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The Godolphin and Latymer School is a day school for 800 girls aged 11–18. It began in 1861 as the Godolphin School, a boys' boarding school on the River Thames in Hammersmith, with main buildings dating from that era. In 1905 a new independent day school for girls was created on the same site, and with support from the Latymer foundation the school became the Godolphin and Latymer School. After World War II and the Education Act of 1944, Dame Joyce Bishop, who led the school from 1935–1963, decided that Godolphin and Latymer should become a state grammar school, providing places for bright girls regardless of background. The school's ethos emphasizes scholarship and service, reflecting its philanthropic origins and its pledge to educate the nation.
Godolphin and Latymer strives to be a good neighbour and to have a positive impact on the local community. Community projects and fundraising are coordinated by the Social Impact Committee, which includes staff and students. Initiatives include Sleep Out to Help Out for Glass Door; Christmas collections for local vulnerable families; fundraising for Hammersmith and Fulham Foodbank; the DEC Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal raising over £16,000 plus £2,615 from a birthday mufti-day; TRAID second-hand clothes sales; and fundraising for Macmillan and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
PTFA – Parents, Teachers and Friends' Association – builds a strong, vibrant and active parent community through formal and informal social events and to better connect and support one another. All parents automatically become members when their daughter joins the school, and the community is warm, friendly and inclusive. Activities include class coffee mornings; year-group social events; a weekly walking group; an annual Quiz Night; termly Second-hand Uniform Sales; the Christmas Bazaar and Summer Garden Party. The PTFA donates funds raised to school projects, supporting house charities, Challenge Your Limits Week, and equipment for curricular and extra-curricular activities such as 3D printers for Art/Design and Design & Technology, robes for the Chamber Choir, drama equipment, sports gear, displays for Houses and computer programmes to support academic departments. The PTFA Committee provides a forum to share information between the school and families and includes representatives from school staff and parents, with two class reps from each form to organise opportunities for parents to meet. When parents join the school they receive login details for the Parent Portal and sign up to the parent directory.
Godolphin and Latymer is an independent day school for girls aged 11–18 in London. The school blends buildings with facilities, including an performing arts centre housed in a converted church, a music school, a flood-lit sports hall with climbing wall, and art, design and science spaces. The curriculum follows the British system with the IB Diploma in the Sixth Form, and language learning starts in Year 7 with French, German and Mandarin; Year 8 students choose two languages and carry them into Year 9. In the Sixth Form, students can study A Levels or the Diploma, with many taking the Extended Project Qualification. The G&L Futures programme develops critical, collaborative and evidence-based skills through year-group projects. The school's ethos emphasizes scholarship and service, reflecting its philanthropic origins. A rich extracurricular programme includes music and drama, debating and Model United Nations, Duke of Edinburgh, and community outreach with neighbouring primary schools.
