Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Language College (EGA) is a large comprehensive secondary school for girls in Islington, London, England. It is classified as a Language College. It is named in honour of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the first woman to gain a medical qualification in the United Kingdom. EGA’s buildings, which are located between King's Cross railway station and Angel tube station, are also named after great women in history, for example:Emily Brontë (Humanities, English and Mathematics) and Mary Seacole (Languages and art). As a designated Language College, students are encouraged to take at least one language alongside English, Mathematics, and Science, which are compulsory subjects at GCSE level. In 2009, EGA gained...