The Godolphin School

Welcome to the History of the Godolphin School, the aim of this section is to give a little of the history of the Godolphin Family, their House and the Godolphin School.
Here you will find images, magazine articles about the school and lots more.

Please take the time to explore the rich and varied history of the Godolphin School.

"I have always urged that no one should, if she (or he) can possibly avoid it, take up teaching if she does not feel drawn to it, and I believe that there are many good teachers who enjoy teaching, who yet are not adapted for the career of school mistresses; but how glad and thankful one is that there have been and are women who can make a school what the Godolphin School has been for so many hundreds of women, and what we believe it is and will be for their children and for generations of girls yet to come."
E. T. WEBB (nee Joseph, 1891-1893).

"...the regulation collars, and last - but not least - the beautiful blue pinafores; no wonder they have been copied by three other great schools!"
E. M. MATTHEWS (Sept 1911)

"What was thy name, O man? And what the fault
That bound thee long ago in iron bands,
To crouch amid the darkness of the vault,
Far from the friendly reach of helping hands?.."
D. L. SAYERS (Captivo Ignoto 1910)