Coombe Girls' School

Coombe Girls' School

Established	1955
Type	Community School
Specialism	Language
Location	Clarence Avenue New Malden London KT3 3TU England
Local authority	Kingston upon Thames
DfE URN	102598
Gender	Girls
Ages	11–18
Houses	Venus Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Neptune
Website	coombegirlsschool.org

Coordinates: 51°24′37″N 0°15′47″W / 51.41024°N 0.26317°W / 51.41024; -0.26317

Coombe Girls' School is an all-female secondary school and 6th Form Centre in New Malden, England.The school is a Specialist Language College, Leading Edge School and now a high performing Training School.

The Federation with Coombe Boys' School has ensured a mutually beneficial relationship for both schools, with pupils at each centre gaining new and innovative learning opportunities that are having a positive impact on results at each school.

History

Coombe Girls' School, formerly called Coombe County Secondary School for Girls, was established in 1955, and has remained an all girls school ever since. The school is linked with Coombe Boys and also with King's College Wimbledon.

Houses

The school sorts the pupils into house tutor groups. These are named after seven of the planets in the solar system:

• Venus
• Mercury
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Pluto
• Neptune

Each groups has a form tutor who will be with them for registration before school and before fifth period. This tutor will stay with their class, unless they leave the school, for the whole five years in which the girls are pupils of the school.

Notable alumni

• Jacqueline Wilson, author
• Sandy Denny, singer

External links

• School Website