[2] The cross-dressing Mary Benton returned as headmistress when morale was low.

[1] From 1946 until the late 1970s, it was a girls' direct grant grammar school, with around half the intake paid for by the local council.

[3] In January 2015, alumna Helena Bonham Carter, opened a new 7-storey building for the Senior School, designed by Hopkins Architects.

[4] In January 2020, the school unveiled a new state-of-the-art performance space, Waterlow Hall.

[5] In 2019, South Hampstead High School was ranked 13th in the country for A Level results, based on data collated by the Independent Schools Council (ISC).