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Channing School
Channing School
Org 1: GSA
Org 2: IAPS
 
Description: Channing School
The Bank, Highgate, London, N6 5HF
Telephone: 020 8340 2328 (School Office)
020 8340 2719 (Bursar)
Email:
Website: www.channing.co.uk
Instagram: @channing_school
Open events: www.channing.co.uk/admissions/open-days/
Key dates: Please see the website for term dates:
www.channing.co.uk/about-us/term-dates/
Age Range: Pre-Prep/Infants, Prep/Junior to 11, Senior to 18
Day or Boarding: Day, Day Only
Gender: Girls
Exams offered: A Level, GCSE
Scholarships Tick: Academic, Art, Music
Bursaries and discounts: New entrant bursary, Existing pupil bursary/hardship award
Scholarships and bursaries – further details
Channing School
www.channing.co.uk
 
 
Why is Channing such a special school? Is it because we are one of only a handful of Unitarian schools in the world? Is it our location in Highgate, with easy access to all that London has to offer? Is it our unique evidence-based philosophy of developing Fearless Learners in the Senior School, or the captivating Channing Characters who permeate life in the Junior School? Or is it the extraordinary outcomes these experiences provide for each girl at Channing?
We are proud of our academically challenging and balanced curriculum, delivered by committed staff through inspirational teaching and the innovative use of technology. This is enhanced by a co-curricular program of activities, trips, and speakers designed to broaden the mind. What truly sets us apart are our Unitarian values of free thinking, acceptance and inclusivity, encapsulated in the Channing Promise of kindness and respect.
We encourage independent thinking and learning, and our students enjoy studying a wide range of subjects. They leave to take up places at top universities, with many happy memories of their time here. Many return later in their careers to support the next generation of Channing girls as they embark on their journeys into the wider world.
Number of pupils. 1,020.
The School is situated in Highgate Village in attractive grounds, and offers a balanced education combining a traditional academic curriculum with modern educational developments. The complex of old and new buildings has been constantly adapted to provide up-to-date facilities, and there are strong links with the local community and local schools.
Girls usually take nine or ten subjects to GCSE and there is a wide range of A level choices, including Physics, Further Maths, Politics and Theatre Studies. The Junior School has its own building – the elegant family home of Sir Sydney Waterlow, one-time Lord Mayor of London – set in spacious gardens, and is notable for its happy and secure atmosphere.
Most girls learn at least one musical instrument and there are frequent concerts and theatrical productions. The school is fortunate in its gardens, open space and its facilities. The school has invested £13 million in new facilities including a Sixth Form Centre with bespoke study facilities, a state-of-the-art Sports Centre, a Music School and a magnificent Performing Arts Theatre.
Entry is by assessment at 4+, an examination/assessment and interview at 11+ and predicted GCSE results and interview at 16+. In addition, entry is subject to a satisfactory report from the applicant's current school. Entry assessments for occasional vacancies that arise for other years are age appropriate.
Further information can be obtained from the School prospectus and the Sixth Form prospectus available from the Registrar and the school website (www.channing.co.uk).
Scholarships and bursaries. At Channing, we have always done our best to ensure that girls who would benefit from an education at the School are not excluded for financial reasons. We offer means-tested financial support with the payment of school fees to parents/guardians who would otherwise be unable to afford them. These bursaries may be awarded in the form of a discount of up to 100% on tuition fees, depending on the financial circumstances of applicants. All candidates who sit the 11+ entrance examination are automatically considered for a Year 7 Academic Scholarship. They do not need to make a separate application. To be considered for a Sixth Form Academic Scholarship, candidates (including current pupils) must sit the Sixth Form Academic Scholarship exam which takes place in November of every year. Music Scholarships are offered at 11+ and 16+. These cover up to 50% of the tuition fees and lessons in school on one instrument for a year (renewable). Art Scholarships are offered to Sixth Form entrants based on submission of a portfolio of work. Bursaries are offered at 11+ and 16+. Please see the school website for further details.
Fees (2024-2025). Junior School: £7,990 per term, £23,970 per annum; Senior School: £8,830 per term, £26,490 per annum.
Charitable status. Channing House Incorporated is a Registered Charity, number 312766.
 
Governors & Staff:
 
Governors:
Mrs L Leigh, BA Hons Manchester, FCA (Chair)
Mr J Alexander, FCA, MA
Rev D Costley, BA Open
Mrs L Cristie, BA Bristol
Mr R Hirji, MBA Manchester
Mrs C Hulme-McKibbin, BEd Hons Cantab
Mr D Oliver, M Phil Oxon
Mrs P Peck
Mr S Prior, MBA Oxon, BSc Hons Reading
Mrs A Rentoul, CIMA BPP, BA Hons
Ms B Rentoul, MA Yale
Dr A Sutton, MRCGP
Mr K Van Der Sande
 
Senior School Staff:
Senior Leadership Team:
Headmistress: Mrs L Huges, BA Warwick
Deputy Head: Mr F Meier, MA London
Deputy Head (Academic): Ms J Newman, MA UCL
Assistant Head: Co-Curricular: Mrs G Bhamra-Burgess, MSc SOAS
Geography, Assistant Head, Teaching and Learning: Mr A Boardman, BA Hons Durham
Director of Communications, Marketing & Development: Ms R Fox, BA Hons UEA
Assistant Head, Director of Digital Learning and Technology: Mr D Grossman, BSc Hons Manchester
Bursar & Clerk to the Governors: Mr R Hill, CIMA
Director of Social Impact: Ms J Kung, BA USYD, Australia, DipEd MU, Australia
Head of Sixth Form: Mrs J Tomback, MA London
 
Senior School Academic Staff:
*Head of Department
 
Art
*Mr A Haworth, MA RCA
Mr P Gittins, BA Wolverhampton (*PSHE and Wellbeing)
Ms H Goodhall, PGCE
Ms C Harmer, MA Central Saint Martins, UAL [maternity cover]
Ms S Mackie, BA Oxon (Inclusion Coordinator) [part-time]
Miss E Ward, MA (UWA) Western Australia (History of Art) [part-time]
Careers
*Ms N Wilberforce, BA Oxon (Head of Careers & HE)
Classics
*Ms Z Cannell, BA Oxon
Ms I Walker, BA Bristol (Head of House)
Ms A Kennedy, BA UCL
Miss R McNamara, MPhil Cantab
Computer Science
*Mr M Holmes, BSc Hons City
Ms V Sequeira, BSc Hons India (TeenTech Coordinator)
Drama and Theatre
*Ms J Hill, BA Hons Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Miss L Vince, BA Hons Kingston (Head of House)
Economics
*Mr X Matjilla, BSc University of Birmingham
Mrs G Bhamra-Burgess, MSc SOAS (Assistant Head: Co-Curricular)
Ms J Newman, MA UCL (Deputy Head Academic)
English
*Ms K Wilkinson, BA East Anglia
Miss S Donington, MA Leeds (Second in English)
Ms S Beenstock, BA Leeds [part-time]
Ms C Grierson, BA Hons Oxon
Dr E Hayward, BA UOL, MA UoL, PhD UoL
Mrs H Kanmwaa, BA Oxon
Ms C McGovern, MPhil Trinity College Dublin [part-time]
Geography
*Mrs S Blake, BSc Bristol, MA London [part-time]
Mr A Boardman, BA Hons Durham (Assistant Head: Teaching and Learning)
Mr D Pelton, BA Hons Sheffield Hallam [part-time]
Mrs S Walker, BA Durham (Humanities, Sustainability Coordinator)
History
*Mr G Raine, BA St Thomas, MA Windsor
Mrs W Devine, BA Reading (Head of Politics, History, MUN Coordinator)
Mrs L Hughes, BA Warwick (Headmistress)
Ms J Kung, BA USYD, Australia, DipEd MU, Australia (Director of Partnerships and HE) [Sabbatical Leave]
Mr P Martini-Phillips, BA Hons Leicester (Assistant Head of Sixth Form, History, Politics)
Ms M Feeney, BA UCL, MA UCL (History/Politics) [part-time]
Library
Miss I Ramsden, MA Oxon, MSc City University of London (Senior School Librarian)
Mrs M Levontine, LLB Hons VUW (Library Assistant) [part-time]
Mathematics
*Mrs H Wootton, BSc Exeter
Ms T Cooper, MEng Imperial (Second in Mathematics, STEM Coordinator)
Mr G Bowman, BSc Nottingham
Mr P Daurat, MA Essex
Miss G Hadley, BSc Leeds
Mrs A William-Gauntlett, PGCE Canterbury Christ Church University
Miss C Williams, BSc West of England (Psychology/Head of House)
Mrs R Williams, BSc Hons UCL (Assistant Head of Sixth Form, Young Enterprise Coordinator)
Ms M Yun, BSc London (Duke of Edinburgh Manager, EAL Coordinator)
Modern Foreign Languages
*Ms E Pavlopoulos, LLB Kings/Paris I, MA Ed Open (Head of German)
Ms J Becker, BA Oxon (Head of French and Spanish)
Miss A Romero-Wiltshire, BA Nottingham (Head of French) [part-time]
Mrs C Garrill, BA Leicester (Head of Year 7 and Secondary Transition, French, Politics)
Ms J Gomez, MA Sussex (Spanish, French, Acting Head of Spanish)
Mrs B Hernandez, BA Hons Alicante, Spain (Spanish, French) [part-time]
Mr F Meier, MA London (Deputy Head)
Ms A Rozieres, MA Grenoble, France (French) [part-time]
Ms C Loosli, BA University of Sheffield (German and French)
Mrs D Zuluaga de la Cruz, MA Valenciennes, France (French) [part-time]
Music
*Mr P Boxall, GRSM, ARCO Royal Academy of Music (Director of Music)
Mr F Fallon, MA Maynooth [part-time]
Miss L Zanardo, MEd Open, BA, BMus Ed Australia, Grad Dip Australia (Assistant Director of Music, Head of Year 11)
Physical Education
*Miss K Nelson, BSc Brunel (Director of Sport, Teacher in Charge of Netball/Ast Head PSHE)
Ms S Della-Porta, BEd Wollongong, Australia (Head of Year 10)
Miss R Lindsay, BA Arts Dance/BA of Education UNSW Australia (Head of Year 9)
Miss E Gibbins, BA Durham (Teaching Apprentice)
Mr M Garnett, BA Hons Staffordshire (Teacher in Charge of Football)
Ms A Adebayo, DET Canterbury Christ Church University (Teacher of PE and Football)
Miss K MacCallum, Bachelor's Degree University At Albany (PE Graduate Assistant)
Psychology
*Mr P Starr, MSc Middlesex
Miss C Williams, BSc West of England (Maths)
Mr K Hamilton, BSc University of Hull
Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
*Mr G Headey, MA Kent (Head of House – Sharpe)
Ms D Kiff, MA Kings College London (Philosophy)
SEN
*Mrs M Gardiner, BA Hons SENDCO A1, CCET
Ms J Hawker, BA Middlesex (Senior School SENCO)
Ms K Cronk, BA New York (Learning Support Assistant)
Science
*Dr C Spinks, PhD Manchester (Head of Science and Chemistry)
Mr S Frank, BSc Birmingham (Head of Biology)
Mr R Daw, PGCE Durham (Head of Physics)
Miss S-L Fung, BSc Coventry (Physics)
Mr D Grossman, BSc Hons Manchester (Assistant Head: Director of Digital Learning and Technology)
Miss E Hillier, BSc Durham (Partnerships Coordinator)
Mr R Jacobs,BA Oxon (Physics) [part-time]
Ms R Mohabeer, BSc Kings (Chemistry, Head of Year 8)
Ms N Quow, MA Oxon, MSc City London (Chemistry, Year 7&8 Science Coordinator) [part-time]
Ms L Rao, PGCE (Chemistry)
Mrs D Shoham, MSc LSHTM (Biology) [part-time]
Junior School Staff:
Head of Junior School: Miss D Hamalis, BEd Hons
Deputy Head: Mr J Entwisle, BSc Hons, PGCE
Deputy Head Academic: Miss R McGinnety, BA Hons, PGCE
Assistant Head Co-Curricular: Miss D Wright, BA Hons, PGCE
Head of Early Years & Key Stage 1: Mrs M Brant, BPA Hons, PGCE
Head of Key Stage 2: Miss S Kitsis, BSc, PGCE
Form Teachers:
Mrs M Brant, BPA Hons, PGCE (Form Teacher Reception/Senior Team)
Miss A Humphries, BA, PGCE (Form Teacher Reception)
Miss A Alfaro, MA, PGCE (Form Teacher Year 1/EY&KS1 Maths Lead)
Miss S McHard, BA, PGCE (Form Teacher Year 1/EY&KS1 English Lead)
Mrs S Canning, BA Hons, PGCE (Form Teacher (Year 2)/Science Lead)
Ms E Merritt, BEd (Form Teacher (Year 2)/PSHE Lead)
Miss C Robertson, BA, PGCE (Form Teacher (Year 2)/Philosophy Lead)
Miss A Frost, BEd (Form Teacher (Year 3)/History Lead)
Mr L Janes, BEd (Form Teacher (Year 3)/Computing Lead)
Mr C Rich, MA, PGCE (Form Teacher (Year 4)/Forest School & Sustainability Lead)
Miss D Wright, BA Hons, PGCE (Form Teacher (Year 4)/Senior Team)
Miss S Kitsis, BSc, PGCE (Form Teacher (Year 5)/Senior Team)
Miss S Snowdowne, BA Hons, PGCE (Form Teacher (Year 5)/Geography Lead)
Ms Davari, BA Hons, PGCE (Form Teacher (Year 6)/KS2 Maths Lead)
Mr J Westerman, BA, MA (Form Teacher (Year 6)/KS2 English Lead)
Specialist & General Teachers:
Miss C Bolton, BA (Head of Sport)
Mrs G Castle, BA Hons, PGCE (PE Teacher/Junior Duke Lead)
Mr R Fellows, BSc Hons, PGCE (Art and Design Technology Lead)
Miss R Jackson, BA Hons, MA (SENCO)
Ms J Kilanko, BA Hons, PGCE, MA, Dip OCR SpLD (Learning Support Teacher)
Ms A Jimenez, BA Hons, PGCE, Languages (Spanish & French Lead & Inclusion Lead)
Mrs L Lynch, BA Hons, PGCE (Drama Lead)
Mrs M Munro, MA Primary Ed (Head of Music)
Miss R Baker, BSc, PGCE (General Teacher)
Mrs G Eliad, BA, PGCE (General Teacher)
Miss K Marshall, MSc, PGCE (General Teacher/Junior Duke Lead)
Mrs K Miller, BA Hons, PGCE (General Teacher/Science Lead)
Miss D Parmar, BEd Hons (General Teacher/RE Lead)