Mill Hill School is a 13–18

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and

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Mill Hill Mill Hill is a suburb in the London Borough of Barnet, England. It is situated around northwest of Charing Cross, close to the Hertfordshire border. It was in the Historic counties of England, historic county of Middlesex until 1965, when it b ...

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, England that was established in 1807. It is a member of the

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History

A committee of Nonconformist merchants and ministers, including

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founded the school, originally called Mill Hill Grammar School, for boys on 25 January 1807. They located it sufficiently distant of

at that time, because of "dangers both physical and moral awaiting youth while passing through the streets of a large, crowded and corrupt city". A boarding house was opened in the residence once occupied by Peter Collinson, with about 20 boys. John Atkinson was the first headmaster and chaplain until 1810. Mill Hill School occupies a site, part of which formed the gardens of Ridgeway House, the house of the botanist Peter Collinson. He was one of the most important importers of rare and exotic plants into English gardens. Many of the species that he introduced to Mill Hill in the 18th century continue to grow today in the grounds of the School. In 1746 Collinson planted Britain's first

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on the grounds, now located adjacent to School House. The estate was purchased by the botanist Richard Salisbury in 1802, Ridgeway House became the setting for a long-running scientific dispute between the new owner and his guest, James Edward Smith. The flora of Mill Hill was supplemented by the work of the amateur botanist Richard William Bowry Buckland (died 1947), governor of the foundation from 1878 to 1889, who cultivated a garden in the south-west of the school's grounds for the enjoyment of future generations. He wrote in his diary: In 1939, Mill Hill School's premises became a hospital. The school was evacuated to

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for the duration of the

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. Collinson House, a school for girls, was named for it. A St Bees Association was founded in commemoration of this period of evacuation in the school's history by Michael Berry and David Smith. Mill Hill first admitted sixth form girls in 1975 and became fully co-educational in 1997. The

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news website usually uses a picture taken at Mill Hill School for articles about boarding schools. In 2005 the school was one of 50 of the country's leading independent schools which were found guilty of running an illegal price-fixing cartel, exposed by ''

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''. Together they had driven up fees for thousands of parents. Each school was required to pay a nominal penalty of £10,000, and all agreed to make ex-gratia payments totalling three million pounds into a trust. It is to benefit persons who were students at the schools during the cartel period. In March 2007, Mill Hill celebrated its bicentenary. To mark the occasion, the school was granted a new

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by Robert Noel, Her Majesty's Lancaster Herald. In 2018, the school experienced controversy when it was featured in the music video of London rapper

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. In it, she was shown nude in the changing room showers, dancing on tables in classrooms, and smoking

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in the dormitories.

Houses

Mill Hill School is divided into houses. These are:

Boarding houses

* Burton Bank – Named to commemorate its original position on Burton Hole Lane * Collinson – Named after Peter Collinson, who once owned what is now the estate * Macgregor – Named after Mary Macgregor, the founder and first head of The Mount, Mill Hill International * Ridgeway – Peter Collinson's original house on the site Winterstoke House was converted into Grimsdell Mill Hill Pre-Preparatory School, in 1995.

Day houses

* Atkinson – Named after the first headmaster, John Atkinson * Cedars – Named in honour of the cedars planted by Peter Collinson * McClure – Named after Sir John McClure, headmaster at the turn of the 20th century * Murray – Named in honour of Sir James Murray, teacher and longtime editor of the

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; who began compiling his dictionary while a master at Mill Hill * Priestley – Named after headmaster Thomas Priestley * School House – Named after Tite's famous building constructed in the 1820s * Weymouth – Named after headmaster Richard Weymouth * Winfield – Named after headmaster William Winfield

Heads

In January 2016, Frances King became the school's first female Head. The following people have served as Head: Evans served as head from January 1828 to June 1828.

Architecture

The chapel was opened in 1896. Designed by

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, it is a basilica in form. The School House was designed by Sir

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, famous for his work on the London Royal Exchange, School House was erected in 1825 and is described as being in the Greco-Roman style. Other buildings within the site are of both traditional and modern styling. The cricket house was used as a set in the tenth episode of ''

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''. In honour of

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the Mill Hill

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was dedicated to the actor and named the Patrick Troughton Theatre in 2007.

The Mill Hill Education Group

The school is run by the Mill Hill School Foundation (now known as The Mill Hill Education Group), a

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under English law. The Education Group offers education to boys and girls aged 3 to 18 in seven schools. The Mill Hill Education Group's other schools are: *Belmont – a day school for pupils aged 7 to 13. Head: Leon Roberts *Grimsdell – a pre-preparatory day school for pupils aged 3 to 7. Head: Kate Simon * The Mount, Mill Hill International – a mixed day and boarding school for international pupils aged 11 to 16. Head: Sarah Bellotti. *

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– an independent day and boarding school for girls aged 11 to 18. Head: Wendy Barrett. *Lyonsdown – an independent preparatory school for girls aged 3 to 11. Head: Rittu Hall. *Keble Prep – an independent preparatory school for boys and girls aged 4 to 13. Head: Perran Gill. *St Joseph's In The Park – an independent preparatory school for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. Head: Douglas Brown.

Notable alumni

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website
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History

Houses

Boarding houses

Day houses

Heads

Architecture

The Mill Hill Education Group

Notable alumni

References

Further reading

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