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Commemorating the Holocaust

SCHS girls took part in a range of memorial and learning events in the week leading up to Holocaust Memorial Day. They attended a special talk with a genocide survivor, visited the Imperial War Museum’s new exhibition and performed a concert at Lambeth’s Memorial Service. GUEST SPEAKER: DR AGNUS GRUNWALD-SPIER Author, speaker, Holocaust survivor and GDST…

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Guest Speaker Inspires Courage and Determination at SCHS

Author and journalist Chine McDonald spoke at the Senior School about her career, including how she learnt to navigate racism and misogyny in journalism, a predominantly white-male industry. 'It was inspirational to hear. Her resilience and strength, from being told she couldn’t make it far in journalism because she was a black woman, to her attending meetings…

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Prep Welcomes Artist-in-Residence

Rebecca Kent, artist, art educator, and GDST alumna, took up residence in her new studio space in the Prep School. Sharing expertise and inspiration as a professional artist with our Prep girls, Ms Kent will create art side-by-side with school's pupils in our dedicated art facilities. Ms Emily Gopaul, Prep Head of Art, explains 'This is…

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Festive Performances Create Holiday Cheer All Round

Over 800 girls, staff, and parents congregated in Southwark Cathedral in December to celebrate the season with our annual Service of Nine Lessons and Carols. Six different choral groups – including the Prep’s Chamber Choir and two other young singing ensembles starting in Year 3 – joined our Senior musicians. Performing in a range of…

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Streatham & Clapham Alumna Publishes ‘Vital Exploration of the Lived Experience of Racism’

Professor Nicola Rollock, SCHS Class of ’91, recently held a book launch for her first solo publication The Racial Code: Tales of Resistance and Survival, within which she ‘lays bare the pain and cost of navigating everyday racism – and compels us to reconsider how to truly achieve racial justice’. Speaking at SCHS for International…

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SCHS Brings Home GDST Tennis Shield For First Time

For 125 years, tennis players representing their schools within the GDST have battled to secure the coveted shield to display within their school. For the first time since the tournament’s inception in 1897, our tennis team blew away its opposition in the annual tournament to secure the prize for SCHS. Three pairs from each competing…

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Chamber Choir Sing Belgium’s Praises

Over the summer, 31 students represented Streatham & Clapham on a concert tour of Ghent and Bruges. ‘Belgium was an unforgettable experience’ says Sophie (U5) ‘the highlight had to be singing in the amazing cathedral and churches where the acoustics were incredible’. The choir’s first performance was in St. Michael’s Church, Ghent. ‘A wonderful experience…

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Reflections in a Time of Mourning

by Mrs Isabel Tobias, Executive Head It is strange how significant moments in our own lives sometimes map on to big historical or political events. I was five days into my new headship when the Twin Towers were attacked, and I found myself leading the whole school in recognition of the terrible impact. And that…

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Gaining Desired University Places

Ms Sophia Potter, Assistant Head (Sixth Form) comments: As things stand, 80% of the cohort secured a place at their firm choice university and 88% at either their firm or insurance choice. In addition to some of the success stories we’ve highlighted today, we also commend and celebrate our students who have shown tenacity and resilience…