Head’s Welcome
It is an enormous privilege to be Head of this wonderful school, which is celebrating educating girls for 120 years. All sections of Palmers Green High School, from the Preps (Reception to Year 2) through to the Seniors, enjoy being part of our ‘one school’ community.
Throughout, small class sizes and excellent teaching enable rapid progress, and I particularly enjoy seeing how our exciting extra-curricular activities encourage our girls to develop into well-rounded individuals. Preps use the same facilities as the GCSE pupils in some subjects e.g. Art, Music, PE and D&T, and Year 5 and 6 enjoy Science in the laboratories.
Lower School classes from Reception through to Year 6 benefit hugely from the encouragement and expertise of our class teachers and teaching assistants. Light and airy classrooms and access to Senior School facilities all lead to an inspirational learning environment. This is enriched by specialist teaching in Art, Design & Technology, Drama, French, Spanish, Music and PE – frequently in half class groups.
In the Senior School, class sizes drop to an average of only 10 at GCSE, and a broad range of extra-curricular activities enriches the girls’ experience. Girls excel in a wide range of sports, due in part to the excellent facilities available to us at The Walker Ground, Southgate and Southbury Leisure Centres. In 2024, the School’s overall percentage of GCSEs at grades 9-8 was a super 44% and 9-7 a fantastic 72%, placing our pupils amongst the top performers in the country, leading the Sunday Times Parent Power Guide to award us with Independent 11-16 Secondary School of the Year in 2025.
Former pupils enjoy coming back to share their news with recent leavers following Sixth Form courses at Henrietta Barnett School, St Michael’s, The Latymer, Dame Alice Owen’s School, King’s College Mathematical School, Woodhouse Sixth Form, North London Collegiate, Aldenham School, Downe House, Headington and Roedean. Older leavers are enjoying their courses at university, including Cambridge, Oxford, UCL, King’s London, Exeter, Nottingham and Leeds.
I encourage you to visit us for a tour at your earliest opportunity to see for yourselves how we enact our School motto which has shaped us for 120 years – ‘By Love Serve One Another’.
Ms Sarah Proudlove
Head
