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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.
A visionary all-girls school full of extremely confident, capable and engaging young women.
‘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.
Excellent academics, fantastic pastoral care and a wonderful way of imbuing girls with self-confidence, Channing makes a strong argument for single-sex education.
Girls throw themselves into all aspects of school life, and teacher commitment goes way beyond the classroom.
Numbers & statistics
Excellent
ISI Inspection Report
200+
clubs and societies
243
art theatre
Excellent
Sixth Form
centre
9
from Archway and Highgate underground stations
348
Junior School
643
Senior School
25
90%
a 4 mile radius
94.2%
A* - B
81.2%
9 - 7
A Day in the Life of Channing Junior School
A Day in the Life of Channing Senior School
Character Education
Chatting with Channing
Our Junior School students have been creating fantastic pieces while enjoying a calm and creative Scratch Art Club session!
Year 10 Germanists are enjoying a variety of cultural experiences in Vienna: Hundertwasser’s art, architecture and eco-activism explained by his former secretary, Die Fledermaus by Strauss at the State Opera with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and pure exhilaration at the Prater, one of Europe’s first theme parks.
We’re delighted to welcome Verity Babbs to Channing for an inspiring and entertaining talk on her new book, The History of Art in One Sentence.
13 January at 1.00pm
📍 Arundel Centre
Open to students in Years 11–13
Verity is a celebrated art historian, writer, presenter and comedian. A graduate of University of Oxford, she has written for The Guardian, RA Magazine and Artnet News, and worked on filmed projects with the Tate, London Art Fair and the British Museum.
Next Monday we’re welcoming Professor Tali Sharot, award-winning author and director of the Affective Brain Lab at UCL, for a talk on optimism bias — how emotion and motivation shape our beliefs and decisions, with links to the 2008 financial crisis. Professor Sharot is a cognitive neuroscientist at UCL and MIT, author of The Optimism Bias and Look Again, and her TED talks have over 17 million views.
🕕 6:00–6:45pm
📍 The Arundel Centre
The event is free — you just need to book a ticket here:
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/101752
Year 10 students are immersed in German in Vienna while discovering the significance of the Habsburg Empire to central Europe at the Sisi Museum and the Imperial Treasury alongside Schnitzel and Sachertorte.
STEM Christmas Lecture – Dr. Russell Arnott
Last Thursday, we were delighted to welcome Dr. Russell Arnott, the marine biologist, to deliver the annual Channing Christmas STEM Lecture. He took us on a fascinating journey, exploring the incredible “superpowers” of sea creatures,...
Chatting with Channing – Languages, Paris and The Times: Channing Alumna Chiara Lewis
Listen on: Spotify Apple Podcasts In the latest episode of Chatting with Channing, alumna Chiara Lewis (Class of 2021) returns to Highgate Hill to share how a love of languages and literature led her not...
Miss Hamalis’ Bulletin – Monday 8 December 2025
Dear Parents & Carers We were absolutely delighted to welcome so many of you to our Winter Celebration at St Michael’s Church on Friday. It was a truly joyful, heartwarming and uplifting afternoon that captured...
Hadestown
The Arundel Centre was electric last week as five packed performances of Hadestown unfolded—an ambitious, exhilarating production brought to life through the remarkable efforts of its cast, crew, and creative team. Under the inspired direction...
Miss Hamalis’ Bulletin – Monday 1 December 2025
Dear Parents & Carers I am writing this week’s bulletin in the midst of our Frozen and winter-themed non-uniform day. The school is absolutely buzzing with excitement ahead of the Channing Association’s Winter Fair this...