Front cover image: Sculpture within school courtyard by Mira Cinnamon. Title: ' Looking Beyond' 1990.

A prospectus is simply a collection of images and text, designed to show a school in the best possible light. No one chooses their school on the basis of its prospectus. It is just one of the many gates on the road to the choice of the right school. It cannot tell whether an education is good or not - but it shows the smiles the pupils exchange with each other, the sense of shared unity and purpose, the sheer fun of a school that sees excellent results as the inevitable by- product of teaching our subjects with passion, and our care for all the girls. Please, do come to sample the energy that enables and empowers South Hampstead High School girls to be themselves, and to feel the real pride in this school. 1 Mrs Jenny Stephen Headmistress