St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School
| Type | Voluntary aided school |
|---|---|
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headteacher | Ms Catherine May |
| Location |
New Kent Road London SE1 4AN England Coordinates: 51°29′41″N 0°05′15″W / 51.4947°N 0.0875°W |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| DfE number | 210/4680 |
| DfE URN | 100849 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 786- as of April 2016[update] |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | School website |
St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School is a secondary school and sixth form for girls located on New Kent Road near Elephant and Castle, in the London Borough of Southwark, England. It is a voluntary aided Church of England school in the Anglican Diocese of Southwark and is affiliated to the Woodard Schools group.
The school was founded in 1903 as a girls' grammar school to complement St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School for boys, after the Charity Commissioners had required that girls in the area should be afforded some equality of education, and the Governors of the joint foundation agreed to use their endowment to provide this. Both schools are beneficiaries of the charitable St Olave's and St Saviour's Schools Foundation, which in turn is a beneficiary of The Dulwich Estate, successor to the historic Alleyn's College charity. (See also St Saviour's Grammar School, and St Olave's Grammar School.)
On examination of the separate governing instruments of the two ancient grammar schools which had merged a few years before, it was clear that St Olave's purpose to educate "boys", while that of St Saviour's was to do so for "younglings". St Olave's governors had already set up a 'Girls School Fund' but the Dulwich and St Saviour's endowment was vital to realise this proposal. It was therefore proposed to set up a new girls' school, to be called 'St Saviour's and St Olave's Grammar School for Girls'. A local landowner, Lord Llangattock, was approached to provide a site, and this new part of the educational foundation was opened in 1903 at the present New Kent Road site. Two small parish schools and old endowment, for St Thomas (the 'May Feast Society') and St John's girls schools, were combined into it.
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