Our History
The Lady Eleanor Holles School is proud to be one of the oldest girls' schools in the country, and at the forefront of girls' education. It was established in the early eighteenth century, when a trust for its endowment as a Christian foundation was created under the will of Lady Eleanor Holles, daughter of the second Earl of Clare.
First located in the Cripplegate Ward of the City of London, a plaque on one of the Barbican walkways marks its original site. The school went on to occupy other premises in the City until 1878, when it moved to Hackney. Our current premises in Hampton were purpose built, and were opened in 1937 by HRH Princess Alice, the then Duchess of Gloucester.
