St Olave's Grammar School

General information

The school, which is named after Saint Olaf, has an Anglican foundation, and is also affiliated to the Woodard Foundation. Entry is entirely by selection so the school is heavily oversubscribed (7 applicants per place in 2002). Since 1998, the school has admitted girls to its sixth form. It is currently designated as a maths and computing specialist school. The school is notable for being one of only a few state schools to play the game of Eton Fives. Members of the school are known as Olavians, and alumni as Old Olavians. The school's headmaster is currently Anthony Jarvis, an associate member of the HMC.

Related Topics:
Saint Olaf - Anglican - Woodard Foundation - 2002 - 1998 - Sixth form - Specialist school - Eton Fives - Headmaster - HMC

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The school was at the centre of controversy in 1996 when Labour Party Cabinet minister Harriet Harman sent her son to the school, despite it being some considerable distance from where she lived. Many considered her sending her son to a selective school to be contrary to Labour's supposedly egalitarian principles.

Related Topics:
1996 - Labour Party - Cabinet minister - Harriet Harman - Egalitarian

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St. Olave's has a strong relationship with Newstead Wood School for Girls, a selective all girls school situated a mile away. The St. Olave's Foundation also supports the all girls St Saviour's and St Olave's School in Old Kent Road. Established in 1903, this is a non-selective school in an economically deprived area that is very different in nature to its brother school.

Related Topics:
Newstead Wood School for Girls - St Saviour's and St Olave's School - Old Kent Road - 1903

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