Lady Eleanor Holles

Independent

National rank

11

55

Rank last year

94.9%

A-level

A-level

A*-B

96.8%

GCSE

GCSE

A*/A/9/8/7

Independent School of the Year in London 2025

Need to know

Head teacher

Rowena Cole

Gender of entry

Girls

Total pupils

1,010 (7-18)

Head teacher

Rowena Cole

Gender of entry

Girls

Total pupils

1,010 (7-18)

Head teacher

Rowena Cole

Gender of entry

Girls

Total pupils

1,010 (7-18)

UK day fees per term*

£8,685 (11-18)

*Fee correct as of November 21, 2024
Our methodology
Results

A-level 2024 rank: 20=

Grade

%

A*

37

A

40.6

B

17.3

A*/A

77.6

A*-B

94.9

GCSE 2024 rank: 8

Grade

%

A*/9/8

88.6

A/7

8.2

A*/A/9/8/7

96.8

What the school inspection says

Date of report
2022
Verdict
Excellent
“The school aims to provide an environment that offers support, opportunity, challenge and friendship so that pupils are encouraged to take risks, become bold and discover their passions and talents. Pupils are highly positive in their attitudes to learning and development, displaying lively interest and curiosity … The assiduous self-discipline and high expectations pupils have of themselves and the resilience that is shown to improve skills, learning and contribution to academic work and support for one another, is notable. Pupils are open-minded and interested, seeing the diversity of backgrounds within the school community as a key pillar of its ethos.”
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About the school

  • One of the oldest girls’ schools in the country, LEH is named after the daughter of the 2nd Earl of Clare. Her will allowed its foundation in 1710.
  • The school’s motto is Spes audacem adjuvat (“hope favours the bold”).
  • The original 18th-century school was in central London, on the site now occupied by the Barbican. After a move to Hackney, it relocated in 1937 to Hampton, its present site, which has 24 acres of green space.
  • Many pupils compete in sports at a national level. Rowing is a particular strength: Lady Eleanor Holles Boat Club shares the Millennium Boat House on the Thames with nearby Hampton School.
  • Former pupils include the journalist Lynn Barber and the Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale.
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