Highbury Fields School

The predecessor to Highbury Hill School was founded in 1844 by the Home and Colonial School Society. It followed the educational ideas introduced to England by Charles and Elizabeth Mayo with the school based on Gray's Inn Road. In 1863, it became a single-sex school for girls, renamed the Mayo School. In 1894, the school moved to Highbury Hill House and was renamed Highbury Hill School. The school buildings were extended in 1899, and additional premises for a nursery and a training college were acquired on Highbury Hill and Highbury New Park. London County Council took over the school in 1928, rebuilding it on the Highbury Hill site. During World War II, it was evacuated to Huntingdon Grammar school, now Hinchingbrooke School. ==Notable former pupils==

• Little Simz, actress, rapper and singer • Kemi Adeosun former Minister of Finance Nigeria Highbury Hill High School • Edith Clara Batho, Principal of Royal Holloway College, University of London from 1945 to 1962 • Michelle Collins, EastEnders well-known actress, who played Cindy Beale, and Stella Price in Coronation Street • Eileen Hickman-Smith, artist • Mary Kerridge, actress • Andrea Levy, novelist • Sandy Ratcliff, EastEnders actress who played Sue Osman, expelled at the age of 12 ==References==