Palmers Green High School is a private girls' day school located in Hoppers Road, Palmers Green, North London. It consists of four divisions: The Alice Nursery (ages 3–4), Preparatory (Years 1-2), Junior School (Years 3-6) and the Senior School. It does not have a sixth form.

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Palmers Green High School
Address
104 Hoppers Road Palmers Green London , N21 3LJ England
Coordinates	51.6261°N 0.1042°W / 51.6261; -0.1042
Information
Type	Private day school
Motto	By Love Serve One Another
Religious affiliation(s)	Quaker
Established	1905
Founder	Alice Hum
Local authority	Enfield
Department for Education URN	102061 Tables
Head teacher	Sarah Proudlove
Gender	Girls
Age	3 to 16
Enrolment	320~
Colour(s)	Blue (Navy), Pink
Website	http://www.pghs.co.uk/

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The school was founded by Alice Hum, who belonged to the Society of Friends, on 8 May 1905 in 1 Osborne Road, Palmers Green with twelve pupils, eight of whom were in the Kindergarten. In 1907, it expanded by taking the adjoining house on Green Lanes. After a third house was taken, the boy pupils were moved to Avondale Hall, which had been used as a school for girls from 1909-1910.

In 1918, by which time it had 300 pupils and the Boys' School had been phased out, it moved to its current site, Avondale Hall, in Hoppers Road. It has since been extended on that site.^[1]

After the outbreak of the Second World War, it continued to provide full-time education and temporarily shared its site with its co-foundation Keble School.

Palmers Green is a selective school and the selection process includes assessment, which is in the form of an examination for the senior school, and an interview. A documentary film with the title 'Modern Times: Testing Times' was produced in 1997, showing how some families approached this selection process.^[2]

Palmers Green is one Enfield's top performing independent schools.^[3][4] In 2013 PGHS was No.1 in the Sunday Times Parent Power League Table for Small Independent Schools for the fourth year running. The Lower School, R-year 6, is in the top 50 independent prep schools in the country. The School made the top 100 schools in the country in terms of GCSE results.^[5]

The Nursery for girls from 3–4 years of age is on a separate site. The Preparatory and Junior Departments for girls from four to eleven and the Senior School for girls up to sixteen years old are on the main site.

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