Partnerships Update
We have been working on several collaborative projects and have recently launched a new buddying initiative.
July 7, 2020 Read more
VI Final Year Assembly
During the last week of term the VI came together for a final year assembly on Zoom to celebrate the last five years they have spent together.
July 7, 2020 Read more
Virtual Sports Day
Yesterday we enjoyed our first ever Virtual Sports Day. Emilia, MIV, gives us her highlights of the day.
July 7, 2020 Read more
Paulina 2020
We are delighted to present this year’s annual school magazine, Paulina.
July 3, 2020 Read more
Launch of the Senior Scholarship
This half term saw the launch of the Senior Scholarship programme, an exciting opportunity for the VII to immerse themselves in learning by spending the summer working on a project of their own choice.
July 7, 2020 Read more
SPEAC Round-Up
Courtenay, VII, summaries SPEAC’s activities throughout this busy and unusual year.
July 7, 2020 Read more
Philosophy Society Talks
In the past few weeks we have been incredibly lucky to welcome three philosophy society speakers.
July 7, 2020 Read more
Interactive Science Talks
This week we had the pleasure of virtually welcoming Dave Buttery from Auriga Astronomy to deliver two interactive science talks.
July 7, 2020 Read more
History Talk
Alvin Jackson, Professor of Irish History at Edinburgh, recently gave an enlightening virtual talk on ‘The Survival of the UK, 1707-2007’.
July 7, 2020 Read more
Junior Maths Challenge
Kamya, An and Raniya, MIV, participated in this enjoyable Lower School challenge.
July 7, 2020 Read more
Singing Tea
The music department has fully embraced virtual music with a cascade of highly successful events and the singing tea last week was no exception.
July 7, 2020 Read more
Eco-Discussion Group
Courtenay, VII, gives an update on the eco-discussion group, one of this term’s new virtual co-curricular initiatives.
July 7, 2020 Read more
Farewell to the VI and VIII Musicians
Natalie and Charlotte, VIII, enjoyed their final SPGS music event.
July 7, 2020 Read more
Decolonised Reading Group
Last Thursday saw the launch of the Decolonised Reading Group, run by Mr Donkor & Miss Hardy.
July 7, 2020 Read more
University OP Panel Events
During the spring and summer terms, students from the VII have been attending a range of University OP Panel Events.
July 7, 2020 Read more
UIV Has Got Talent!
Rosanagh, UIV, discusses the UIV’s recent virtual celebration.
July 7, 2020 Read more
History Talks and Events
In recent weeks the history department have hosted a range of talks and debates on topics related to diversity. Dr…
June 22, 2020 Read more
Duke of Edinburgh Award
We are very proud of all our students who have volunteered in the local community as part of their Duke…
June 22, 2020 Read more
Partnerships: Forming a Powerful Alliance
As we approach the end of the summer term, with some pupils having minimal interaction with teachers, more and more of…
June 22, 2020 Read more
Geography achievement
Congratulations to Trisha and Charlotte, VII, who were recognised this week by the Royal Geographical Society for their amazing achievements…
June 22, 2020 Read more
Proposing Alternatives to GCSEs – TES Article
Our High Mistress Sarah Fletcher has shared her thoughts on why GCSEs are an outdated mode of assessment and has proposed…
June 22, 2020 Read more
German Baking Lessons
Ottilie and Nicole, VIII, tell us about their favourite recent German lesson: In our VIII German class we were keen…
June 22, 2020 Read more
Geography Photography Competition
We had many fantastic entries from a range of year groups for the geography photo competition, along the theme ‘Geography…
June 22, 2020 Read more
Charities Cooking Competition
Julia, VII, Chair of the Charities Committee, explains their most recent fundraising initiative: Over half term, the Charities Committee ran…
June 22, 2020 Read more
Charterhouse Climate Conference
Anne-Amélie, VII, a member of our dedicated SPEAC team, describes this valuable environmental conference: Over the course of this week,…
June 22, 2020 Read more
Moscow Language Exchange
Leela, V, gives us an insight into this unique programme: During remote learning we’ve been given the unique opportunity of…
June 22, 2020 Read more
Online Debating Competition
Alex, VI, details a recent opportunity for the debating team to practise their skills virtually: Five Paulinas awoke bright and…
June 22, 2020 Read more
Drama Platform Performances
Emilia, MIV, explains this new virtual initative: Launched for the first time after half term, exciting online drama platforms have…
June 22, 2020 Read more
String Tea
This Tuesday we saw our first virtual String Tea took place over Zoom. Chloe, UIV, tells us what it was…
June 22, 2020 Read more
Maths Competition Success
We were delighted to hear about the success of SPGS teams in a recent American maths competition. Rikki, Pippa, Freja…
June 22, 2020 Read more
Financial Careers Virtual Working Lunch
Our regular working lunches for the Senior School have gone virtual this term. Ines, VII, describes a recent online session:…
June 22, 2020 Read more
Birkbeck Online History Conference
It has been brilliant to see a whole range of interesting talks and event continually virtually during remote learning. Ella,…
June 22, 2020 Read more
MIV CS&CT Filmmaking Experience
The MIV were in for a treat as they attended an online filmmaking course, provided by the Young Film Academy. Francesca,…
June 22, 2020 Read more
V Careers Conference
Radhika, V, gives us an insight into this year’s V Careers Conference: The annual V Careers Conference went virtual this…
June 22, 2020 Read more
School Site Reopens for V and VII
The school site has been brought back to life with a buzz of activity and laughter as physical teaching sessions…
June 22, 2020 Read more
Geography Photography Competition
Head of Geography Ms Cogbill has been running a Geography photo competition on the theme ‘geography from my window’. These brilliant…
June 8, 2020 Read more
Staff Volunteering
Ms Arblaster, Director of Careers and Higher Education, has been volunteering at Brent Foodbank every week since lockdown began. She had written…
June 8, 2020 Read more
Partnerships Update
Alongside our ongoing support with the staffing of a foodbank we are delighted to report that the school kitchen is now open,…
June 8, 2020 Read more
Craft Sessions
Lauren, VII, has recently launched a craft club to enable students across the school to relax during remote learning. She…
June 8, 2020 Read more
World Environment Day
To mark World Environment Day, SPEAC took the lead in organising a series of events and campaigns to encourage positive…
June 8, 2020 Read more
Philosophy Society Talk
Philosophy Society were delighted to host philosopher Richard Holton of Peterhouse College, Cambridge for a virtual talk on Moral Psychology….
June 8, 2020 Read more
Virtual Wind Tea
Recently, the first virtual wind tea was held over Zoom. Isabel, VII, tells us more about this musical event: The…
June 8, 2020 Read more
VII HE Day
Jai, VII, describes the VII’s recent Higher Education day: As we all prepare for the easing of lockdown, the VII…
June 8, 2020 Read more
Innovation in CSCT
Practical work has continued from home in the Computer Science and Creative Technology department, both in and outside lessons. From…
June 5, 2020 Read more
City Harvest Awards
Elise, V has been chosen as a winner of the ‘Champion for Change’ category and Mikal, VI has been chosen…
June 2, 2020 Read more
Drama Achievements
We are delighted to share these recent achievements by our St Paul’s drama students, which are testament to their hard…
June 2, 2020 Read more
Authors Working Lunch
Recently the careers and higher education department hosted their inaugural virtual working lunch, a chance for students in the VII…
June 2, 2020 Read more
Joint Eco Article
Congratulations to Chiara, VI, and Lorena, Y13 from Hammersmith Academy, whose co-written article about our joint eco-partnership has now been…
June 2, 2020 Read more
PE Interschools Quiz
The PE department recently organised an interschools PE quiz to keep spirits up during remote learning. Here Lulu, MIV, discusses…
June 2, 2020 Read more
Reading Groups
Over the past few weeks, students throughout the school have been enjoying attending senior and junior virtual book clubs. Ella,…
June 2, 2020 Read more
Young Enterprise Success
Congratulations to VII students Isabelle, Maya and Anastasia, whose Young Enterprise team Nurture recently won the Sustainability and STEM awards…
June 2, 2020 Read more
Active Debate Competition
Recently several SPGS teams took part in a virtual debating competition, Active Debate. Rosanagh, UIV, tells us more about the…
June 1, 2020 Read more
Art Detectives
Since the school switched to remote learning, Head of Art History Miss Evans has been running virtual sessions of art…
June 1, 2020 Read more
VIII Assembly
Our VIII leavers created a funny and thoughtful virtual assembly to mark what ordinarily would have been their last week of…
May 18, 2020 Read more
Student Fundraisers and Projects
We are very proud to see students throughout the school continuing to undertake fundraising and creative projects during remote learning. A few…
May 18, 2020 Read more
Staff Projects
Recently members of staff have written in to share what they have been getting up to outside of school. Several members…
May 18, 2020 Read more
MIV Medieval Manuscripts
MIV music students have been working hard on their Medieval musical manuscripts, created as part of a topic on Medieval…
May 18, 2020 Read more
Science Society
Science society have been lucky to host fascinating virtual talks this half term. Recently we have heard from Eloise Matheson about…
May 18, 2020 Read more
SPEAC and Debating Society Joint Debate
This half term SPEAC and Debating Society joined forces for the first time to hold an engaging environmental debate on the topic…
May 18, 2020 Read more
Virtual Schools Eco-Network
This half term has seen our existing London Schools Eco-Network move online. Student eco-teams from SPGS, North London Collegiate School,…
May 18, 2020 Read more
Cooking Club
As part of our remote co-curricular timetable, Ms Bell has launched a new cooking club via Zoom. Every Thursday Ms…
May 18, 2020 Read more
Eco-Discussion Group
Students thoroughly enjoyed the inaugural meeting of the SPGS eco-discussion group. Members of the club, which is run by students…
May 18, 2020 Read more
ICYD Debating Competition
On the 2 and 3 May, the International Competition of Young Debaters (ICYD) took place online with three SPGS teams competing. Despite…
May 15, 2020 Read more
Spanish Day
When Ms Garcia and Ms Mateos started planning Spanish Day this year, they never imagined that they would end up…
May 15, 2020 Read more
Platform Concerts
This half term we have been enjoying a series of uplifting Platform Concerts on Zoom. Staff and students from across…
May 15, 2020 Read more
UIV Languages Quiz
Did you know that Cambodian has the longest alphabet with 74 characters? Or that the Bible is the most translated…
May 15, 2020 Read more
Student Journalism in Lockdown
This week, three of our student journalists, Rosanagh and Christiane, both UIV, and Raniya, MIV, have written fascinating articles based…
May 4, 2020 Read more
Eco-Anxiety Staff Training Event
St Paul’s recently hosted a virtual staff training event over Zoom on the topic of eco-anxiety in young people. Experts Caroline…
May 4, 2020 Read more
Student Fundraisers
It has been inspiring to hear about students who have decided to go the extra mile to help those most…
May 4, 2020 Read more
Stay Home Project
As part of our Stay Home Project, featured in this week’s school bulletin, Giorgia, VII, Amara, V, Francesca, MIV, Jacqueline,…
May 4, 2020 Read more
Remote Co-Curricular
Our remote co-curricular timetable is now in full swing, with a wide range of activities and clubs on offer. From…
May 4, 2020 Read more
2.6 Challenge
As part of the nationwide 2.6 challenge, the charities committee decided to support The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, one of…
May 4, 2020 Read more
Sharing Online Resources with Partner Schools
We are grateful to resource providers JCS Resources, JSTOR, Drama Online Libraries, Connell Guides, Hodder Education and Massolit for extending…
April 20, 2020 Read more
Paulina 2020 First Look
This is the first look at the 2020 edition of the school magazine, Paulina, which this year is based on…
April 20, 2020 Read more
Reasons To Be Cheerful
To keep connected and entertained during remote learning, our senior students have created a page entitled Reasons to be Cheerful…
April 17, 2020 Read more
Creative Projects
Members of our school community are finding many inventive ways to keep cheerful during remote learning. Lovely images shared by…
April 17, 2020 Read more
Helping the NHS with Equipment Shortages
We are proud to be helping NHS frontline healthcare workers and care homes with their equipment shortages. Safety goggles have…
April 17, 2020 Read more
Online Resources for the Easter Break
The idea of spending the Easter break indoors may seem daunting for some. However, there are a variety of resources…
March 31, 2020 Read more
MIV Ideas for Keeping Cheerful Remotely
During remote learning our students are keeping connected and entertained by sharing challenges, pictures, videos and games via the student…
March 27, 2020 Read more
Virtual Film Screening
To celebrate Virtual Green Week, SPEAC presented a live screening via Zoom of the acclaimed Bruce Parry film ‘Tawai: a…
March 27, 2020 Read more
Green Week Online Workshops
As part of our Virtual Green Week activities, we were lucky enough to take part in an exciting online workshop…
March 25, 2020 Read more
Virtual Green Week
This year Green Week is going virtual as the school switches to remote learning. Our dedicated SPEAC (St Paul’s Environmental…
March 23, 2020 Read more
MIV Charity Fair
After much hard work, the MIV transformed the Great Hall with an array of colourful, creative stalls for their Charity…
March 11, 2020 Read more
Richmond Music Festival
Congratulations to singers Hannah, Amara, Octavia, Tanya and Amelia for their success in the Richmond Music Festival . The vocal festival is…
March 11, 2020 Read more
Antarctica Day Competition
Back in December, MIVs Alice G, Alice W, Manahan, Parishi and Vanessa won a school competition to produce flags for…
March 11, 2020 Read more
Lacrosse Nationals
Last weekend the Senior 1st Lacrosse Team travelled to Aldershot to compete in the National Schools Tournament, the highlight of…
March 11, 2020 Read more
Debating Success at ESU Mace & UCL U18 Competitions
Our debaters have had a stellar week. The ESU Mace squad of Vicky, VII, and Kitty, Abby & Creagh, VI, reached…
March 11, 2020 Read more
Reading Week
Here Tabitha, UIV, tells us why Reading Week is one of her favourite weeks of the year: During Reading Week…
March 11, 2020 Read more
China Lecture
On Wednesday 4 March Nigel Inkster, former director of operations and intelligence for the British Secret Intelligence Service, gave a fascinating…
March 11, 2020 Read more
String Tea
There was an excellent turnout for the String Tea on Wednesday. An appreciative audience of parents, grandparents and friends were…
March 11, 2020 Read more
Artist-in-Residence Week
This year’s artist-in-residence week gave 11 students in the V the chance to work with our artists-in-residence, Helen Carnac and…
March 9, 2020 Read more
Wellbeing Week
From cookie-decorating to yoga, busking to meditation, knit and knatter to silent discos, Wellbeing Week was filled with fantastic activities…
March 9, 2020 Read more
VIII Post-Mocks Quiz
The VIII celebrated the end of their mocks with a lively and entertaining quiz held jointly with St Paul’s School….
March 3, 2020 Read more
Keyboard Festival
Audiences were treated to many beautiful performances at our annual Keyboard Festival. With over 70 students taking part, this was…
March 3, 2020 Read more
Charity Events
It was a busy end to the half term as several events were organised to raise funds for our annual…
February 19, 2020 Read more
Red dress-up day
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, on the 14 February SPEAC organised a red dress-up day in aid of the…
February 19, 2020 Read more
Plant Captains
The biology plant captains held a pop-up plant sale on the Marble to sell the variety of greenery they have…
February 19, 2020 Read more
Drama Theatre Trip
Drama students enjoyed a trip to see The Welkin, a new play by Lucy Kirkwood at the National Theatre. Elise, VII,…
February 19, 2020 Read more
LV Trip to Science Live
The whole of the LV recently travelled to the Apollo Theatre to watch GCSE Science Live. After assembly, students headed straight…
February 19, 2020 Read more
Debating Round-Up
It has been a busy and exciting half term for our St Paul’s debating teams. Junior DebatingOur U15 debaters have…
February 19, 2020 Read more
Working Lunch
Recently eight students had the chance to welcome Mr Koray Kavukcuoglu, Vice President of Google DeepMind, from the school’s parent…
February 19, 2020 Read more
Maths Talk
Last Tuesday afternoon we heard from Dr Chris Budd about the mathematics of voting. Here Sarah and Giang, both VII, discuss…
February 19, 2020 Read more
Friday Lectures
This half term, the senior school has been lucky enough to be audience to a wide variety of speakers at…
February 19, 2020 Read more
West London Schools Eco-Meeting
Last Thursday, three SPEAC representatives attended a lunchtime eco meeting at Hammersmith Academy. This was part of our ongoing West…
February 19, 2020 Read more
CyberFirst Competition
Four girls from the UIV competed in the semi-final of CyberFirst, a UK wide competition for girls in Year 8…
February 19, 2020 Read more
Colet Play
The annual Colet Play is produced entirely by students in the VII, who cast, design, direct, and stage manage the…
February 19, 2020 Read more
Geography Lake District Trip
A Level Geographers were treated to amazing views as they completed their fieldwork in the stunning scenery of the Lake…
February 19, 2020 Read more
Classics talk
This week students enjoyed a fascinating talk from Professor Maria Wyke from University College London about Ancient Rome in Silent…
February 7, 2020 Read more
Songfest
A very eager audience filled the Old Drama Studio this week for the highly-anticipated Songfest competition. With an amazing atmosphere…
February 7, 2020 Read more
Charity Pyjamas Dress-Up Day
This week students donned their onesies and slippers for a very cozy charity pyjamas dress-up day. Organised by our student…
February 7, 2020 Read more
Social Media
Welcome to our online community! St Paul’s has launched new social media pages on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook where…
January 30, 2020 Read more
UIV Film Night
Rosanagh, UIV, gives a snapshot of the evening’s entertainment: Last Friday was UIV film night and we had a wonderful…
January 30, 2020 Read more
MIV Partnership Project
Students from the MIV joined forces with students from Hammersmith Academy, Burlington Danes Academy and St Paul’s Junior School to…
January 30, 2020 Read more
Harpsichord Fundraising Concert
Ms Yamamoto’s pupils gathered to perform a concert in the Singing Hall to help raise money for a new double-manual…
January 30, 2020 Read more
Cantamus Commemoration Concert
Cantamus recently took part in a concert for the Willesden Jewish Cemetery to commemorate the lives of people buried there….
January 29, 2020 Read more
VI Arts Day
After two weeks of mock exams, the VI celebrated with Arts Day. Here Phoenix, VI, tells us more about the…
January 29, 2020 Read more
Music Junction Workshops
This week we hosted our exciting first Music Junction workshop of the year, in partnership with London Chamber Orchestra and St Paul’s School. After trying out…
January 29, 2020 Read more
Sustainability Careers Forum
This week St Paul’s was delighted to host its first-ever Sustainability Careers Forum. Students heard from a variety of speakers…
January 22, 2020 Read more
Russian Day
Yesterday St Paul’s celebrated its annual Russian Day. The Russian department organised a variety of exciting events to mark the…
January 22, 2020 Read more
Happy birthday St Paul’s!
On Sunday 19 January St Paul’s celebrated its 116th birthday. To mark the occasion, we were lucky enough to hear…
January 22, 2020 Read more
Russian Cultural Trip to Moscow
Over the Christmas holidays, a number of students from the LV had the privilege of spending a week in the…
January 22, 2020 Read more
MIV Gamelan Workshops
The MIV have enjoyed participating in Gamelan workshops to enrich their music studies. An, MIV, tells us more about the…
January 22, 2020 Read more
Andrew McMillan Poetry Reading and Q&A
St Paul’s was incredibly fortunate to welcome Andrew McMillan, senior lecturer at MMU and revered poet, into school for an…
January 22, 2020 Read more
SOAS & England Debating Success
Congratulations to Sara and Lucy, VIII, who recently won a very competitive SOAS debating competition. In a high quality final,…
January 22, 2020 Read more
Talk on Rare Species Conservation
We were very pleased to welcome leading endangered species conservationist Rodney Pietsch from New South Wales in Australia to speak on the current…
January 22, 2020 Read more
U19 National Schools Chess Championships
Three teams comprising nine girls made their way to St Catherine’s School to participate in the semi-final of the National…
January 22, 2020 Read more
London Schools Eco-Partnership at Harrow School
Four members of the VII went to Harrow School to represent our school at the London Schools Eco Network, launched…
January 22, 2020 Read more
Medea
Last term, our A Level drama students performed in a contemporary re-imagining of Euripides’ seminal work, Medea. Medea’s marriage, along…
January 8, 2020 Read more
BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year
Congratulations to Anna, VI, who won the BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year 2019. The BBC Radio 2…
January 6, 2020 Read more
Student magazines
Many congratulations to the VII student editors, Clemmie, Vicky, Jai, Ella and Immy, who produced Winter editions of student magazines…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Teachers’ Netball Match
During the final week of term an excited audience filled the Sports Hall for the highly anticipated teachers’ netball match….
December 17, 2019 Read more
Decorations
Many thanks to the Parents’ Guild for their hard work in covering the school in festive decorations – walking through the…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Wind Tea
On Wednesday 20 November, the Wind Tea commenced with a majestic flourish. The Wind Tea is an opportunity for woodwind…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Eco-Partnerships Meetings
Two weeks ago members of SPEAC were lucky enough to host local school pupils for the first West London Schools…
December 17, 2019 Read more
UIV Marseille Exchange
Katherine, UIV, discusses the recent French exchange: Bienvenue chez moi! These were some of the first words I spoke to my…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Indoor 5-a-side Football Tournament
On Tuesday 10 December we held our annual St Paul’s 5-a-side Football Tournament. We had a total of seven teams…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Scullers Head Rowing Competition
On Saturday 7 December, two seniors and four J16 rowers raced at Scullers Head. Faye, VI, discusses the day’s events: The…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Russian Conference
On Friday 22 November five Russianists headed to Oxford High School for their annual Russian conference. Anya, VIII, tells us…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Santa Fun Run
Early last Sunday morning we gathered at Mile End tube station ready to don Santa costumes and join the crowds for…
December 17, 2019 Read more
MIV Matilda Trip
The MIVs recently enjoyed a trip to see a production of ‘Matilda The Musical’ in the Cambridge Theatre. Katia, MIV,…
December 17, 2019 Read more
German Day
Our German Weihnachtsfest on Tuesday 3 December again drew the crowds. We sang German carols, ate German lebkuchen and had…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Debating Round-Up
Our debaters have had a very successful recent run. At Birmingham, Kiersten & Anya, V, won a tight final, defeating…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Christmas Card Competition
This year, the MIV and UIV got a chance to practise their artistic skills through the launch of a Christmas…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Mock Election and Debate
For the past two weeks we have been building up to the St Paul’s mock election, including a lively leaders’ debate…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Christmas Charity Events
The Charities Committee organised a variety of Christmas-themed events over the past few weeks in order to raise money for…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Festive Fun
On Wednesday the MIV were treated to an afternoon of Festive Fun. They participated in a range of exciting themed…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Music Junction
A group of Paulinas and Paulines, accompanied by members of the music department, are currently participating in a Music Junction…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Preti Taneja Reading and Q&A
Literary Society recently had the pleasure of hearing Preti Taneja reading and discussing her award-winning book ‘We That Are Young’. In her…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Film Nights
Over the past few weeks the V and LV have enjoyed film nights, offering a great opportunity to relax and unwind…
December 17, 2019 Read more
MIV Party
Recently, the VII hosted a Disney-themed party for the MIV. Here, Clare, Amelia and Rachel, MIV, tell us more: Mickey…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Carol Service
The Carol Service was a wonderful celebration to kick off the festive season. Rosanagh, Tabitha and Cristina, UIV, tell us…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Sweeney Todd
This year’s school musical, Sweeney Todd, was a thrillingly dark and high-intensity production. The musical thriller follows the story of…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Christmas Concert
The annual Christmas Concert is the jewel of St Paul’s concerts, with even Old Paulinas unable to resist coming back…
December 17, 2019 Read more
Netball Tournaments
The U14A, U15, U16A and U19 netball teams recently enjoyed a fun and challenging weekend competing in the Middlesex County…
December 4, 2019 Read more
Lucy Eaton Q&A
We were fortunate to have actor Lucy Eaton come talk to us about her career, both as an actor and…
December 4, 2019 Read more
Ascham Exchange
The Ascham exchange to Sydney, Australia takes place annually. A small group of girls from both schools spend five weeks abroad. Currently, four girls from…
December 4, 2019 Read more
Lungs Theatre Trip
Two weeks ago, those studying theatre studies A Level went to the Old Vic to see Duncan Macmillan’s play Lungs, directed by…
December 4, 2019 Read more
Bilingualism and Identity Talk
On Tuesday evening, we had the pleasure of hearing Yara Rodrigues Fowler reading and discussing her book ‘Stubborn Archivist’. In…
December 4, 2019 Read more
National Youth Orchestra
Phoenix (clarinet and saxophone), Gisela (clarinet), Tatty (harp) and Tian (trumpet) have all qualified to be part of the National…
December 4, 2019 Read more
Maths Talk
Recently, mathematicians in the VII had the opportunity to attend a talk by Dr Kevin Buzzard, Professor of Pure Mathematics…
December 4, 2019 Read more
Journalism Talk
This week, Journalism Club welcomed Ms Ng to talk about her previous career as a journalist. She was interviewed by…
December 4, 2019 Read more
Colet Choral Society Concert
On Sunday 1 December, Senior Choir was lucky enough to perform Rossini’s ‘Petite Messe Solennelle’ alongside the Colet Choral Society (a…
December 4, 2019 Read more
Hangzhou Trip
Over the half-term, five budding linguists and Chinese culture enthusiasts travelled across the world to spend ten days in Hangzhou…
November 25, 2019 Read more
Law Working Lunch
Earlier this term, parents Ms de Mestre (Barrister at XXIV Old Buildings) and Ms Sen Gupta (Barrister at Blackstone Chambers)…
November 25, 2019 Read more
Living Library
On Wednesday 13 November we held our annual Living Library event. The basic idea is that instead of coming to…
November 25, 2019 Read more
Panathlon
The Sports Hall was filled with noise and activity on Wednesday 20 November as we welcomed almost 100 students from…
November 25, 2019 Read more
Science Live Trip
Is it worth solving the air pollution problem? What is the total amount of energy in the universe? How do…
November 13, 2019 Read more
Parfitt Day
Friday 8 November 2019 was Parfitt Day, our annual keyboard day. This year’s guest was international pianist Daniel Grimwood, whose…
November 12, 2019 Read more
MIV Sponsored Swim
114 girls swam 3,326 lengths in last term’s MIV sponsored swim to raise £3,135.97 for the school charities and the…
November 11, 2019 Read more
Music scholars concert
Congratulations to the music scholars in VII and VIII who gave a wonderful lunchtime recital at St Martin-in-the-Fields on Tuesday…
November 11, 2019 Read more
Halloween
Sophia and Kamya, MIV, give us an insight into how St Paul’s got into the Halloween spirit: On the spookiest…
November 11, 2019 Read more
VII & VIII Careers Networking Event
Here, Emily, VII, tells us more about this networking event, which took place on Monday 4 November: I was lucky…
November 11, 2019 Read more
VI Venice Trip
Over half term VI students enjoyed a trip to Venice to enrich their study of history of art and Italian….
November 6, 2019 Read more
VI Berlin Trip
Ms Kindermann tells us more about the VI’s German adventure: During the half term break we embarked on this exciting…
November 6, 2019 Read more
VI Russian History Trip
Over half term, a large group of Paulinas were lucky enough to visit Moscow and St. Petersburg. Here Connie, VI,…
November 6, 2019 Read more
Japan Exchange
The Japan Exchange is an annual cultural exchange during the first week of half term, involving four students from the…
November 6, 2019 Read more
Barcelona Exchange
Over half term 14 Paulinas flew to Barcelona for a week of sight-seeing and language teaching. Holly, VI, describes the…
November 6, 2019 Read more
Beijing Exchange
An exciting Beijing Exchange gave our students the opportunity to expand their language skills and explore remarkable locations. Here Charlotte,…
November 6, 2019 Read more
VII English Trip to Grasmere
Over half term VII English students enjoyed a literary-themed trip to the Lake District. Below, Isobel tells us more: Over…
November 6, 2019 Read more
Alumnae Reunion
The Old Library was venue for a busy alumnae reunion for Old Paulinas from the 9 classes on Wednesday 30…
November 6, 2019 Read more
Engineering Education Scheme Launch
Six students went to the Arup headquarters in Central London for the Engineering Education Scheme launch meeting. They completed group…
November 6, 2019 Read more
Hispanic Theatre Festival
VIII Spanish students took part in the annual Hispanic Theatre Festival at North London Collegiate School on Thursday 10 October….
November 6, 2019 Read more
Nymphs Studio Production
Last week, students performed the studio production Nymphs. Here Artemis, the director of the production, tells us more about her…
November 6, 2019 Read more
Paulina Voices Concert
On Saturday 12 October, a group of singers from Paulina Voices joined forces with the West London Sinfonia and actors…
November 6, 2019 Read more
Amnesty Concert
On Friday 11 October, girls and teachers gathered in the Singing Hall for this year’s Amnesty Concert. Emilia, MIV, describes the event: This annual…
November 6, 2019 Read more
Virtual Reality
As the school’s new technology program launched, students in UIV were given the opportunity to use the school’s very own…
November 6, 2019 Read more
Foyle Young Poets Commendation
Many congratulations to Neha, VI, who was awarded a commendation in this year’s Foyle Young Poets of the Year award….
November 6, 2019 Read more
School & Family Works Showcase Event
St Paul’s recently hosted the School & Family Works company to talk about their Family Group programme. As part of…
October 15, 2019 Read more
GSA Tournament
This half term the drama department has taken A Level drama students to see several exciting plays. Earlier this half…
October 15, 2019 Read more
St Paul’s Open House
Open House, which was held on the Spring Equinox, 21 September, was a success and happily complemented the memorable Holst…
October 15, 2019 Read more
Mathematics Olympiad
Five problems. Two and a half hours. On 8 October girls from the V-VIII participated in the Mathematics Olympiad for…
October 15, 2019 Read more
Friday Lectures
The Friday Lecture series continues to give senior students the chance to hear from a diverse range of exciting and…
October 15, 2019 Read more
MIV Sponsored Swim
In the course of last week, the whole of the MIV took part in this term’s Sponsored Swim, raising money…
October 15, 2019 Read more
Women’s Open Debating
For the third year in a row, St Paul’s has hosted the Women’s Open Debating tournament – a competition aimed…
October 15, 2019 Read more
Model UN Conference
Last week St Paul’s attended its first Model UN Conference of the season. It was a great start for our…
October 15, 2019 Read more
Translation Workshop
In celebration of the European Day of Languages, some of our linguists from V-VIII were fortunate enough to attend a…
October 15, 2019 Read more
Holst Birthday Concert
On the 21 September the music department held its annual Holst Birthday Concert. Amelia, V, tells us more about the…
October 15, 2019 Read more
VII Philosophy Trip
On 21 September, a group of Paulinas attended the “How the Light Gets In” philosophy and music festival on Hampstead…
October 15, 2019 Read more
VI Geography Trip
VI geographers recently enjoyed an enjoyable and informative trip to Swanage Bay. Here, Georgi, VI, describes the group’s adventures: Escaping…
October 15, 2019 Read more
African Prisons Project
Over the summer term of last year as well as this half term, students from the V have been working…
October 15, 2019 Read more
I Capture the Castle
Girls from the UIV to the VI recently performed in a studio production of ‘I Capture the Castle’. The play…
October 15, 2019 Read more
Senior Scholarship Symposium
The joint St Paul’s Girls’ School and St Paul’s School academic symposium was held on Thursday 10 October. The evening began…
October 15, 2019 Read more
Journalism Club Talk
Vicky, VII, gave an inspiring talk to journalism club about the work experience she completed over the summer at The…
October 15, 2019 Read more
Inua Ellams Reading and Q&A
Students and staff had the opportunity to attend a reading and Q&A with the talented poet, playwright and performer Inua…
October 14, 2019 Read more
LV-VIII Careers Forum
This term’s Careers Forum was themed around technology and engineering, allowing students an opportunity to hear women in STEM discuss…
October 14, 2019 Read more
Colet Day
St Paul’s Girls’ School, St Paul’s School and St Paul’s Junior School joined together at St Paul’s Cathedral for our…
October 14, 2019 Read more
Foyle Young Poet award
Many congratulations to Cia and Anya, who were both recognised in this year’s Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award….
October 8, 2019 Read more
Languages week
To celebrate European Day of Languages the modern foreign languages department hosted a number of exciting events across the week…
September 27, 2019 Read more
Clubs and societies fair
Students were given an insight into the school’s wide variety of extra-curricular activities at this year’s annual Clubs and Societies Fair….
September 25, 2019 Read more
Essay prize success
Many congratulations to VIII students Thamima and Cristina for their impressive achievements in recent essay competitions. Cristina was awarded a…
September 25, 2019 Read more
New VII Induction
New VII students this week enjoyed a lovely welcome breakfast. This induction gave new students the opportunity to catch up…
September 25, 2019 Read more
MIV Welcome Dinner
Many thanks to the Parents’ Guild Association for their organisation of the MIV Welcome Dinner which took place on Thursday…
September 25, 2019 Read more
LV Lee Valley trip
On Wednesday 18 of September, the LV went on a trip to the Lee Valley White Water Centre for a…
September 25, 2019 Read more
MIV trip to Stubbers Adventure Centre
On Tuesday 10 September the whole of the MIV went to Stubbers Adventure Centre, a great opportunity for all of…
September 25, 2019 Read more
Classics in film
Last Tuesday saw the launch of a new lunchtime club, focused this term on the discussion of Classics in film….
September 25, 2019 Read more
Almost, Maine
Almost, Maine is a delightful midwinter’s tale full of love, heartache…and a little bit of magic. Although surreal and fantastical in…
September 25, 2019 Read more
Friday Lectures
On Friday 6 September, our Director of Music Mr O’Hara kicked off this year’s Friday Lecture series with gusto, giving…
September 25, 2019 Read more
Senior service programme
Several students in the VII have commenced a service activity as part of the Senior Programme on Friday afternoons. One…
September 25, 2019 Read more
Classics talk
We were delighted to welcome Dr Jenny Zhao to give a talk on the comparisons between Ancient Greek and Chinese…
September 25, 2019 Read more
Mathematics talk
On the 10 September Dr Lee Fawcett from Newcastle University shared his in-depth knowledge about the application of statistics to real…
September 25, 2019 Read more
Duke of Edinburgh Gold Expedition
At the beginning of the summer, a group of girls from the VII made the long journey to Wales to…
September 25, 2019 Read more
VII joint leadership programme
On Friday 8 September the VII were joined by their counterparts from across the river for the first instalment of the…
September 25, 2019 Read more
Joint concert
On Thursday 12 September St Paul’s Girls’ School and St Paul’s School united for our annual Joint Concert. Organised by…
September 25, 2019 Read more
Zambia
On 4 July, eight Paulinas, eight Paulines and five teachers arrived in Ndola, Zambia. We partnered with “Beyond Ourselves”, who…
September 10, 2019 Read more
Endangered Instruments Fair
The Endangered Instruments Fair took place on Thursday 5 September in the Great Hall. Over 100 Paulinas learned all about…
September 10, 2019 Read more
Debating success
Over the summer girls from St Paul’s represented England in the World Schools Debating Championships. Rachel was the top England speaker coming 10th/230,…
September 10, 2019 Read more
Summer Piano Workshops 2019
At the beginning of July St Paul’s held its inaugural Summer Piano Workshops. The Teachers’ Day was led by Anthony…
September 10, 2019 Read more
Ship of Tolerance
Last year 12 members of the UIV were lucky enough to be involved with the global Ship of Tolerance art…
September 10, 2019 Read more
2019 Examination Results
Many congratulations to all of our students on their fantastic achievements in the 2019 public examinations, which are the culmination…
August 15, 2019 Read more
SHINE Media Awards
We are delighted that our student-run newspaper, The Marble, was shortlisted for the Best Newspaper and Best Newspaper Front Cover…
July 2, 2019 Read more
Skellig
After almost three months of learning lines, perfecting owl hoots and crafting puppets, the Junior Play went on stage. Skellig,…
June 27, 2019 Read more
MIV Coding Classes
This term the MIV have been developing their coding skills by learning to program micro bits and attaching them to…
June 24, 2019 Read more
Professor Nick Lane visits St Paul’s
Science Society was delighted to welcome Nick Lane, Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry at UCL and renowned author to answer the…
June 20, 2019 Read more
UIV Trip to Bentley Copse
The UIV embarked on their annual camping trip to Bentley Copse. They spent the evening setting up their tents, cooking…
June 17, 2019 Read more
PSHE Week
St Paul’s held its first ever PSHE week with the theme of food. Events included a teacher cake decorating competition,…
June 13, 2019 Read more
St Paul’s in the Lake District
Nine geographers in the VII spent three days in the Lake District. They learned qualitative sampling techniques, viewed natural land…
June 11, 2019 Read more
St Paul’s in Naples
41 UIV classicists embarked on an archaeological trip to the Bay of Naples, spending the days visiting ancient sites and…
June 7, 2019 Read more
MIV Activities Week
The MIV embarked on a number of activities to encourage them to think beyond their lives in school. From a…
June 5, 2019 Read more
Apposition Dinner 2019
30 girls from the VIII attended the annual Apposition Dinner hosted by the Mercers’ Company, together with staff, OPs and…
June 3, 2019 Read more
VIII Art Exhibition
The A level art students filled the Great Hall and the Marble with their extraordinary artwork. Parents, staff and fellow…
May 24, 2019 Read more
English Teacher as Short Story Judge
We are very proud of English teacher Michael Donkor’s continuing influence in the literary world. Having written HOLD last year…
May 21, 2019 Read more
Greek Play
The VII put on the annual Greek Play, performed entirely in its original Ancient Greek. This year Euripides’ Iphigenia in…
May 15, 2019 Read more
Higher Education Conference
Our annual Higher Education Conference took place this month. Students and parents were invited to hear from a range of…
May 10, 2019 Read more
VI Art Exhibition
The summer term began with the VI art exhibition. There was huge diversity in this year’s exhibition, testament to the…
May 7, 2019 Read more
St Paul’s in Tamil Nadu
Students in the V and VII embarked on a service-learning trip to Tamil Nadu, India. They worked in the Sita…
May 2, 2019 Read more
GB Rowing Trials
Avery and Issy in the VII raced in the Great Britain April trial at Dorney Lake, Eton. They were up…
May 1, 2019 Read more
ICYD U15 Debating
Eight of our U15 debaters competed in the finals of the International Competition for Young Debaters at the Cambridge Union….
April 30, 2019 Read more
St Paul’s in Ty Newydd
14 Paulinas travelled to Ty Newydd on the Welsh coast to spend a week on their creative writing. Led by…
April 26, 2019 Read more
U19 Girls Chess Championships
Arushi (V), Anika (UIV) and Anwen (MIV) competed in the two-day final of the National U19 Girls Chess Championships. The…
April 25, 2019 Read more
Modern Languages Trips
Over the Easter holidays, the modern languages department took students on a huge array of trips. The UIV went to…
April 25, 2019 Read more
French Debating
Congratulations to Sophie (VIII) and Anya (VII) who won 3rd place in the French Institute debating competition. They impressed the jury…
March 25, 2019 Read more
Colet Play 2019
This year’s Colet Play was The Duchess of Malfi, John Webster’s gory tale of revenge and dark humour. The play…
March 22, 2019 Read more
Classical Association Greek and Latin Reading Competition
Nine Classicists travelled to Queen’s College for the Classical Association Greek and Latin Reading Competition. Our St Paul’s students did exceptionally…
March 21, 2019 Read more
Maslenitsa Celebration
Students studying Russian in the LV and V journeyed to Harrow School to celebrate the Russian celebration of Maslenitsa. This is…
March 19, 2019 Read more
St Paul’s in Folgarida
A group of students from the LV and V headed to Folgardia, in northern Italy, for a week of skiing….
March 15, 2019 Read more
Careers Forum
We were delighted to welcome four OPs to help answer the question: “What can you do with a science degree?”. The…
March 13, 2019 Read more
National Schools Tournament
Congratulations to our senior lacrosse 1st team who finished in first place at the National Schools Tournament in Aldershot, after…
March 11, 2019 Read more
VIII Play
Amidst a busy term at St Paul’s, 12 brave Paulinas took on the task of putting on the VIII play. This Restless…
March 4, 2019 Read more
Unlocking the Power of the Human
This week our staff and invited teachers from across the country were treated to the first ever independent school Diversity…
March 1, 2019 Read more
Wellbeing Week 2019
The third St Paul’s Wellbeing Week brought an array of uplifting activities for all, from MIV to VIII. Activities included mindfulness…
February 27, 2019 Read more
Dance Show 2019
This year’s Dance Show, ‘Live‘, saw pieces performed and choreographed entirely by students. Dance numbers included ballet, contemporary, tap, jazz, commercial…
February 15, 2019 Read more
Old Paulina in Space!
We are delighted that the new rover which will be sent to Mars in 2020 will bear the name of…
February 13, 2019 Read more
Gamelan Workshop
The MIV participated in a series of Gamelan workshops to support their current music module. Gamelan is a traditional instrumental…
February 11, 2019 Read more
The Chairs
Over the course of last term, the VIII A level drama students explored existentialist themes of nothingness and purposelessness in…
February 8, 2019 Read more
Engineering Education Scheme
Some of our senior students visited the University of Kent for two days as part of the Engineering Education Scheme…
February 5, 2019 Read more
Russian Day
St Paul’s annual Russian Day featured ballet classes, traditional Russian cuisine for lunch and a lecture from Professor Philip Bullock…
February 1, 2019 Read more
St Paul’s in Ghana
Two of our senior students visited the African Science Academy in Ghana on an academic exchange. They spent most of…
January 29, 2019 Read more
St Paul’s in Russia
19 Russianists from the LV and V went on a cultural trip to Moscow and St Petersburg. Students visited famous…
January 28, 2019 Read more
French Revolution Talks
The VIII historians have been treated to two enlightening talks on the French Revolution this week. Dr Tom Stammers, of Durham…
January 25, 2019 Read more
VI Arts Day
To celebrate completing their mock exams, the VI celebrated their Arts Day with a trip to the Tate Modern followed…
January 24, 2019 Read more
St Paul’s in Venice
Over the Christmas holidays, members of Paulina Voices visited Venice on a choir tour. They sang in various venues including…
January 10, 2019 Read more
Weihnachtsfest
The highlight of the German department calendar is our annual celebration of the Weihnachtsfest. We celebrated with traditional German Christmas…
December 19, 2018 Read more
Staff Christmas Pantomime
This year’s staff panto served as a grand finale to the end of term. Starring a cast of talented staff,…
December 17, 2018 Read more
Christmas Concert
This year’s Christmas Concert was truly spectacular, seeing a performance of Mark Wilderspin’s opera, The Little Match Girl, composed for…
December 14, 2018 Read more
Art Trip to Kew Gardens
Last week our V artists visited Kew Gardens to find inspiration for their upcoming art projects. They participated in a…
December 12, 2018 Read more
England Debate Team
We are delighted that two of our students have been selected for the England Debate team, the first for decades…
December 10, 2018 Read more
Lacrosse Update
Our 1st lacrosse team won second place in the Greater London Indoor Tournament, conceding just one match throughout. Additionally, our…
December 6, 2018 Read more
Russian Senior Study Day
Russianists in the VI, VII and VIII travelled to Oxford High School for a senior study day. They heard lectures…
December 3, 2018 Read more
The Crucible
The talented double cast of students from the two St Paul’s schools brought Arthur Miller’s play to life in a…
November 30, 2018 Read more
UIV Marseille Exchange
The UIV were delighted to welcome their French exchange partners to a week of London life. Visiting students were able…
November 28, 2018 Read more
Dr Beatrice Groves visits St Paul’s
Dr Beatrice Groves gave a fascinating lecture to Lit Soc, and associated Paulina-Potterheads, on literary allusion in Harry Potter. The…
November 26, 2018 Read more
English and Drama trip to Macbeth
English and Drama students in the V and VI visited the Barbican to see Shakespeare’s greatest antihero Macbeth – played by…
November 22, 2018 Read more
Business, Government and the Services Careers Networking
Girls from the VII and VIII were able to ‘speed network’ with six Old Paulina mentors, including Katie Brewis (OP 1992…
November 20, 2018 Read more
Living Library 2018
St Paul’s once again welcomed eager Year 5 students from Larmenier and Sacred Heart for another year of Living Library….
November 19, 2018 Read more
Parfitt Day 2018
Last Friday, the school’s annual Parfitt Day took place. The day is celebration of piano and included a lecture recital…
November 16, 2018 Read more
Collaborations+
The private view of ‘Collaborations+’ was held on the Marble this week, featuring artwork produced during the VII trip to…
November 15, 2018 Read more
MIV Sponsored Swim 2018
Congratulations to the MIV who have successfully completed their sponsored swim and raised £4341.10. The funds will be split between…
November 12, 2018 Read more
MIV Party 2018
The annual MIV party took place on Friday 2 November with a ‘futuristic’ theme. The VII organised a whole host…
November 8, 2018 Read more
St Paul’s in St Ives
A group of senior art students journeyed to the artists’ colony of St Ives, Cornwall, famous for its clear and pink-tinged…
November 6, 2018 Read more
St Paul’s in Japan
Four Paulinas and four Paulines spent a week staying with host families in Toyohashi in Aichi Prefecture. They took part in…
November 2, 2018 Read more
St Paul’s in Barcelona
Students in the VI spent a week in Barcelona on the annual Barcelona exchange. They were able to explore the…
November 2, 2018 Read more
ISSET Mission Discovery Course
Rosie and Weijia in the VI participated in the ISSET Mission Discovery course at King’s College London where they spent…
November 2, 2018 Read more
And Then There Were None Studio Production
A suitably ghoulish studio production of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None was performed on Halloween night, by a…
November 1, 2018 Read more
St Paul’s in New York
Three Paulinas in the VII set off to New York to take part in a two-week cultural exchange. They stayed…
October 29, 2018 Read more
Pre-U Success
We are pleased to announce that three of our students received the top marks in the country for their Pre-U…
October 12, 2018 Read more
Alumnae Matches
Once a Paulina always a Paulina? We were thrilled to welcome OPs from the classes of 2008 to 2018 to…
October 10, 2018 Read more
GSA Netball Tournament
Teams from the UIV and LV competed in the GSA Netball Tournament in Shropshire. Despite the rainy weather, both teams…
October 8, 2018 Read more
Connell Guides Essay Prize
Congratulations to Clementine in the VI who has won the Connell Guides GCSE Essay Prize. Judge Tim De Lisle praised…
October 4, 2018 Read more
U16 Northern Junior Championship Debating
Four debating teams from the LV to VI travelled to Newcastle to participate in the U16 Northern Junior Championship. The…
October 1, 2018 Read more
Senior Scholarship 2018
Many congratulations to the three VII winners of this year’s Senior Scholarship: • Emilie for her submission entitled ‘How coding is making…
September 28, 2018 Read more
Dharshini David visits St Paul’s
We welcomed Dharshini David, broadcaster, economist and author, to give a talk on the ‘almighty dollar’. The fascinating talk traced…
September 27, 2018 Read more
Opening of the Garden Building
Last Friday our wonderful new Garden Building was officially opened by Dame Carol Black, Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge. She…
September 21, 2018 Read more
2018 Leavers’ Bursary
Congratulations to the 2018 leavers’ families who raised a fantastic sum of £170,000 towards a bursary for a MIV candidate…
September 20, 2018 Read more
Joint Concert 2018
Thursday 13 September saw the confluence of musical students from the two St Paul’s schools for the annual Joint Concert. The…
September 19, 2018 Read more
MIV Team Building at Stubbers Adventure Centre 2018
The much anticipated outdoor adventure day arrived on Tuesday, allowing the new cohort to get to know each other. Students…
September 17, 2018 Read more
Paulina Voices at St Paul’s
This week Paulina Voices performed Holst’s The Planets at St Paul’s Cathedral, accompanied by footage from NASA and an introduction from astronauts…
September 7, 2018 Read more
2018 Examinations Results
Many congratulations to all of our students on their fantastic achievements in the 2018 public examinations, which are the culmination…
August 23, 2018 Read more
Opening of the Pavilion
Our new Pavilion was formally opened, by Zoe de Toledo, Olympian and OP 1998 to 2005. The ceremony was attended…
July 6, 2018 Read more
Sports Day 2018
Sports Day 2018 saw our five mythical teams battle in track and field events, supported from the sidelines by teammates…
July 5, 2018 Read more
Bank of England and Financial Times School Blog Competition
Congratulations to Nicola in the VII who is the runner up in the Bank of England and the Financial Times…
June 29, 2018 Read more
MIV Trip to Matilda: The Musical
Following a recent trip to the Cambridge Theatre to see Matilda: The Musical, the MIV were visited by Rob Howell, the…
June 26, 2018 Read more
VII Fieldtrip to the Lake District
The VII geographers visited the Lake District to develop their geographic fieldwork skills, practicing clinometer use, sound mapping and sampling…
June 22, 2018 Read more
UIV Bentley Copse Trip
The UIV went to Bentley Copse for a camping trip in early June. During the day, students participated in a…
June 20, 2018 Read more
Hangzhou Exchange
St Paul’s recently hosted a group of sixth form students from a school for deaf pupils in Hangzhou. The students…
June 15, 2018 Read more
Houses of Parliament Trip
This week our PSHE ambassadors visited the Houses of Parliament where they were given a guided tour of the House…
June 7, 2018 Read more
Dr Marisa Linton visits St Paul’s
The History Society were delighted to welcome Marisa Linton, from Kingston University, to talk on Robespierre and other leaders of…
May 30, 2018 Read more
Head Girl Team 2018-2019
Congratulations to the newly-selected Head Girl Team for next year’s VIII. Our new Head Girl is Anjali with Costi as Deputy…
May 29, 2018 Read more
STEM Careers Fair
The science department hosted a STEM careers fair for students in the LV to the VIII. Students were able to…
May 25, 2018 Read more
Senior Exhibition
The Senior Exhibition private view was held on Tuesday 15 May. This year’s show featured the work of 11 artists…
May 25, 2018 Read more
Cantamus Tour 2018
This bank holiday, forty girls from the UIV to the V, visited Amsterdam. Students performed in three wonderful concerts performed…
May 17, 2018 Read more
The Garden Building
The new Garden Building was opened in time for the beginning of term. The building is flooded with light from…
May 9, 2018 Read more
US University Success
We are pleased to announce that at the closing of the US University admissions cycle, 14 Paulinas have now received…
May 4, 2018 Read more
Visual Arts Course exhibition
The first week of term played host to the annual school-directed Visual Arts Course exhibition, with parents and guests invited…
May 3, 2018 Read more
UK Mathematics Trust
Congratulations to Sara in the VI who has been invited to attend the UK Mathematics Trust Olympiad Initial Training Camp…
May 1, 2018 Read more
Hans Woyda Mathematics Competition
Our Hans Woyda team Alice (VIII), Petra (VII), Sara (VI), and Mansa (LV) travelled to Channing School for the final…
March 30, 2018 Read more
Colet Play 2018
Last week saw this year’s Colet Play, William Golding’s iconic Lord of the Flies. Adapted for the stage by Nigel…
March 19, 2018 Read more
Dads4Daughters Day
On Thursday 15 March we celebrated the second annual Dads4Daughters Day with two events, firstly a breakfast for 170 fathers…
March 16, 2018 Read more
VIII Play 2018
Last week, a cast of VIII performed Earthquakes in London as their annual play. The story revolves around three sisters and how…
February 8, 2018 Read more
Wellbeing Week 2018
Last week marked St Paul’s second Wellbeing Week, and the array of activities was phenomenal. From stress-relieving finger knitting, to…
February 5, 2018 Read more
Independent Schools Mock Trial
On Saturday 4 February, ten Paulinas from the V headed to a mock trial at Wood Green Crown Court. From…
February 4, 2018 Read more
St Paul’s in Russia
The recent trip to Russia over the Christmas holiday was a fantastic experience for everyone, whether studying the language or not. …
January 29, 2018 Read more
St Paul’s at Ben Nevis
In December, a group of five Paulinas embarked on a joint ice climbing trip with the boys’ school to Fort…
January 29, 2018 Read more
Debating Success
Our debaters continue to excel. Emma and Ilyana in the VII mastered tax and charity legislation to progress to the…
January 29, 2018 Read more
University Success
We are thrilled that a total of 54 students have been made offers to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge…
January 26, 2018 Read more
Mr Donkor’s Debut Novel
We were delighted to see that Michael Donkor from the English Department was selected by the Observer New Review as…
January 19, 2018 Read more
Debaters Win LSE Schools Competition
Our young debaters crowned an unforgettable half-term by winning the main title, the individual best speaker, the top team in…
December 18, 2017 Read more
16 Days of Activism
St Paul’s was illuminated in orange last week for school events to mark UN Women’s 16 Days of Activism. Through Dads4Daughters’ collaboration…
December 15, 2017 Read more
MIV Sponsored Swim 2017
MIV has collected a staggering £4526.98 from their sponsored swim. Half of the donations will be given to the school charities…
December 13, 2017 Read more
Christmas Concert
The Christmas Concert on Monday 11 December rounded off the musical term in style. The Great Hall was once again…
December 12, 2017 Read more
Weihnachtsfest
If you had been within a mile’s radius of room T22 at noon on Wednesday 6 December, you would have…
December 8, 2017 Read more
The Sound of Music
The halls were alive with the sound of Paulinas practising their ‘do-re-mis’, ahead of the four-night run of this year’s…
November 30, 2017 Read more
Living Library 2017
Last week St Paul’s organised and hosted our annual Living Library where students from nearby primary schools visit the school…
November 20, 2017 Read more
MIV Party 2017
The MIV Party on Friday 10 November 2017 was a memorable occasion, both for the MIV and the VII who…
November 15, 2017 Read more
Paulina awarded the Arkwright Scholarship
Congratulations to Emilie in the VII who was awarded the Arkwright Engineering Scholarship this year. Arkwright scholarships are awarded to students who…
November 12, 2017 Read more
South Schools Lacrosse Championship
Our first lacrosse team participated in the South Schools Lacrosse Championship hosted at The Lady Eleanor Holles School. This invitational goes…
November 9, 2017 Read more
Opening of the New Pavilion
Monday 30 October was a key day in the sporting history of St Paul’s with the opening of the new pavilion! From the stunning…
November 8, 2017 Read more
MIV Team Building at Stubbers Adventure Centre 2017
The annual MIV trip to Stubbers let our current cohort get to know each other better and bond in a relaxed,…
October 21, 2017 Read more
Prizes for Poetic Paulinas
Last month, a record four Paulinas were selected by a panel of judges to be one of the 100 winners of…
October 15, 2017 Read more
Northern Junior Debating Championship
A long trip to Newcastle proved rewarding as our U16 debaters emerged victorious on their third visit to the north…
October 10, 2017 Read more
Laura Donnelly Visits St Paul’s
We welcomed Northern Irish actress Laura Donnelly, who is currently starring as Caitlin Carney in the West End hit The Ferryman, for…
October 4, 2017 Read more
Women For Trump
A cast of five girls from the V to the VII performed a Paulina-penned original play, Women for Trump. Written from…
October 3, 2017 Read more
Highly Commended in Robson History Prize
Congratulations to Rosie in the VII whose essay entitled ‘Did Lollardy pose a serious challenge to the late medieval church?’ was…
October 3, 2017 Read more
Senior Scholarship 2017
Many congratulations to the three VII winners of this year’s Senior Scholarship: • Cecily for her submission entitled ‘The Deviant…
September 30, 2017 Read more
2017 Leavers’ Bursary
Congratulations to the 2017 leaving families on raising £204,594.63 to fully fund a new bursary for a girl who would…
September 16, 2017 Read more
Joint Concert 2017
Thursday 14 September saw the confluence of highly musical students from the two St Paul’s schools for the annual Joint…
September 15, 2017 Read more
University Destinations 2017
Congratulations to all our university candidates. Most girls have secured their first choice university and all those heading off this…
August 30, 2017 Read more
Summer School 2017
During the last week of July, we welcomed another lively cohort of Year 4 children to our Summer School. This…
August 27, 2017 Read more
2017 Examinations Results
Many congratulations to all of our students on their fantastic achievements in the 2017 public examinations which are the culmination…
August 17, 2017 Read more
Fitzwilliam College Russian Studies Prize
Congratulations to Amy in the VII who was highly commended in the Russian Studies prize run by Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge….
July 8, 2017 Read more
MFL Translation Bee
On Monday 3 July, Priya (UIV), Francesca (UIV), Andreana (LV) and Jiawen (UIV) travelled to Cambridge to take part in the…
July 7, 2017 Read more
St Paul’s at Orielton
The VII biologists took a trip to Orielton Field Centre, Pembrokeshire, to gain a new perspective on the various aspects of…
July 1, 2017 Read more
Sports Day 2017
We were delighted that the glorious weather graced the skies for our highly-anticipated Sports Day. There were team colours, face paint,…
June 30, 2017 Read more
Paulinas win Best Newspaper at Shine Media Awards
Congratulations to the editorial team for The Marble, St Paul’s school newspaper, which won first prize in two categories: ‘Best…
June 20, 2017 Read more
Essay Prizes and Research Placements
Congratulations to all VII students who have excelled in nationwide university competitions this year. Paulinas have done particularly well in…
June 15, 2017 Read more
Mock Leaders Debate
After weeks of anticipation stoked by hilariously pun-filled emails, six Paulinas gathered in the Great Hall yesterday to represent Britain’s…
May 28, 2017 Read more
Junior Production – Alice In Wonderland
The cast of this year’s magical and memorable Junior Play, Alice in Wonderland, fell down the rabbit hole towards suitcases,…
May 21, 2017 Read more
Paulinas Longlisted in ‘New Views’ Competition
After completing a series of weekly sessions at school, Berenike, Fox and Costi in the VI were longlisted for the New Views playwriting competition run…
May 20, 2017 Read more
Junior Sculling Regatta
On 14 May, the St Paul’s Boat Club travelled to Eton Dorney to compete at the renowned Junior Sculling Regatta….
May 16, 2017 Read more
International Biology Olympiad
Congratulations to Rebecca in the VIII who has been chosen to represent the UK at the world’s largest biology competition…
May 15, 2017 Read more
Head Girl Team 2016 – 2017
Congratulations to the newly-selected Head Girl Team for next year’s VIII. Tallulah is Head Girl and Kristin Deputy Head Girl….
May 8, 2017 Read more
Cantamus Tour to Belgium
On the May bank holiday weekend, Cantamus went on tour to Belgium. They had an incredible time performing in breath-taking venues,…
May 5, 2017 Read more
Bonn Exchange
A group of girls from the UIV and LV travelled to Bonn on Sunday 26 March. The spent six days,…
April 30, 2017 Read more
Marseilles Exchange
During the Easter holidays 31 girls in the V spent a week in Montpellier, where they spent the mornings in…
April 30, 2017 Read more
Concerto Concert
On Wednesday 26 April, the Great Hall hosted the swansongs of four outgoing VIII music scholars (Rafaela, Helen, Sum-Ping, and…
April 30, 2017 Read more
Higher Education Conference 2017
Our annual Higher Education Conference took place on Saturday 22 April, with many of the Russell Group universities leading seminars offering…
April 24, 2017 Read more
Washington Exchange
During the Easter holidays, twelve Paulinas spent a little over a week in Washington DC on an exchange with National…
April 15, 2017 Read more
Middlesex County Finals
It has been another fantastic year for netball, with the crowning moment arriving last Saturday as the senior first netball team…
March 28, 2017 Read more
VIII Play 2017
This term saw the VIII’s wonderful production of Moira Buffini’s Welcome to Thebes, a play in which Buffini uses classical…
March 28, 2017 Read more
Talent 2030 Engineering Competition
This year, six LV Paulinas were shortlisted for Talent 2030, a National Engineering Competition for girls, and were invited to…
March 25, 2017 Read more
Celebration of Sport Evening
The celebration of sport event recognises athletes from the VI-VIII who train so hard for their sport to be recognised. With so many girls involved, it…
March 25, 2017 Read more
Science Week 2017
Science week 2017 involved an explosion of extra-curricular activities run by students in the VII and VII in which the younger girls could…
March 25, 2017 Read more
Soirée Musicale
The music department finished a wonderful term of music making with the Soirée Musicale on Tuesday 21 March. The concert was…
March 24, 2017 Read more
Artist-in-Residence Programme 2017
For the past three years, the art department have invited an Artist-in-Residence to work with the V for a week in…
March 24, 2017 Read more
Spring Concert 2017
On Sunday 12 March, around 150 talented Paulinas united with the Colet Choral Society at St John’s Smith Square for…
March 24, 2017 Read more
Greek Play 2017
On Wednesday 22 March, the Singing Hall was transformed in a crash of thunder to a desolate ravine, where Prometheus…
March 23, 2017 Read more
European Fencing Championships
Congratulations to Avery in the V who made British fencing history with her team at the European Fencing Championships in…
March 20, 2017 Read more
National Schools Lacrosse Tournament
Our lacrosse second team became runners up at the National Schools Lacrosse Tournament this term. Boosted by the confidence of…
March 20, 2017 Read more
Classical Reading Competition
On Wednesday 15 March, a group of Paulinas attended the Classical Association Reading Competition at Queen’s College. It was a…
March 17, 2017 Read more
Dads4Daughters Day
After the campaign was launched a year ago at St Paul’s we were delighted that on 15th March hundreds of fathers…
March 16, 2017 Read more
MIV Charity Fair 2017
On Wednesday 8 March, the Great Hall was transformed into a bazaar with many colourful stalls selling home-baked goods, sweets with…
March 10, 2017 Read more
New High Mistress
The Board of Governors is delighted to announce that Sarah Fletcher, currently Head of City of London School, will succeed…
February 22, 2017 Read more
ESU Mace Regional Champions
Asisa and Marua in the VII were crowned West London regional champions and so go through to the ESU Mace finals…
February 20, 2017 Read more
Spring Awakening Fashion Show
The Friday before half term the Great Hall was truly transformed into a ‘Spring Awakening’ for this year’s Re-Store and…
February 15, 2017 Read more
Dance Show 2017
On Wednesday and Thursday this week, a group of Paulinas from all years performed in the annual charity Dance Show….
February 10, 2017 Read more
Colet Play 2017
Last Friday marked the final performance of this year’s Colet Play, the Hitchcock classic: The 39 Steps. Organised and performed…
February 10, 2017 Read more
Dame Hermione Lee Visits St Paul’s
Last Friday we had the pleasure of hosting Professor Dame Hermione Lee, literary biographer and President of Wolfson College, Oxford,…
February 10, 2017 Read more
Chinese Day
Last Wednesday, the school celebrated Chinese New Year with a variety of activities, lectures and, of course, food! In the…
February 10, 2017 Read more
Musical Achievements
Congratulations to music scholars Tatiana (UIV) and Miyu (VII). Tatiana recently won the Gordon Turner Harp Competition at the Royal College…
February 9, 2017 Read more
Sir Anthony Seldon Visits St Paul’s
On 27 January, the historic day that Theresa May met Donald Trump for the first time, Sir Anthony Seldon delivered…
February 3, 2017 Read more
Wellbeing Week 2017
Positive mental health and wellbeing is something that’s important to all of us, and Wellbeing Week allowed everybody to get…
January 27, 2017 Read more
St Paul’s in Berlin
VI GCSE history students enhanced their understanding of twentieth century history on a trip to Berlin, a particularly relevant destination for their…
January 17, 2017 Read more
St Paul’s in Russia
Over the holidays, Paulinas were met by a classic Christmas scene as they arrived in Russia: freezing cold and streets…
January 15, 2017 Read more
Christmas Concert
Ever a highlight of the autumn term, the Christmas Concert on Tuesday opened with Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice and later delighted the…
December 20, 2016 Read more
New York Art Exhibition
The Marble was lined with a range of images and drawings on Tuesday from the VIII’s recent trip to New…
December 18, 2016 Read more
Staff Christmas Pantomime
Yesterday the Great Hall was filled with laughter, booing and shouts of ‘It’s behind you!’: the eagerly anticipated staff Christmas…
December 16, 2016 Read more
British Rowing Indoor Championships
Senior members of the boat club attended the British Rowing Indoor Championships this past weekend. Nicola in the VIII competed…
December 16, 2016 Read more
Carol Concerts
The candlelit Great Hall and pre-concert mince pies all added to the Christmas spirit at the Carol Concert. The highlight of the evening was…
December 15, 2016 Read more
Principia Schools Conference
After taking part in the RHS Space Seeds project last year as part of Tim Peake’s mission to the ISS,…
December 9, 2016 Read more
The Merry Wives of Windsor
After months of rehearsals, last week saw the three-night run of this year’s school play, The Merry Wives of Windsor….
December 9, 2016 Read more
Sunday Times Parent Power League Table
Although St Paul’s and many other leading independent schools have withdrawn from the formal published league tables, we were nevertheless delighted that…
December 9, 2016 Read more
Dr Nick Lane Visits St Paul’s
Last week we were privileged enough to hear a talk from renowned evolutionary biochemist, Dr Nick Lane, on ‘The Evolution of Complex…
December 2, 2016 Read more
Bulgarian Festival at Cadogan Hall
Paulina Voices joined forces with a choir from Francis Holland School to perform Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and Brahms’ Psalm 13…
December 1, 2016 Read more
Rowing News
Saturday 12 November saw some excellent racing from the St Paul’s Boat Club, putting out their first and second senior…
November 22, 2016 Read more
IntoUniversity Centre Co-funded by St Paul’s
IntoUniversity is an award-winning charity committed to widening access for children from disadvantaged backgrounds to top universities and closing the…
November 17, 2016 Read more
Living Library 2016
On Wednesday 16 November, a group of enthusiastic VII students volunteered in the Living Library project, an outreach programme we…
November 17, 2016 Read more
MIV Party 2016
The MIVs were lucky enough to go to a pyjama party in the Great Hall. The annual MIV party, which is…
November 17, 2016 Read more
Teacher Tribute Initiative
Each year, members of Stanford’s incoming freshman class are invited to acknowledge a former teacher who played a significant role…
November 16, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s Victory at Indoor Football Tournament
The beginning of November saw the arrival of the most anticipated date in the football calendar: the St Paul’s Indoor…
November 15, 2016 Read more
Paulina Excels in Clarinet Competition
Many congratulations to Madeleine in the LV who was the youngest semi-finalist and was highly commended in the prestigious Clarinet and Saxophone…
November 15, 2016 Read more
Heather Stanning Visits St Paul’s
The V had a visit from two-time Olympian Heather Stanning, she answered questions, shared some words of wisdom and showed…
November 11, 2016 Read more
Orchestral Concert
The music department’s Orchestral Concert took place in the Great Hall on 10 November. A delighted audience enjoyed performances by Sinfonia,…
November 11, 2016 Read more
Paulinas Storm Kingston Small Boats Head
The St Paul’s Boat Club took Kingston Small Boats Head race by storm this with juniors and seniors alike taking…
November 2, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s in Hangzhou
Five Paulinas travelled to Hangzhou, a town in southern China, to stay on the beautiful campus of Hangzhou Dianzi University…
November 1, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s at CERN
Cheese, chocolate and particle physics; it doesn’t get better than that. A group of VII and VIII discovered this in Switzerland…
November 1, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s in New York
Over half term, a group of 12 A level art students took a trip across the pond to visit the Big…
November 1, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s in Beijing
Over half term, nine Paulinas set off for Beijing to visit their much-missed exchanges. After sleeping off their jet-lag, they…
October 31, 2016 Read more
Barcelona Exchange
During their week in the city, the 19 Paulinas experienced all elements of Spanish culture, with activities ranging from tours of…
October 31, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s in Venice
During half term, a group of ten Paulinas set out to Venice to improve their Italian. Each day started with…
October 31, 2016 Read more
Buenos Aires Exchange
Three students from the VIII went on an exchange to Buenos Aires with Northlands School for a period of ten…
October 31, 2016 Read more
Jishukan Exchange
This half term, four VII Paulinas made a journey of a lifetime to the Land of the Rising Sun. Along…
October 31, 2016 Read more
Amnesty Concert 2017
On the last day of term, around 250 Paulinas and teachers came to watch the annual talent show organised by…
October 28, 2016 Read more
Studio Production – Not Our Kind of People
After six weeks of frantic rehearsals, 15 actors and dancers performed Not Our Kind of People, a play that written by…
October 12, 2016 Read more
Sean O’Brien Visits St Paul’s
LitSoc welcomed the award-winning poet Sean O’Brien as a guest speaker. He read out a number of his poems, encompassing…
October 11, 2016 Read more
Paulina Retains Title as Foyle’s Poetry Prize Winner
Many congratulations to Sophia in the VII who is a winner of the Foyle Young Poet of the Year award…
October 10, 2016 Read more
Paulina wins Robson History Prize
Many congratulations to Alexa in the VIII who has been awarded first prize in Trinity College Cambridge’s Robson History Prize,…
October 10, 2016 Read more
Senior Scholarship 2016
Many congratulations to the three winners of this year’s Senior Scholarship: • Isabelle for her submission entitled ‘In defence of the deus…
October 9, 2016 Read more
Lacrosse County Champions
The senior seconds lacrosse team (above) competed in the U18B Greater London Super County Tournament at North London Collegiate School. They…
September 30, 2016 Read more
MIV Team Building at Stubbers Adventure Centre 2016
After an arduous journey through London traffic the new MIVs arrived at the Stubbers Centre and enjoyed a day of…
September 29, 2016 Read more
Studio Production – Macbeth
For this year’s first Studio Production, VI Paulinas dove in with a classic: Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Carolyn, the director, writes ‘directing…
September 27, 2016 Read more
Paulina Lacrosse Players Excel
Victoire in the VI should be congratulated on being selected for the prestigious Lacrosse National Academy. After several years of…
September 25, 2016 Read more
David Bodanis Visits St Paul’s
David Bodanis, writer and futurist, delivered a lecture on his new book, Einstein’s Greatest Mistake for the second Friday lecture of…
September 15, 2016 Read more
USA Lacrosse Team Coaching Clinic
Ten senior lacrosse squad members were lucky enough to attend a prestigious coaching clinic at the Surrey Sports Park with…
September 15, 2016 Read more
Duke of Edinburgh Gold Expedition
A group of Paulinas completed their Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award this summer. After some traumatic weather on their practice…
September 14, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s in Madrid
A group of LV Paulinas enjoyed an activity packed week at the Gredos Centre in Spain. Highlights included rope climbing…
September 10, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s at NASA
Last July around 30 Paulinas and four teachers made the nine hour flight to Orlando, Florida, in one small step for…
September 5, 2016 Read more
Volunteering Overseas at Orion
This summer a mixed group of Paulinas, Bedalians and a Pauline headed to the Russian countryside to live for ten…
September 4, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s in Iceland
The summer holiday saw 32 excited geographers from the V and VI embark on an adventure to Iceland. They spent…
September 2, 2016 Read more
Bonn Exchange
Now in its twenty-ninth year, 27 Paulinas were received cheerfully by their German exchange partners at Cologne airport. They had…
September 2, 2016 Read more
University Destinations 2016
Congratulations to all our university candidates. Following the release of the exceptional A level results, most girls have secured their…
August 31, 2016 Read more
Summer School 2016
During the last week of July, we welcomed 53 Year 4 children from nearly 30 primary schools across London to…
August 30, 2016 Read more
‘Theatrical Triumph’ For OPs at the Edinburgh Fringe
Following their excellent A level results, a group from this year’s leaving VIII and previous alumnae, who together form Erasmus…
August 30, 2016 Read more
OP Rowers Win Major Titles
Congratulations to Zoe de Toldeo, OP, (who recently met up with Miss Pegler above), who coxed the women’s eight at the Rio Olympics this summer,…
August 30, 2016 Read more
2016 Examination Results
Many congratulations to all of our students on their fantastic achievements in the 2016 public examinations which are the culmination…
August 18, 2016 Read more
Soirée Musicale
The final music concert of the year was the Soirée Musicale on a hot and steamy June evening. It was…
June 30, 2016 Read more
Summer Play – Treasure Island
A cast drawn from the MIV to V finished their three-night run of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic, Treasure Island, last night. The story…
June 30, 2016 Read more
New Sculptures Unveiled in the Music Wing
At the recent Soirée Musicale, Ms Farr unveiled the new busts of Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan-Williams by the sculptor…
June 27, 2016 Read more
UIV Trip to Neasden Temple
The Neasden Temple rises out of a mass of low-rise shops and houses as a towering structure of white Italian…
June 22, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s in Epping Forest
On what appeared to be a sunny Wednesday morning, the V set out on a day trip to Epping Forest…
June 22, 2016 Read more
National Schools Regatta
The weekend before half term the St Paul’s rowers competed in the National Schools Regatta at Eton Dorney Lake. The…
June 22, 2016 Read more
Woolf Prize Commendation
Congratulations to Pippa (VII) whose essay on the presentation of female characters in Restoration era plays was commended in Newnham…
June 22, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s Geographers in Dorking
The UIV set off for Dorking equipped with wellies and clipboards and excited to put some of their geographical skills…
June 21, 2016 Read more
UIV Bentley Copse Camping Trip
The UIV went to Bentley Copse camping centre in Surrey where they delved into several different activities ranging from go-karting…
June 21, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s Boat Club Launch New Boats
On Saturday 21 May, we welcomed 50 parents and alumnae donors at the Boat Club to launch a fleet of…
May 26, 2016 Read more
Junior Production – Romeo and Juliet
On 10 and 11 May, a catastrophe occurred in the new Drama Studio. Romeo forgot his lines, Lady Montague had…
May 25, 2016 Read more
Apposition Dinner 2016
A group of Paulinas in the VIII were very lucky to be invited to Apposition Dinner at the beautiful Mercers’…
May 20, 2016 Read more
Paulina Voices Music Recording
On Tuesday 10 May, 18 girls from Paulina Voices made a recording with Jonathan Antoine at Air-Edel Recording Studios. Jonathan is…
May 14, 2016 Read more
Senior Art Exhibition 2016
The private view of the Senior Art Exhibition took place in the Great Hall on 10 May. The exhibition brought…
May 13, 2016 Read more
VI Drama Performances
A packed audience in the new Drama Studio watched as 25 girls from the VI School Directed Course gave dazzling…
May 13, 2016 Read more
Higher Education News
At this time of the year the VIII are busy finalising their higher education plans or making decisions on a…
May 12, 2016 Read more
Clio Magazine 2016
The latest issue of Clio is hot off the press for Spring 2016. The annual magazine is a Paulina tradition, inspired…
May 12, 2016 Read more
Space Seeds Project
When Tim Peake went to the ISS, he took 1kg of rocket seeds with him as part of the RHS’s…
May 11, 2016 Read more
Summer Concerto Concert
Anyone who was in the Great Hall last night was treated to a fabulous concert by St Paul’s best senior…
April 29, 2016 Read more
U16 Debating Success
In the Southern Junior Championship (U16) our young teams followed their lead. Sophia Carney (VI) and Nikaya Varma (LV) saw…
April 28, 2016 Read more
Durham Schools’ Debating Competition
Seven teams made the long journey to Durham for the final ‘major’ tournament and hit the event like a tidal…
April 28, 2016 Read more
Paulina wins London Spelling Bee
Recently, Maya Grunschlag, Georgi Pilz and Jiawen Li in the MIV competed in the Modern Languages Spelling Bee London Regional…
April 21, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s in Siena
Paulinas sought to improve their Italian skills and explore Italian culture in a recent trip to Siena. They tackled some…
April 20, 2016 Read more
Washington Exchange
In the middle of the holidays, 20 eager Paulinas boarded a plane. Destination: Washington, USA. Their time was divided between…
April 16, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s in Montpellier
On 11 April, a gaggle of Paulinas embarked on the French trip to Montpellier. After spending the nine-hour train journey doubting…
April 16, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s in Dublin
The Easter holidays saw the arrival of the much-anticipated Dublin trip for the VIII historians. We were fortunate to be…
April 15, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s at the Battlefields
After a six-hour coach journey, which was filled with Dr Newton’s war songs, One Direction songs, gambling and the teachers trying…
April 12, 2016 Read more
Dorney Lake Rowing Camp
Around 20 rowers travel to Eton Dorney Lake every April to participate in the annual training camp. Being at the…
April 10, 2016 Read more
Dresden Exchange
Having said teary goodbyes to exchange partners in October last year, German students in the V were excited to be…
April 8, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s in Pompeii
The Easter holidays saw 42 UIVs embark on a journey to the bay of Naples where they saw some magnificent…
April 6, 2016 Read more
Marseilles Exchange
On 29 March, 22 UIV students flew to Marseilles, where they stayed with our French exchange partners. Over the week…
April 4, 2016 Read more
V History Conference
At the end of last term, V historians took part in a simulation of the Manchurian crisis of 1931-32 and…
April 4, 2016 Read more
MIV Battle of Agincourt Exhibition
On 23 March members of the MIV hosted an exhibition in the Warburg Library on the Battle of Agincourt. This was the…
March 31, 2016 Read more
Greek Play 2016
The Singing Hall was transported to ancient Greece as a small but excellent cast told the story of Euripides’ The…
March 31, 2016 Read more
Dads4Daughters Launch Event
On Thursday 17 March we hosted a launch event for our exciting new campaign, Dads4Daughters. It was lovely to see the…
March 30, 2016 Read more
English Debating Champions
Bella Forristal and Freya Wilson (VII) have won the English Speaking Union Mace, the oldest schools’ debating competition, for the…
March 30, 2016 Read more
International History Bee and Bowl
On 12 March two Paulina teams journeyed to Greig City Academy in North London to participate in the national round…
March 30, 2016 Read more
Paulina Lacrosse Champions
The final lacrosse competition of the season, the U13 and U12 Greater London County Lacrosse Tournament, took place on 12…
March 30, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s Return to Thaxted
When you hear the word Thaxted what do you think of? Well, Thaxted is the name of the tune for…
March 30, 2016 Read more
Celebration of Sport Evening 2016
Senior Paulinas celebrated both team accomplishments and individual sporting excellence at our Celebration of Sport Evening on 21 March. St…
March 30, 2016 Read more
Success for Paulina Classists
On Tuesday 15 March, girls from several year groups competed in the Classical Association Greek and Latin Reading Competition at…
March 29, 2016 Read more
VIII Anglo-Irish Conference
On Friday 11 March we, once again, hosted our annual Anglo-Irish conference for the VIII. Full of the reverberations of Easter 1916…
March 29, 2016 Read more
MIV Science Fair
During Science Week the MIV were very busy carrying out independent team projects ready for St Paul’s first Science Fair….
March 29, 2016 Read more
Science Week 2016
St Paul’s Science Week kicked off on 11 March with a lecture on the second century BC artefact, the Antikythera Mechanism…
March 28, 2016 Read more
Art Detectives
This term we launched Art Detectives, an art history volunteering programme at Sacred Heart Primary School. Every week Paulinas worked…
March 28, 2016 Read more
Music Festival Successes
Congratulations to the following girls: Miyu Kudo (VI) – won the Senior Piano Recital category at the Richmond Festival and…
March 27, 2016 Read more
Geography Trip to Swanage 2016
The VII geographers headed to the Jurassic Dorset coastline armed with ranging poles and clipboards for a full weekend of…
March 19, 2016 Read more
MIV Charity Fair 2016
With all its sweets, smoothies and small change, the MIV Charity Fair was a medley of bake sales, DIY stores…
March 19, 2016 Read more
Gallery Society Art Installation
This term Gallery Society transformed 45 Bute Gardens into an art installation that explored the relationship between nature and technology,…
March 18, 2016 Read more
VIII Play 2016
The 1945 film Brief Encounter, starring Celia Johnson, OP and our theatre’s namesake, is one of the best-loved romances of…
March 18, 2016 Read more
Julian Downward Visits St Paul’s
Julian Downward of the Francis Crick Institute at Cancer Research UK recently came in to talk to Medical Society about his fascinating…
March 18, 2016 Read more
Debating Results
At Cambridge finals’ day our senior teams were fourth and fifth in the UK & Ireland out of 650 entries….
March 18, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s Schools Singing Day
On Saturday 5 March we were delighted to hold the first joint outreach Singing Day with the boys’ school. Over…
March 17, 2016 Read more
Paulina Swimmer Competes in Lyon
Zoe Smith in the LV recently swam for Middlesex in the 17th Annual Lyon National Meet. This marked the first time she…
March 17, 2016 Read more
Close Reading Competition Winner
Georgie Thorpe won this year’s EMagazine Close Reading competition, a national competition run by the English and Media Centre in which…
March 15, 2016 Read more
Spring Concert 2016
On 13 March over 120 singers and musicians met at St John’s Smith Square for the annual Spring Concert. The…
March 15, 2016 Read more
Record-breaking Lacrosse Results
In a nail-biting final with St Pauls scoring in the last two minutes, the 2nd team have taken the title…
March 12, 2016 Read more
French Drama Festival
St Paul’s walked away with the enviable ‘Best Unique Theatrical Experience’ prize from the French Drama Festival for a hilarious rendition of…
March 11, 2016 Read more
Debating Success
Our debaters (picture above) have excelled in qualification to the major U18 finals days at the Oxford and Cambridge Unions;…
March 1, 2016 Read more
Colet Play 2016
Featuring talented actors, beautiful costumes and an extravagant set, this year’s Colet Play, Arabian Nights, was an event not to…
February 28, 2016 Read more
Are You Smarter than a Paulina?
Adapted from the popular game show Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old?, our very own quiz show entitled…
February 28, 2016 Read more
Inversions Dance Show
The last half term concluded with the annual magic of the Dance Show. The three-night show entitled Inversions featured choreography…
February 28, 2016 Read more
Brenda Trenowden Visits St Paul’s
Brenda Trenowden, when not working for ANZ, chairs the 30% Club, a not for profit launched in 2010 with the aim of…
February 27, 2016 Read more
Songfest 2016
On 11 February the well-anticipated Songfest returned to St Paul’s. Stage and lights created the perfect atmosphere for an evening…
February 15, 2016 Read more
U19 Netballers Reach National Finals
St Paul’s U19s netballers have made school history, as they have qualified for the National Schools final, placing our team…
January 29, 2016 Read more
MIV Gamelan Wokshop
‘Gamelan’ means ‘to strike with a hammer’, and is a type of music found on the Indonesian islands Java and…
January 29, 2016 Read more
Chinese Calligraphy Workshop
On the Monday before the Christmas Holidays, the UIV Mandarin class had the opportunity to try their hand at Chinese…
January 29, 2016 Read more
VI Arts Day
As the stress of post-Christmas exams ended last week with the final VI mock, the entire year was treated to a…
January 29, 2016 Read more
Engineering Education Scheme Project
At the beginning of term 12 Paulinas participated in an engineering workshop at UCL. We have been part of the…
January 7, 2016 Read more
Munich Exchange
On 13 December three Paulinas headed off to Munich accompanied by three Paulines and their teacher. After being welcomed by our…
January 6, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s in Russia
Over Christmas, 15 Paulinas flew with Mrs Ninnis and Miss Wenham to Moscow where the Red Square sparkled with Christmas…
January 6, 2016 Read more
St Paul’s in Berlin
At the beginning of the Christmas holidays a group of VI historians had a three-day trip to Berlin. We were…
January 6, 2016 Read more
Santa Run
Earlier this month 14 Paulinas participated in a Christmas themed fun run in Victoria Park in order to raise money…
December 19, 2015 Read more
Shakespeare’s Henry V
Recently three members of the VII – Apolline Bokkerink, Florence Grieve and Erika Price – joined the boys’ school performance of Henry…
December 18, 2015 Read more
VI History Conference
The VI historians were treated to two fascinating lectures at their annual modern history conference. Dr Christopher Dillon of King’s…
December 18, 2015 Read more
Alumnae Nominated for Action Woman of the Year
The Oxford University Women’s Boat Club Squad which includes Maxie Scheske, OP 2005 to 2012, and Jen Ehr, OP 2006 to 2013, was nominated…
December 18, 2015 Read more
Christmas Concert
The Great Hall was packed to the rafters on Monday for the final musical event of a very busy term….
December 16, 2015 Read more
Harrow Cross-Country Race
Of the 14 Paulinas who represented the school at the 2.3 mile Harrow Cross-Country Race last Thursday, several were new…
December 5, 2015 Read more
Debating Competition – ESU Schools Mace
Bella Forristal and Freya Wilson (both in the VII) won the first round of the Mace debating competition yesterday against…
December 4, 2015 Read more
Carol Service
The Great Hall was filled with music and reverence as three school choirs performed in the annual candle-lit Carol Service….
December 3, 2015 Read more
Grease – The Musical
Grease is the word on all Paulinas’ lips after a week of show-stopping performances of the highly anticipated biennial school…
November 30, 2015 Read more
Alumnae of the 1990s Reunion
On 19 November 90 OPs from the classes of 1994 to 1998 plus current and former members of staff met…
November 24, 2015 Read more
SPEAC Dragons’ Den
Last June students from all year groups were given a challenge: to identify an environmental problem at school and develop…
November 24, 2015 Read more
Living Library 2015
The Living Library is an outreach event fronted by VII students, who pick a topic they are particularly interested in,…
November 24, 2015 Read more
Senior Debater Success
Congratulations to Jackie Li (VIII) who has become the First Reserve for Team England in the World Schools Debating Championships….
November 24, 2015 Read more
Paulina Perfects Poetry in Translation
Congratulations to Vicky Fletcher (UIV) who has been highly commended in a prestigious competition for poems in translation, the Stephen…
November 23, 2015 Read more
Gala Dinner and Auction at House of Commons
Early indications from the Gala in November, hosted by Jesse Norman MP, suggest that a magnificent sum of over £500,000…
November 22, 2015 Read more
VII Classics Study Day
Although not considered the typical pastime of a Paulina on Occasional Day, three members of the VII spent their Friday…
November 21, 2015 Read more
MIV Party 2015
The theme for this year’s MIV Party was ‘space’, and true to form, both the VII and MIV pulled out…
November 17, 2015 Read more
Dr Rupert Thompson Visits St Paul’s
On 16 November Dr Rupert Thompson, a lecturer in Philology and Linguistics at Cambridge, talked to Classics Society about the reasons why…
November 17, 2015 Read more
Debating Competition- Birmingham Schools
Melissa Yeung and Isabel Murray won the Birmingham Schools Debating Competition, organised by the English-Speaking Union, with Bella Forristal and…
November 16, 2015 Read more
Paulina Shortlisted for Biological Drawing Prize
Congratulations to Flavia Massey in the VI whose drawing above was shortlisted as one of the top ten in the…
November 10, 2015 Read more
Senior Scholarship 2015
Many congratulations to the five winners of this year’s Senior Scholarship: • Julia Edsparr – ‘Potentially hazardous: the orbit determination…
November 9, 2015 Read more
Studio Production – Alice in Wonderland
After the success of several previous studio productions, a small cast set out to try and bring the crazy world…
November 7, 2015 Read more
Paulinas in the NYO
Congratulations to Ella de Csillery (VI, violin), Athena Hawksley-Walker (VIII, violin), Nell Norman (VIII, violin) and Giulia da Cruz (VI,…
November 7, 2015 Read more
Mathematical Olympiad for Girls Results
Nine of our competitors in the Mathematical Olympiad for Girls scored in the top 25 per cent nationally out of…
November 6, 2015 Read more
Dr Fiachra Mac Gorain visits St Paul’s
Dr Fiachra Mac Gorain talked to Classics Society about the roles of time and memory in Book Six of Virgil’s…
November 6, 2015 Read more
St Paul’s in Bordeaux
For the first week of half term, ten girls in the VII went to Bordeaux to improve their French. The…
November 2, 2015 Read more
Kingston Small Boats Head
On Saturday 31 October, the St Paul’s rowers travelled to Kingston to race in the Kingston Small Boats Head. Both…
November 2, 2015 Read more
National Youth Orchestra Selection
Congratulations to Ella de Csillery (VI, violin), Giulia da Cruz (VI, cello), Athena Hawksley-Walker (VIII, violin) and Nell Norman (VIII,…
November 1, 2015 Read more
Jishukan Exchange
Over the half term, four Paulinas, along with groups from the boys’ school and our sister school in Munich, took…
November 1, 2015 Read more
St Paul’s in Venice
Over the half term holiday, there were two different trips to Venice, one for the VIII art historians and another…
October 31, 2015 Read more
Beijing Exchange
At the beginning of half term Paulinas in the reunited with their exchanges in Beijing. They visited the Forbidden city…
October 25, 2015 Read more
St Paul’s in Hangzhou
After much anticipation, 13 Chinese enthusiasts visited Hangzhou and Shanghai this October. Despite the initial awkwardness, they all became very…
October 20, 2015 Read more
Young Poets on the Underground Winner
As a winner of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award last year, Laura Harray in the VI was invited by…
October 20, 2015 Read more
Amnesty Concert 2015
On the last day of term, the Charity Committee staged their annual talent show in aid of Amnesty International. The…
October 17, 2015 Read more
Sports Teams Return Triumphant
Our athletes have excelled in their sporting competitions this term. The senior and U15 lacrosse teams took part in the…
October 16, 2015 Read more
Foyle Young Poet of the Year Award Winner
Many congratulations to Sophia Carney in the VI who has been chosen as a winner of the Foyle Young Poets…
October 15, 2015 Read more
Holst Birthday Concert 2015
This year’s annual Holst Birthday Concert served as a celebration, not only of the school’s illustrious former Head of Music,…
October 3, 2015 Read more
Studio Production – Wuthering Heights
The first Studio Production of the year was a performance of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, adapted and directed by Carolyn…
October 2, 2015 Read more
Paulina Debaters Win the Dulwich Cup
On 26 September, nine debaters competed in the first competition of the year at Dulwich College. After taking part in…
October 2, 2015 Read more
Highly Commended in Robson History Prize
Congratulations to Tilly Eno in the VII who was highly commended in the Trinity College, Cambridge, Robson History Prize with…
October 1, 2015 Read more
Alumnae of the 1940s Reunion
We were delighted to welcome around 40 OPs who left the school in the 1940s back for lunch with the…
October 1, 2015 Read more
LV Film Workshop
On 22 September, the LV took part in the highly anticipated one day Film Academy workshop. Early sessions on the…
September 25, 2015 Read more
Old Paulina’s Story Told on the West End
We are thrilled to see the positive reviews of Photograph 51, a new West End production about Rosalind Franklin, OP. The play…
September 21, 2015 Read more
Joint Concert 2015
On 17 September, the two St Paul’s schools met for the annual joint concert, offering several fantastic performances including Dvorák’s Symphony…
September 20, 2015 Read more
Economics Essay Shortlisted RES Essay Competition
Congratulations to Emilia Clark in the VIII whose essay was one of 20 shortlisted out of over 2,100 entries to…
September 20, 2015 Read more
MIV Team Building at Stubbers Adventure Centre 2015
On 16 September, the new MIV had a day of team-bonding at Stubbers Adventures Centre in Ockendon. Team challenges ranged…
September 18, 2015 Read more
Dr Luke Pitcher Visits St Paul’s
On Monday 14 September, Dr Luke Pitcher of Somerville College, Oxford visited the Classics Society to give a talk on…
September 18, 2015 Read more
Volunteering Programme Ventures Overseas
A group of Paulinas volunteered for 11 days at Orion Children’s Community, located just outside Moscow, Russia, this summer. They…
September 10, 2015 Read more
Summer School 2015
During the holidays, we hosted our second summer school for primary school children as part of our enrichment and outreach…
September 2, 2015 Read more
2015 University Destinations
Following the release of A level results, most girls have secured their first choice university and all those heading off…
September 2, 2015 Read more
Two Paulinas Become Arkwright Scholars
Helen Leung and Grace Alexander in the VII have received the Arkwright Scholarship. The prestigious scheme aims to inspire and…
August 30, 2015 Read more
The Royal Court Playwright Success
Congratulations to Freya Wilson in the VII who has been accepted onto the Royal Court’s Introduction to Playwriting course. The…
August 30, 2015 Read more
Old Paulinas Perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
This summer, six Old Paulinas and four Old Paulines put on a production of Simon Stephen’s Birdland at the Edinburgh Festival…
August 28, 2015 Read more
St Paul’s in Madrid
On 21 August, the inaugural LV Spanish trip to the Gredos Centre in Madrid took place. At the centre, the…
August 25, 2015 Read more
2015 A/AS and GCSE/IGCSE Exam Results
Many congratulations to all our girls on their fantastic achievements in the 2015 public examinations, which are the culmination of…
August 14, 2015 Read more
Paulinas Perform at BBC Proms with the NYO
Over the summer, Giulia da Cruz (VI), Athena Hawksley-Walker (VIII) and Nell Norman (VIII) spent three weeks in Birmingham for…
August 9, 2015 Read more
Governor Awarded OBE
The St Paul’s community was delighted to hear that one of our governors and OP, Judith Portrait, was awarded an OBE…
June 29, 2015 Read more
‘New Views’ Playwriting Competition Success
This year, the drama department at St Paul’s Girls’ School has been running the National Theatre’s ‘New Views’ playwriting programme,…
June 29, 2015 Read more
Outreach at St Paul’s
At the end of July 2014, St Paul’s Girls’ School ran a successful summer school for Year 4 pupils from local…
June 29, 2015 Read more
Success in Journalism Awards
Many congratulations to the editorial team of The Marble, the St Paul’s student-run newspaper, which was shortlisted in two categories for…
June 25, 2015 Read more
Commendation in Vellacott History Prize
Congratulations to Toby Freedman (VII), whose entry to the Vellacott History Prize at Peterhouse, Cambridge has been commended. Toby’s essay…
June 22, 2015 Read more
Music Scholars Concert
Six music scholars from the MIV and UIV put on a lovely concert on Friday 12 June in the school’s…
June 15, 2015 Read more
National Schools’ Regatta
The St Paul’s rowers have a good many success stories from the recent National Schools’ Regatta. With the J15 second…
June 10, 2015 Read more
UIV Camping Trip 2015
The UIV and a host of teachers made their way out to Bentley Copse on Saturday 6 June for the annual…
June 8, 2015 Read more
Head Girl Team 2015 – 2016
Congratulations to the newly-selected senior leaders team. Leena Meneely is Head Girl and Jude Lewis Deputy Head Girl. They will…
June 2, 2015 Read more
VI Picnic 2015
The VI marked their final day of lessons before study leave with the school’s annual picnic at the playing fields….
May 22, 2015 Read more
Debate Outreach at Hammersmith Academy
Last term, a few St Paul’s Girls’ School students began coaching the Year 7 debaters at Hammersmith Academy. Jude Lewis in…
May 21, 2015 Read more
English Schools’ Track and Field Cup
On Wednesday 13 May, 24 excited Paulinas from the MIV to V took part in the first round of the…
May 20, 2015 Read more
Salters’ Chemistry Festival
Four Paulinas (Siyanugi Birabanathan, Natalie Tsang, Eleanor Farry and Cristina Marson) in the UIV attended the Salters’ Chemistry Festival last…
May 18, 2015 Read more
Studio Production – Little Women
Over the last three months, over 30 students in the LV have been working hard on a production of Little…
May 15, 2015 Read more
Senior Art Exhibition
On 12 May, girls studying A level art exhibited their work at a private view for parents and guests. As…
May 15, 2015 Read more
Mock Election 2015
Whilst the rest of the nation was gearing up for what promised to be one of the closest elections in…
May 11, 2015 Read more
Wallingford Regatta
The St Paul’s Girls’ School Boat Club arrived bright and early at Dorney Lake to compete at Wallingford Regatta. The…
May 8, 2015 Read more
Parfitt Day 2015
International pianist, Alexandra Dariescu, gave a masterclass and evening recital as part of this year’s Parfitt Day celebrations on 5…
May 8, 2015 Read more
English Trip to The Globe
The St Paul’s VI English scholars took a trip to see The Merchant of Venice at the Globe on Sunday…
May 5, 2015 Read more
Cambridge Humanities Writing Competition Winner
Congratulations to Honor Cargill-Martin in the VII who has been awarded joint first place in the Girton College Cambridge Humanities Writing…
May 5, 2015 Read more
Old Paulinas Make Boat Race History
As many of you will have read, one of the last bastions of gender inequality in sport ended on 11…
May 1, 2015 Read more
Higher Education Conference 2016
St Paul’s Girls’ School’s Higher Education Conference was held on Saturday 25 April as part of ongoing support for UK and…
April 27, 2015 Read more
Theatre Society Trip to 3 Mills Studios
Earlier this week, the St Paul’s Girls’ School Theatre Society visited 3 Mills Studios, London’s largest film and television production studio,…
April 24, 2015 Read more
Eton Dorney Rowing Camp
This Easter, 25 rowers from the V-VIII went to Eton Dorney for their annual training camp. The week entailed five…
April 24, 2015 Read more
Dresden Exchange
Paulines and Paulinas combined this Easter to descend on Luisenstift, Radebeul in Dresden for the second leg of the V…
April 24, 2015 Read more
Marseilles Exchange
On Saturday 11 April, 28 excited Paulinas set off to Marseilles to spend the week with their exchanges. Highlights of…
April 24, 2015 Read more
St Paul’s in Ireland
A group of VIII historians took a break from revision over the Easter holidays and ventured to Dublin. They say…
April 23, 2015 Read more
Engineering Education Scheme Celebration
After spending the past six months working with a local engineering company for the Engineering Education Scheme, six Paulinas in…
April 23, 2015 Read more
Arvon Creative Writing Course
During the Easter holidays, 12 girls from the V-VII travelled to Yorkshire to take part in an Arvon creative writing…
April 23, 2015 Read more
Extreme Physics Competition
Eight excited, physics-mad Paulinas in the V took part in an Extreme Physics competition at Wycombe Abbey over Easter. There…
April 23, 2015 Read more
Duke of Edinburgh Gold Expedition
Over Easter, 19 Paulinas in the VII set off to Wales to complete their gold practice expedition for the Duke of Edinburgh Award….
April 22, 2015 Read more
Bonn Exchange
The annual exchange with the Liebfrauenschule Bonn is in its twenty-eigth year, and again a group of UIV went out…
April 22, 2015 Read more
Washington D.C. Exchange
During the Easter holidays, 18 Paulinas travelled to Washington D.C. on a cultural exchange. Girls attended several lessons at the National Cathedral School each morning…
April 21, 2015 Read more
British Swimming Championships
Many congratulations to Bella Hindley (VIII) and Zoe Smith (UIV) who swam in the British Swimming Championships at London Aquatic…
April 21, 2015 Read more
Montpellier Exchange
During the Easter holidays, 29 French scholars in the V journeyed to Montpellier. The trip’s aim was to help the…
April 21, 2015 Read more
St Paul’s at the Battlefields
On Saturday 28 March, 48 Paulinas boarded a coach expecting hot French sun at the end of their journey but were…
April 20, 2015 Read more
St Paul’s in Pompeii
Around 45 Paulinas in the UIV and five teachers spent the first week of the holidays in Italy visiting the…
April 20, 2015 Read more
St Paul’s in Siena
Around a dozen girls in the LV spent the final week of the Easter holidays on a language and culture trip to…
April 20, 2015 Read more
Soirée Musicale 2015
The school’s Junior Ensembles took over the Great Hall for the Soirée Musicale on 26 March. Soloists Alysa Dhar (soprano,…
April 1, 2015 Read more
Old Paulinas Row in Oxford Blues Race
We’re thrilled to report that two OPs, Maxie Scheske and Jen Ehr, are rowing in the Oxford Women’s Blue Boat…
March 27, 2015 Read more
Film Week
This week was Film Week, an artistic celebration for all the budding directors and cinephiles amongst the students. The festivities…
March 27, 2015 Read more
End of Debating Season at Durham Tournament
The debating season reached its finale last weekend at Durham, the largest residential U18 tournament with 260 entries. Six Paulinas…
March 26, 2015 Read more
Greek Play 2015
This year’s Greek play, Hecuba, directed and performed by classical students in MIV to VII, was staged on Wednesday in…
March 26, 2015 Read more
Music Teacher Releases New CD
St Paul’s Girls’ School recorder teacher, Louise Strickland, has recently recorded a new CD with her chamber group, Concetus VII,…
March 26, 2015 Read more
Nicholas Denyer Visits St Paul’s
Classics Society was delighted to welcome Nicholas Denyer, Fellow and senior lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge. Mr Denyer gave a…
March 25, 2015 Read more
English Teacher Lectures on Novel Writing Process
On Tuesday, Director of Senior School and English teacher, Mr le Fleming, spoke to Literary Society about his novel Central…
March 25, 2015 Read more
Triple Musical Success
Many congratulations to Caroline Zeghibe in the VI, who won three prizes for singing at the Richmond Music Festival: the…
March 25, 2015 Read more
Lacrosse County Finals
The St Paul’s junior lacrosse teams were in action over the weekend at the U12 and U13 lacrosse county finals. The…
March 24, 2015 Read more
Celebration of Sport Evening 2015
To recognise the myriad sporting achievements at St Paul’s this year, Monday marked the first ever Celebration of Sport Evening….
March 24, 2015 Read more
Connell Guides Essay Prize Winner
Many congratulations to Eleanor Winn in the VII who has won the Connell Guides Essay Prize 2015 with her essay…
March 23, 2015 Read more
Barnes Music Festival
The school’s Cantamus, Paulina Voices and Chamber Orchestra met at St Mary’s Barnes for an evening concert as part of…
March 23, 2015 Read more
‘New Views’ Playwright Visits St Paul’s
Participants in the national ‘New Views’ playwriting competition were very lucky recently to have the opportunity to consult with Sabrina…
March 23, 2015 Read more
Physics Trip to The Diamond Synchrotron
Last Wednesday, as a part of their physics coursework, VII physicists visited the Diamond Synchrotron in Oxfordshire. The synchrotron, which…
March 23, 2015 Read more
Yonca Brunini Visits St Paul’s
For the last Friday lecture of the year, and the last ever for the VIII, girls in the Senior School were…
March 23, 2015 Read more
Science Week 2015
Science Week came with its true assemblage of wild and wacky experiments! From making cloud chambers and lava lamps, to…
March 20, 2015 Read more
English Schools’ Cross-Country Championships
The English Schools’ Cross-Country Championships, the biggest national competition for teenage cross-country runners, took place last weekend. Charlotte Buckley in…
March 20, 2015 Read more
Middlesex County Netball League Finals
On Saturday 14 March, the St Paul’s Girls’ School U19, U16, U15, and U14 netball teams competed in the Middlesex County…
March 20, 2015 Read more
Teacher vs Student Charity Lacrosse Match
This week, several brave teachers donned their sports gear and grabbed lacrosse sticks for the ultimate game of the season against…
March 20, 2015 Read more
Drama Trip to Lippy
As part of the school-directed course, drama students were taken to see Lippy, a Dead Centre production, at the Young…
March 20, 2015 Read more
Oxford Schools Debate Competition
Oxford Schools is perhaps the most competitive of all the debate competitions, graced by the presence of fourteen international teams…
March 20, 2015 Read more
Schools’ Head of the River Race
Last Monday was the annual Schools’ Head of the River Race. It is the largest head race of the season for…
March 19, 2015 Read more
Physics Quiz Victory
On Tuesday, a group of ten Paulinas set off to Godolphin & Latymer and were split up into groups with…
March 19, 2015 Read more
Professor Alvin Jackson Visits St Paul’s
On 13 March, A level historians welcomed Alvin Jackson, Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh and author of…
March 18, 2015 Read more
Dr Mayling Birney Visits St Pauls
The Senior School welcomed Dr Mayling Birney from LSE who came to speak about China and its government. Taking ideas from her…
March 17, 2015 Read more
Artist-in-Residence Visits St Paul’s
Twelve members of the V were given the chance to work with this year’s Artist-in-Residence, Nina Dunn, last week. Girls were…
March 16, 2015 Read more
Paulinas in Chinatown
On 12 March, the Chinese department invited all Chinese students in the VI to an evening in Chinatown. After an…
March 16, 2015 Read more
Spring Concert 2015
The Spring Concert at St John’s Smith Square yesterday was especially poignant for musicians in the VIII, as it was their last…
March 16, 2015 Read more
MIV Charity Fair 2015
The annual MIV Fair displayed a true selection of creative stalls whose profits went to the school’s bursary fund and…
March 13, 2015 Read more
Geography Trip to Swanage 2015
The VII geographers spent a chilly weekend in Dorset from Friday 6 March to Sunday 8 March, during which time…
March 12, 2015 Read more
Science Conference at Radley School
On Friday 6 March, a team of girls in the VII had the opportunity to attend the annual international students’ science…
March 12, 2015 Read more
GAP Year Plans and Paulina Connect
The school is delighted that Grace Beverley and Tosca Tindall in the VIII, with the support of staff and the Old Paulina…
March 11, 2015 Read more
VIII Play 2015
On Wednesday 4 March, the first performance of this year’s VIII play, The Laramie Project, took place in the school’s Celia Johnson…
March 10, 2015 Read more
‘New Views’ Trip to Behind the Beautiful Forevers
As part of the National Theatre’s ‘New Views’ playwriting programme, a group of St Paul’s girls recently watched Rufus Norris’…
March 9, 2015 Read more
National Schools Lacrosse Tournament
St Paul’s Girls’ lacrosse players returned from the National Schools tournament last week, the highlight of the lacrosse calendar, with extraordinary results….
March 9, 2015 Read more
Lord Rose Visits St Paul’s
On Friday 6 March, students were lucky enough to welcome Lord Rose, the former CEO and chairman of Marks & Spencer,…
March 9, 2015 Read more
Classics Trip to Euripides
A group of classicists recently attended the UCL performance of Euripides’ Bacchae. The production was skilfully acted all around, but the…
March 9, 2015 Read more
Paulinas are confirmed
Congratulations to the eight girls confirmed recently at St Paul’s Cathedral in a service led by the Bishop of London….
March 6, 2015 Read more
Debating Success at Cambridge and England trials
Three debaters from St Paul’s, Josie Dallas, Flora Spielman and Antonia Ruddle (all in the VII), won England trials on the…
March 6, 2015 Read more
Paulinas celebrate Food Week
Ms Farr kicked off Food Week in assembly by confessing her sweet tooth and sharing her recent find, Deliciously Ella, a…
March 6, 2015 Read more
Biology Trip to Bushy Park
VII biologists donned their wellies and raincoats for what turned out to be a beautiful day in Bushy Park. The…
March 6, 2015 Read more
Dr Sue Doran Visits St Paul’s
On 2 March, VII History students were treated to a lecture by Dr Sue Doran, a widely published expert on…
March 5, 2015 Read more
London Schools’ Cross-Country Championships
On 3 March, two Paulinas in the MIV and seven in the UIV teamed up with Godolphin & Latymer for…
March 4, 2015 Read more
Paulina Volunteers in South Africa
Over half term, Molly Foster in the VI, travelled to South Africa to do some volunteer work. Here are her…
March 4, 2015 Read more
Marius Kociejowski Visits St Paul’s
The school’s Literary Society was delighted to welcome poet and travel writer Marius Kociejowski to speak today. Marius talked about his…
March 3, 2015 Read more
Chinese Day
Last Wednesday, in celebration of Chinese Day, Chinese classes from every year competed against each other in the first Chinese…
March 3, 2015 Read more
South-East School Cross-Country Championships
On Saturday 28 February, five girls from St Paul’s took part in the South-East School Cross-Country Championships race at Harrow…
March 2, 2015 Read more
Fashion Show 2014
The Charities Committee and our very own charity store Re-Store held a very successful Fashion Show here at St Paul’s…
February 26, 2015 Read more
St Paul’s in the French Alps
On 14 February, 49 excited Paulinas set off for Serre Chevalier in the French Alps to ski for a week….
February 25, 2015 Read more
Musical Successes
Catalina Garcia (VIII) and Miyu Kudo (V) have both been successful in their ABRSM diplomas in piano this term. The diploma is…
February 24, 2015 Read more
Debating Successes
The school’s debaters have had a fantastic set of results recently. Paulinas have won three U18 competitions, and in the Debate Mate…
February 23, 2015 Read more
Bank of England Target 2.0 London Final
Four of the school’s VIII economists took on the role of the Monetary Policy Committee at the London final of the…
February 23, 2015 Read more
Dr Georgina Voss Visits St Paul’s
The guest lecture given by Dr Georgina Voss of the University of Sussex was entitled ‘The Politics of Design’ about…
February 13, 2015 Read more
Olympus Dance Show
On 10 and 11 February, the school’s annual dance show took place in the Celia Johnson Theatre. The first act…
February 13, 2015 Read more
Red Day
The St Paul’s Charities Committee and Medical Society joined forces today to commemorate the British Heart Foundation’s disease awareness day…
February 13, 2015 Read more
Baroness Hale of the Supreme Court Visits St Paul’s
On Friday 6 February, the Senior School welcomed Baroness Hale, the Deputy President of the Supreme Court. As the first,…
February 9, 2015 Read more
Dr Armand D’Angour Visits St Paul’s
Classics Society welcomed Dr Armand D’Angour, Fellow and Tutor at Jesus College, Oxford, last week to talk about the slightly obscure,…
February 9, 2015 Read more
Joanna Bourke Visits St Paul’s
Prolific feminist historian Joanna Bourke of Birkbeck College, London, addressed History Society about the history of sexual violence in film last…
February 6, 2015 Read more
Old Paulina Wins Columnist of the Year
Everyone at St Paul’s was thrilled to hear that OP Lucy Webster won columnist of the year at The Guardian 2014…
February 6, 2015 Read more
U15 London Debate Champions
Last weekend, Lexie Fossa and Charlotte Moberly in the V won the London grand final of the International Competition for…
February 5, 2015 Read more
New York Exhibition Project
Following a trip to New York in October, senior art students were challenged to produce art work inspired by what…
February 5, 2015 Read more
Oxford Music Festival Success
At the recent Oxford Music Festival, soprano Grace Beverley in the VIII came second with distinction in the Music Theatre Final…
February 5, 2015 Read more
Netball Nationals
This year, all three of the school’s netball teams (U14, U16 and U19) made it through to the regional round…
February 5, 2015 Read more
Drama Trip to Othello
Girls in the V through VIII who study drama at St Paul’s watched a local production of Othello this week,…
February 4, 2015 Read more
Old Paulina Shakes Art World
A team of Cambridge art experts, led by OP Dr Victoria Avery, announced this week that a pair of obscure sculptures…
February 4, 2015 Read more
Senior Debating Successes
Last Saturday, St Paul’s Girls’ School won the Manchester Schools debating competition. Josie Dallas (VII) and Freya Wilson (VI) successfully…
February 4, 2015 Read more
French Day
This year’s French Day festivities took place on 3 February, celebrating the feast of La Chandeleur (French Pancake Day) in style with…
February 3, 2015 Read more
Jack Donnelly Visits St Paul’s
Last Tuesday, Theatre Society hosted a talk with Jack Donnelly, the star of the BBC TV show, Atlantis. This casual…
February 2, 2015 Read more
London Schools’ Cross-Country Championships
On 28 January, our school cross-country runners took part in the London Schools’ Cross-Country Championships held at a bitterly cold…
February 2, 2015 Read more
Latin Study Day
On Friday, Latin AS students at St Paul’s enjoyed a day of classics lectures on their set-texts, Cicero’s De Imperio and Ovid’s…
February 2, 2015 Read more
Modern Languages Conference
St Paul’s Girls’ School hosted the annual ISMLA conference (Independent Schools’ Modern Languages Association) this Saturday. Delegates from 160 schools…
February 2, 2015 Read more
Colet Play 2015
Last week, girls in the VII staged the annual Colet Play. This is a year-wide effort, exclusively directed, produced and acted…
February 2, 2015 Read more
Rowing at Quintin Head
St Paul’s Girls’ School Boat Club took to the water this past weekend at Quintin Head, the first spring head race,…
February 2, 2015 Read more
Dr Vicky Neale Visits St Paul’s
On Wednesday 28 January, the school Maths Society was joined by students from Hammersmith Academy, Godolphin & Latymer and Sacred…
January 29, 2015 Read more
Alan Cochrane Visits St Paul’s
On 23 January, the school welcomed the journalist Alan Cochrane, the Scottish editor of The Daily Telegraph, as Friday lecturer. His…
January 26, 2015 Read more
V History Conference
On Friday 23 January, V students studying history here at St Paul’s were treated to a lecture given by Professor Dominic…
January 26, 2015 Read more
Teachers’ Weakest Link Charity Event
As the first charity event of 2015, the teachers’ rendition of The Weakest Link proved to be very successful. On…
January 26, 2015 Read more
Dr Stephen Heyworth Visits St Paul’s
This week, the Classics Society here at St Paul’s was delighted to welcome Dr Stephen Heyworth, Bowra Fellow and tutor…
January 23, 2015 Read more
Higher Education News
Everyone here at St Paul’s Girls’ School is delighted with the outcome of VIII university applications so far this year. Many…
January 23, 2015 Read more
First Knockout Round of Hans Woyda Competition
On 22 January, the St Paul’s Hans Woyda team played Bancroft’s School in the first knockout round. They were strong opposition,…
January 23, 2015 Read more
Millicent Scott Visits St Paul’s
On Tuesday 20 January, Politics and Debating Society received a visit from Millicent Scott, an OP who now works for…
January 22, 2015 Read more
Russian Day
Girls at St Paul’s celebrated Russian Day today and engaged with the many faces of Russia’s rich culture with an authentic…
January 22, 2015 Read more
VI Arts Day
As a well-deserved treat following their mocks, the girls in the VI enjoyed some of the cultural attractions London has…
January 21, 2015 Read more
Stained Glass Installation
One exciting new year arrival at St Paul’s Girls’ School is an original stained glass installation celebrating the history of the school designed for,…
January 20, 2015 Read more
Chess Team Reach Semi-finals
On Sunday 18 January, the St Paul’s chess team – consisting of Lauren Weaver (V), Tess Weaver (MIV) and Emilia Murray…
January 19, 2015 Read more
Directors’ Forum
The Directors’ Forum is an annual opportunity for Paulinas in the LV to develop their directorial and acting skills. Girls had…
January 17, 2015 Read more
World Schools Chess Championship Success
Many congratulations to Lauren Weaver in the V who was placed fourth in the World Schools Chess Championship! The competition…
January 14, 2015 Read more
ARTiculation
The ARTiculation Prize is an annual external public speaking competition that invites students across the country to give a short…
January 13, 2015 Read more
Girls’ Knole Run
Four Paulinas took part in the nineteenth Girls’ Knole Run at Sevenoaks School on Saturday 10 January 2015. It was very…
January 12, 2015 Read more
Engineering Education Scheme Project
Six prospective engineers in the VII, as a part of the Engineering Education Scheme, spent two days at the labs…
January 12, 2015 Read more
St Paul’s in Berlin
At the beginning of the Christmas holidays, 57 Paulinas in the VI travelled to Berlin for a four-day exploration of its…
January 8, 2015 Read more
St Paul’s in St Petersburg
On 16 December, eight LV girls departed for an exciting winter trip to St Petersburg. During their five-day stay, they…
January 5, 2015 Read more
Munich Exchange
During the Christmas holidays, VII Germanists spent a week in Munich as a part of an exchange with the Otto…
January 5, 2015 Read more
Christmas Concert
This year’s Christmas concert at St Paul’s Girls’ School started with an ambitious production of Benjamin Britten’s opera Noye’s Fludde. It involved…
December 17, 2014 Read more
Professor Elspeth Garman Visits St Paul’s
The last Friday lecture of 2014 was delivered by Professor Elspeth Garman, who is a biochemistry tutor at Brasenose College,…
December 15, 2014 Read more
Christmas Carols Concert
On 11 December, Cantamus, the St Paul’s junior auditioned choir, had its first out-of-school concert, a carol concert held at…
December 12, 2014 Read more
Pasquale Terracciano Visits St Paul’s
Paulinas passionate about Italian were excited to welcome Pasquale Terracciano, the Italian Ambassador in London, to the school recently. The…
December 11, 2014 Read more
Chinese Tea Drinking
During a recent Chinese lesson, students watched Mrs Shao perform a tea ceremony and tried some of the tea themselves. The girls had recently…
December 11, 2014 Read more
Love and Information Performance
On 27 and 28 November, Paulinas in the V to VIII staged Caryl Churchill’s Love and Information, a powerful and potent…
December 1, 2014 Read more
Musical Performance at St-Martin-in-the Fields
The senior scholars’ recent concert at St-Martin-in-the-Fields showcased the scope of musical talent at St Paul’s. The school’s eldest music scholars…
December 1, 2014 Read more
Debating Successes
The St Paul’s Girls’ School debaters have been busy. At Warwick, Bella Forristal in the VI won the cup for…
December 1, 2014 Read more
Bank of England Target 2.0 Regional Winners
Four of the school’s VIII economists have won the regional final of the Bank of England Target 2.0 competition, held…
December 1, 2014 Read more
Laura Witjens Visits St Paul’s
For the penultimate Friday lecture of 2014, we welcomed Laura Witjens, CEO of the National Gamete Donation Trust. She began her…
December 1, 2014 Read more
Hans Woyda Competition Victory
The St Paul’s Girls’ School Hans Woyda team had a resounding victory of 48 points to 13 in round two played…
November 17, 2014 Read more
National Youth Orchestra Selection
Three St Paul’s music scholars – Giulia da Cruz (cello, V), Nell Norman (violin, VII) and Athena Hawksley-Walker (violin, VII) –…
November 17, 2014 Read more
Barcelona Exchange
The Paulinas on the recent Barcelona exchange went sightseeing throughout the week and rounded off the trip with a weekend to…
November 11, 2014 Read more
High Commendation in John Locke Institute Essay Competition
Many congratulations to Grace Beverley in the VIII who was highly commended in the annual John Locke Institute essay competition…
October 13, 2014 Read more
Senior Scholarship 2014
Senior Scholarships have recently been announced here at St Paul’s Girls’ School. These are awarded to girls in the VIII…
October 13, 2014 Read more
High Commendation in RES Essay Competition
Congratulations to Isabella Liu in the VIII, who was highly commended in the recent Royal Economics Society essay competition. Her…
October 13, 2014 Read more
Cambridge Marshall Society Competition Winner
Many congratulations to Laure Ellis in the VIII who has won the prestigious Cambridge University Marshall Society essay competition for…
October 13, 2014 Read more
MIV Team Building at Stubbers Adventure Centre 2014
On Wednesday 17 September, St Paul’s girls in the MIV took a trip to the Stubbers Adventure Centre. Each form…
September 30, 2014 Read more
Geography Trip to Isle of Wight
The A level geographers at St Paul’s set off for a trip to the sunny Isle of Wight, taking a…
September 30, 2014 Read more
Choral Scholarship Success at Oxford
Congratulations to two Paulinas in the VIII, Grace Beverley and Olivia Hugh-Jones, who have each been awarded choral scholarships to Oxford…
September 30, 2014 Read more
Musical Success
Congratulations to St Paul’s music scholar Helen Leung in the VI who has been awarded the DipABRSM in Piano Performance…
September 30, 2014 Read more
Cambridge Gould Essay Prize Winner
Congratulations to Emma Cavell in the VII, who has won first prize in Trinity College, Cambridge’s Gould Essay Prize for…
September 30, 2014 Read more
New Screen and Projector Installed
The vast Great Hall has always posed an interesting problem during assemblies and presentations. Many people could not see the…
September 3, 2014 Read more
2014 Leavers’ Bursary
The leaving class of 2014 raised a magnificent sum of £217,000 to fund a full seven-year bursary and 50 per…
August 29, 2014 Read more
2014 Exam Results – A record year at GCSE and at A level
We are delighted to report the best provisional GCSE and IGCSE results in the history of St Paul’s Girls’ School….
August 18, 2014 Read more
Success in Journalism Awards
A couple of weeks ago the school newspaper, The Marble, was named Best Newspaper and also received the prize for Best Cover,…
July 4, 2014 Read more
Dr Howard Bailes Lecture
On Wednesday 4 June, Dr Bailes, who is retiring from teaching this year after almost thirty years of extraordinary service, gave…
June 27, 2014 Read more