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NLCS Thinking
Joyful Scholarship: Happy, Challenged and Entirely Themselves
An Unconventional Path
Surge: Start-up Academy – Hanisha Kotecha, Director of Marketing & External Relations and Robin Street, Director of Innovation
How do you teach Entrepreneurship?
Lisa Timm, Assistant Head: Teaching and Learning
Raising Voices: Language, Identity and the Danger of a Single Story
North London Collegiate School
The North Londoner 2025
IDEAS HUB
Since 1850, North London Collegiate School has been a leader in educational excellence, beginning with Frances Mary Buss’s revolutionary vision for girls’ education. Today, the Ideas Hub continues this tradition—a space where curiosity meets creativity, and academic excellence fuels innovation.
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FOUNDED 1850
OUR HISTORY
With over 175 years of experience in educating girls, NLCS is the UK’s oldest academic girls’ school—built on ambition, innovation, and a fearless spirit. We believe that single-sex education empowers girls to realise their full potential, free to challenge, lead, and thrive in an environment designed entirely for them.
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21 April 2026
TRANSFORMATION – Spring 2026 North London Book Review
20 April 2026
Welcome the new Big Six!
1 April 2026
An Exceptional Set of Offers for 2026
30 March 2026
NLCS Ideas Hub Highly Commended at Civic Trust Awards 2026
26 March 2026
First School Grounds Day
26 March 2026
Scaling the Musical Summit: NLCS Performs at Full Volume
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