Girls Enjoying Success

Channing, an independent school based in North London, where girls aged 4 to 18 can discover their interests, develop their talents, and build lasting friendships. Our inspiring environment fosters academic achievement and personal growth.

The school actively prepares pupils for the future.

- ISI Inspection Report 2025

A visionary all-girls school full of extremely confident, capable and engaging young women.

Talk Education

‘Fearless’ teaching and learning, encouraging girls to step out of their comfort zone and be ‘10 per cent braver’, is reaping academic rewards. It is a useful life lesson too, but not at the expense of school being fun.

The Good Schools Guide

Excellent academics, fantastic pastoral care and a wonderful way of imbuing girls with self-confidence, Channing makes a strong argument for single-sex education.

Talk Education

Girls throw themselves into all aspects of school life, and teacher commitment goes way beyond the classroom.

The Good Schools Guide
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A Day in the Life of Channing Junior School

At Channing Junior School, we offer an enriching and exciting syllabus beyond the confines of a rigid curriculum. Creativity and innovation are developed from the Early Years and across Key Stages 1 and 2.

A Day in the Life of Channing Senior School

The Senior School is a place of great opportunities, Years 7, 8 and 9 are the years to learn, make mistakes, try new things and discover where your true talents lie.

Character Education

We felt that our Junior School pupils would benefit from being able to refer visibly to a set of defined character traits with accompanying tangible characters, which we could weave through every aspect of their educational experience. Pupils and staff were invited to share their ideas about what makes a Channing girl and what we want a Channing girl to be like. Thus, the Channing Characters were born!

Chatting with Channing

Welcome to our award winning podcast series: Chatting with Channing. Chatting with Channing lets the listener find out more about our wonderful school by hearing from people throughout the school community. In each episode, you’ll hear real stories from staff, pupils, parents and alumnae, to give a true reflection of life on Highgate Hill.
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Channing School’s Art Department is taking centre stage at Avivson Gallery with Do What No Other Can Do, a new exhibition celebrating the creativity and individual practices of our Junior and Senior art teaching staff.

From oil painting and collage to etching, installation and monoprinting, the exhibition reveals the rich artistic lives of the teachers who inspire our pupils every day.

The latest episode of Chatting with Channing goes behind the scenes, as members of the Art Department discuss their work, the ideas behind the exhibition and why active creative practice is so important to inspired teaching.

📍 Avivson Gallery, 49 Highgate High Street, London N6 5JX
🗓 19–24 May
🕐 1pm–5pm

Listen to the full episode on our website, or by searching 'Chatting with Channing' on your podcast app.
Our Year 12 geographers have had a brilliant couple of days at Flatford Mill. From coastal studies to urban regeneration, the group worked incredibly hard putting their classroom theory into practice!
Head of the Junior School, Miss Dina Hamalis, recently appeared on the @hmc_org podcast to discuss Character Education at Channing.

We believed our pupils would benefit from having a visible set of clearly defined character traits, supported by relatable characters that could be woven throughout every aspect of their educational experience.

The Junior School community has enthusiastically embraced Character Education, with the characters referenced in a variety of ways across the school. These include focused assemblies for pupils, talks for parents, posters displayed in classrooms and shared spaces, Year 6 pupils writing stories inspired by each character, and teachers and support staff recognising pupils who demonstrate these traits with stickers and certificates.

13 May

Chatting with Channing: Art Department Exhibition Roundtable

Listen on: Spotify Apple Podcasts Channing School’s Art Department is stepping out from behind the classroom door and into the gallery with a vibrant new exhibition celebrating the creative practices of its teaching staff. Running...

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Exhibition poster showing a collage of vertical art strips, center text 'do what no other can do' with artist names and gallery info at top.

11 May

Miss Hamalis’ Bulletin – Monday 11 May 2026

Dear Parents & Carers There has been one thing dominating the playground recently… skipping! Since our fantastic skipping workshops, the excitement across the Junior School has been absolutely infectious. Everywhere you look, girls are skipping...

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Miss Hamalis, Head Of Channing Junior School

05 May

Miss Hamalis’ Bulletin – Tuesday 5 May 2026

Dear Parents & Carers As I shared in last week’s Bulletin, when we speak about Girls Enjoying Success, we are speaking about something far greater than academic achievement. We are speaking about a community where...

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Miss Hamalis, Head Of Channing Junior School

30 April

Neuro Narratives – Issue 4, Channing Psychology Department Magazine

Channing School is pleased to share the fourth edition of Neuro Narratives, the psychology magazine written and produced entirely by our A Level students. Building on the success of previous issues, this edition offers a...

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Cover of Neuro Narratives, Issue 4, featuring a black-and-white, doodled brain blending into bright, colorful swirls; purple CHANNING banner and a caption about psychology students at Channing School.

27 April

Miss Hamalis’ Bulletin – Monday 27 April 2026

Dear Parents & Carers I am delighted to share my latest blog, Why Belonging Matters: A Cornerstone of Life at Channing Junior School. It reflects something we hold very close to our hearts as a...

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Miss Hamalis, Head Of Channing Junior School
Open Days

Our Open Day schedule has been published:

Junior School Open Day Dates

Summer 2026

Autumn 2026

Senior School Open Day Dates

Autumn 2026

Come and experience our school firsthand!
👉 Click here for more details and to book your visit.