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Edgbaston High School

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Edgbaston High School for Girls is an independent day school for girls aged 2½ to 18 in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England. [1]

25 relations: Alice Cooper (teacher), Birmingham, Boarding school, Cricket, Edgbaston, Elinor Wight Gardner, GCE Advanced Level, General Certificate of Secondary Education, Helen George, House system, Independent school (United Kingdom), Independent Schools Council, Julia Lloyd (kindergarten), Kate Williams (historian), Latin, Malala Yousafzai, Mary Sturge, Molly Dineen, MyDaughter, Nobel Peace Prize, Sally Davies (doctor), Sixth form college, Sue Lloyd, Verily Anderson, West Midlands (county).

Alice Cooper (teacher)

Alice Cooper (4 August 1846 – 17 June 1917) was a British headmistress.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Boarding school

A boarding school provides education for pupils who live on the premises, as opposed to a day school.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Edgbaston

Edgbaston is an affluent suburban area of central Birmingham, England, curved around the southwest of the city centre.

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Elinor Wight Gardner

Elinor Wight Gardner (24 September 1892, Birmingham—1980) a geology lecturer at Bedford College, London and research fellow at Lady Margaret Hall is best known for her field surveys with Gertrude Caton–Thompson of the Kharga Oasis which are now recognized as pioneering interdisciplinary research in Africa.

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GCE Advanced Level

The A Level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational authorities of British Crown dependencies to students completing secondary or pre-university education.

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General Certificate of Secondary Education

The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification, generally taken in a number of subjects by pupils in secondary education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Helen George

Helen George (born Helen Thomas; 19 June 1984) is an English actress.

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House system

The house system is a traditional feature of schools in England, originating in England.

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Independent school (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, independent schools (also private schools) are fee-paying private schools, governed by an elected board of governors and independent of many of the regulations and conditions that apply to state-funded schools.

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Independent Schools Council

The Independent Schools Council (ISC) is a non-profit organisation that represents over 1,300 schools in the United Kingdom's independent education sector.

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Julia Lloyd (kindergarten)

Julia Lloyd (13 April 1867 – 7 April 1955) was a British philanthropist and educationalist who opened Birmingham's first nursery school based on Froebelian principles.

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Kate Williams (historian)

Kate Williams (born 30 November 1978) is a British author, historian and television presenter.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai (Malālah Yūsafzay: ملالہ یوسفزئی; ملاله یوسفزۍ; born 12 July 1997) is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate.

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Mary Sturge

Mary Darby Sturge (16 October 1865 – 14 March 1925) was a British doctor, known for her pioneering work with alcoholism and championing the importance of preventative medical care.

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Molly Dineen

Molly Dineen (born 7 March 1959 in Toronto, Ontario) is a television documentary director, cinematographer and producer.

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MyDaughter

MyDaughter is a British website set up by the Girls' Schools Association (GSA) offering advice to parents of daughters on all aspects of raising and educating girls.

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Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish, Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.

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Sally Davies (doctor)

Professor Dame Sally Claire Davies, DBE, FMedSci, FRS (born 24 November 1949) is the Chief Medical Officer for England.

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Sixth form college

A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Belize, the Caribbean, Malta, Norway, Brunei, and Malaysia, among others, where students aged 16 to 19 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A-levels, Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma, or school-level qualifications such as General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examinations.

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Sue Lloyd

Sue Lloyd (7 August 193920 October 2011) was an English model and actress, with numerous film and television credits.

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Verily Anderson

Verily Anderson (12 January 1915 – 16 July 2010) was a British author, best known for writing the screenplay of the 1960 film No Kidding, based on her 1958 book Beware of Children, for writing Brownie books and writing genealogical books about the Gurney, Barclay and Buxton families.

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West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county and city region in western-central England with a 2014 estimated population of 2,808,356, making it the second most populous county in England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgbaston_High_School

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