Susan Bartholomew

Godolphin and Latymer

The Godolphin and Latymer School is a day school for 700 girls aged between 11 and 18. It was built in 1861 as the Godolphin School, a boarding establishment for boys, set in fields near the River Thames at Hammersmith in West London. In 1905 it became an independent day school for girls, associated with the Latymer Foundation and taking the name of the Godolphin and Latymer School. \\From 1906 onwards it received grants from the London County Council and the Board of Education for equipment, library books and buildings. In 1951 the school received Voluntary Aided status under the 1944 Education Act, and in 1977, rather than becoming a non-selective school under the State system, it reverted to full independent status.