Nimmo was born in
South Hackney in 1850. She was educated at home until she attended in 1865,
Bedford College in London. She travelled and studied and in 1875 she began teaching at
Notting Hill High School for Girls, but she left in 1878 as
University College London were allowing women to study for a degree. She obtained her "B.A." in 1881. Nimmo organised the school moving to Handsworth where it has merged with two others designed a building with a number of specialist areas which included the library and the "playroom" (a whole school common-room). By 1915 the school rol1 was 460. The school's science and gymnastics facilities were poor but the school sent many on to universities. Nimmo retired in 1915 but she kept in contact with school. She gave a speech at the open day in 1920 which was said to have killed an idea of allowing the King Edward Schools to be administered by the
Local Education Authority. She moved to
Gerrards Cross and died in 1938. == References ==