St Helen's School

St Helen’s School London is a British independent private day school for girls aged three to eighteen in Northwood, North West London. It is associated with the Merchant Taylors’ Company and works in close collaboration with the local Merchant Taylors’ School in a range of areas.

St Helen’s School was founded by May Rowland Brown in 1899. Having been trained as a teacher at Cambridge Training College for Women, she began to teach at Northwood College, which at the time, refused to take in any students that were connected with trade.

St Helen’s school occupies a twenty-two acre greenfield site. St Helen’s School possesses grounds for many sporting activities. With seven tennis courts, two lacrosse pitches, dance Studio, swimming pool, gymnasium and fitness suite, the school has been able to offer an intensive physical education curriculum.

St Helen’s has regularly performed well in GCSE and A Levels examination league tables.^[5][6] In 2009 candidates achieved a 100% pass rate, all A*-C grades.^[7] In 2010 they achieved a 99% pass rate with 96% receiving all A*-B grades.^[8] In 2015, the school achieved some of its best results to date with 53% of entries graded A* and 84% graded A*-A.^[9] The pass rate was 99%.