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Heathfield School was an independent day school for girls in Pinner, a suburb in the London Borough of Harrow. ==History== Heathfield was founded by Miss Gayford in 1900 in a house at the foot of Byron Hill in Harrow, with just thirty pupils. A year later it transferred to a large house in College Road. In 1921, the school was bought by Miss Norris, who set about a programme of modernisation and enlargement which continued under the supervision of succeeding headships. New buildings and facilities were added at College Road and in 1930, the Sixth Form was added.〔http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw053688?search=college%20road%20harrow&ref=3〕 When Miss Norris retired, after seeing the school through almost half a century, there was a need to find a new site. Even so, it was not until 1982 that Heathfield finally moved to its present nine-acre site in Beaulieu Drive, Pinner, under the guidance of Mrs Ribchester. Five years later, as a mark of its achievements, the school was taken into the Girls' Day School Trust. It was they who added the Junior wing and Nursery in 1990. In the year 2000, as the school celebrated its Centenary under the headship of Miss Juett, a new indoor swimming pool, sports hall, fitness studio and Senior library were opened. A new Junior playground was built and a new Sixth Form centre was built in 2008. Work was later completed on a new building for Music, ICT, Careers and Physics. A new dining room and kitchen were built and existing areas for Art, Maths, Textiles and Design Technology were refurbished. A new Drama and Dance Studio was built in 2004. A new sixth form centre was opened in 2008 and named the Pinner Leadership Centre.〔(Pinner Leadership Centre )〕 The school was rated "excellent" in nearly all aspects during the 2010 ISI inspection.〔(ISI Inspection )〕 Heathfield had enjoyed a strong rivalry in both academic and non-academic areas against North London Collegiate School (the first girls' school in the United Kingdom to offer girls the same educational opportunities as boys), until the merger with Northwood College in 2014 (whose rival is St. Helen's School). Up to 2006, Heathfield's maintained strong links with its former brother school The John Lyon School. However, very little interaction took place between the two institutions other than an invitation to participate in the annual theatre production, which suited the dramatic students, and the Sixth Form Prom. Subsequently, JLS made links with Northwood College with a programme designed to enable boys and girls to interact. Such events include joint quizzes, debates, book discussions, cookery workshops, theatre trips, gallery visits, careers evenings, newsletter and inter-school competitions.〔http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/5152410/Single-sex-schools-bridge-the-gender-divide.html〕 A few days (09-September-2013) after the start of the new term in September-2013 it was announced, that Heathfield GDST would merge with Northwood College.〔http://www.northwoodcollege.co.uk/〕 As a result of this merger the current site in Beaulieu Drive will be closed.〔http://www.pinnerhighschool.org.uk/uploads/2/6/3/0/26304358/pinner_high_school_-_a4_leaflet.pdf〕 Heathfield school will cease to exist after nearly 113 years.〔http://www.heathfield.gdst.net/361/about-us/heathfield-history〕 In September 2014 all girls will move to the newly merged school in Northwood.〔http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/new-merged-school-opens-doors-7720776〕 The new school will be called Northwood College for Girls GDST.〔http://www.northwoodcollege.co.uk/news/253/a-leading-new-girls-school-for-northwood-northwood-college-for-girls-gdst〕〔http://www.gdst.net/library/client/documents/alumnae/inserts%2014-15/Northwood%20verve%20insert%202014.pdf〕 (Detailed history of Heathfield School for Girls ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heathfield School, Pinner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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