- Princess Helena College
Infobox UK school
name = Princess Helena College
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established =1820 cite web|url=http://www.phc.herts.sch.uk/1/default.asp?zoneID=2&leveloneID=3|title=History|accessdate=2008-04-26]
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head_label = Headmistress
head = Mrs Anne-Marie Hodgkiss (Until July 2008 [cite web|url=http://www.phc.herts.sch.uk/1/default.asp?zoneID=11&leveloneID=107|title=Meet our new Head|accessdate=2008-04-26] )
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chair_label = President
chair =HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
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city =Hitchin
county =Hertfordshire
country = ENG
postcode = SG4 7RT
LEA =Hertfordshire
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gender = Girls
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
houses = Gloucester, Windsor and York
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website = http://www.phc.herts.sch.uk/
website_name =Princess Helena College is an
independent school for girls located in the small village of Preston nearHitchin inHertfordshire . It is housed in a Grade II* listed Queen Anne country house, which was redesigned byLutyens , at the same time as the gardens were designed by his great friend,Gertrude Jekyll [IoE|162902] .It was one of the first academic schools for girls, originally founded for daughters of officers who had served in the Napoleonic Wars and daughters of Anglican clergy. It is a member of the
Girls' Schools Association .The college has three types of boarder :- Full Boarder (boarding 7 times a week), Weekly Boarder (boarding 5/4 times a week) and Flexible Boarder (boarding 1 - 3 nights a week).
External links
* [http://www.phc.herts.sch.uk School website]
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