- Founded in 1911, HBS, in Hampstead Garden Suburb, is consistently one of the top state schools in the country. Built on the principle that education should be open to girls from different backgrounds to study and learn together and from each other, it became an academy in 2012.
- Extracurricular clubs include animation, art and design technology, beginners’ Sanskrit, biology, book club, current affairs, economics, French debating, gardening, LGBT+, Greek, green team, creative writing and robotics. Students can sign up for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in Year 10.
- There is a strong alumnae organisation. Former pupils include the life peers Baroness Altmann and Baroness Evans and Munira Wilson, the Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham.
- HBS has opened a health and wellbeing centre and students are offered one-to-one mentoring and access to counselling.
- London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (Lamda) qualifications are offered up to the sixth form.
Results
A-level 2024 rank: 1=
Grade
%
A*
43
A
38.4
B
13.8
A*/A
81.4
A*-B
95.2
GCSE 2024 rank: 1
Grade
%
A*/9/8
89.8
A/7
7.1
A*/A/9/8/7
96.9