in Hammersmith, London. It was started by the Worshipful Company of Mercers in 1904. High Mistresses The headmistress of St Paul's Girls' School is called the High Mistress. Frances Ralph Grey (d.1935), High Mistress 1903–1927 Ethel Strudwick (1880–1954), High Mistress 1927–1948, daughter of the Pre-Raphaelite painter John Melhuish Strudwick Margaret Osborn (1906–1985), High Mistress 1948–1963 Alison Munro (1914–2008), High Mistress 1964–1974 Heather Brigstocke, Baroness Brigstocke (1929–2004), High Mistress 1974–1989 Helen Elizabeth Webber Williams (born 1938), High Mistress 1989–1992 Janet Gough (born 1940), High Mistress 1993–1998 Elizabeth Mary Diggory (1945–2007), High Mistress 1998–2006 Clarissa Mary Farr (born 1958), High Mistress 2006–2017 Sarah Fletcher, High Mistress 2017–present Alumnae Arts Business Isabel dos Santos – wealthiest woman in Africa as of 2020 Grace Beverley – founder of Tala and Shreddy Culinary arts Thomasina Miers – chef and founder of Wahaca restaurant chain Henrietta Lovell – founder of the Rare Tea Company Education Eleanora Carus-Wilson – economic historian Sheila Forbes – former principal, St Hilda's College, Oxford Henrietta Harrison – professor of Modern Chinese Studies, University of Oxford Jessica Rawson – warden, Merton College, Oxford Barbara Reynolds – scholar Joan Robinson – economist Humanitarianism Myrtle Solomon – pacifist and former chair War Resisters' International Ruth Wyner – homeless charity director Law Sonia Proudman – High Court Judge Journalism and media Politics Jane Bonham Carter – Liberal Democrat peer Vicky Ford, Conservative MP and formerly MEP Harriet Harman – Labour MP, former Acting Leader of the Labour Party, former Leader of the Opposition and former Cabinet minister Susan Kramer – former Liberal Democrat MP Mavis Tate – Conservative MP and women's rights campaigner Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Conservative MP Jo Valentine, Baroness Valentine – member of the British House of Lords Eirene White, Baroness White – Labour Minister of State then life peer Shirley Williams – former Labour Education Secretary and co-founder of the Social Democratic Party Science Kate Bingham – venture capitalist Ruth Bowden – anatomist Caroline Deys – doctor Rosalind Franklin – scientist, research led to discovery of the structure of DNA Jean Ginsburg – physiologist, endocrinologist Christine Hamill – mathematician Kathleen Kenyon – archaeologist Irene Manton – botanist Sidnie Manton – entomologist Onora O'Neill – philosopher Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin – astronomer Catherine Peckham – doctor and scientist Joan Beauchamp Procter – zoologist, herpetologist Sport Kitty Godfree – tennis player Lara Prior-Palmer – equestrian Cecilia Robinson – cricket Zoe de Toledo – rowing Notable former staff Margaret Cole – socialist politician, former Classics teacher Gustav Holst – composer, pioneer of music education for girls Nicola LeFanu – director of music during the 1970s Clara Taylor – chemist and science teacher, 1913-1921 Controversy The school was in the news in November 2017 because of allegations of sexual abuse that happened from the 1970s to the 1990s. In November 2017, One teacher resigned vecause of the allegations. References Other websites Official School Website ISI Inspection Reports Profile on the ISC website Profile at The Good Schools Guide Profile Archived 2024-01-28 at the Wayback Machine at Tatler Schools Guide