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The Royal School, Hampstead, was an independent girls' day and boarding school located in Hampstead, London, England. The school educated girls aged 3-16.〔("The Royal School Hampstead" ), Independent Schools Council.〕 The school merged with North Bridge House School at the end of the academic year (2011/12) under the management of Cognita. The GCSE pass rate, in 2008, was 99%, with 89% of pupils gaining A * to C grades and a third achieving either A * or A grades.〔("Examinations Report 2008" ), The Royal School, Hampstead.〕 The London Borough of Camden has consistently suffered severe congestion because of parents ferrying their children to and from school by car. However, The Royal School introduced a range of initiatives to help address this problem.〔("Hard to convince parents to ditch cars" ), Paula Dear, BBC News, 17 September, 2003.〕 Dr Rashmi Patel, the appointed dentist to the school, received an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2004.〔("MBE for London dentist" ), British Dental Journal, 28 August 2004.〕 The school site is now used as a senior campus of North Bridge House School. == History == The Royal School was founded in 1855 as the Soldiers' Infant Home before becoming the Royal Soldiers' Daughters' School. It was established "to nurse, board, clothe and educate the female children, orphans or not, of soldiers in Her Majesty's Army killed in the Crimean War".〔("Former pupils look back at 150 years of school history" ), Caroline McClatchey, Hampstead and Highgate Express, 8 July 2005.〕 The last patron of the school was Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. The Duchess visited the school, on 25 February 2009, to thank them for their fund raising activities for her charity, the National Osteoporosis Society.〔("Duchess of Cornwall Visits Schoolgirls Raising Funds for Charity" ), The Royal Forums, 25 February 2009.〕〔("Camilla on royal visit at Hampstead school" ), Hampstead and Highgate Express, 25 February 2009.〕 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「The Royal School, Hampstead」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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