History Timeline

• 1905

  Miss Alice Hum welcomes 12 pupils to her School at No. 1 Osborne Road, N13.

• 1907

  A second house next door is taken and Miss Tempest joins the staff. Boys move to Avondale Hall in Hoppers Road

• 1918

  Roll grows to 300 pupils and boys school phased out. Palmers Green High School for Girls takes over Avondale Hall

• 1928

  Alice Humm passes away at the age of 53.

• 1929

  Miss L.M Levesley and Miss G.M Elvidge become joint Headmistresses of the school.

• 1939

  Boys join the school as Keble School for Boys is used for the war effort.

• 1959

  Mrs E.A Agnew becomes Headmistress.

• 1960s

  Science block added.

• 1973

  Miss C.B Miller becomes Headmistress.

• 1978

  Miss J.F Baker becomes Headmistress.

• 1985

  Mrs A.F.E Woodings becomes Headmistress.

• 1989

  Mrs S. Grant becomes Headmistress.

• 2002

  Mrs J.C Edmundson becomes Headmistress.

• 2004

  Elizabeth Smith Hall constructed.

• 2005

  PGHS celebrates its 100th Anniversary with a celebratory Founder's Day Service at St John's Church.

• 2015

  PGHS celebrates its 110th Anniversary with a celebratory Founder's Day Service at St John's Church.

• 2017

  Mrs W.J Kempster becomes Headmistress.

• 2023

  Ms S Proudlove becomes Headmistress.

• 2004

  Elizabeth Smith Hall constructed.

• 2025

  PGHS celebrates its 120th Anniversary with a celebratory Founder's Day Service at St John's Church.