motto "Mehr Licht" – More Light (German)—the reputed last words of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Notable former pupils Katya Adler, journalist Helena Bonham Carter, actress Janet Neel Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico, author and former BBC governor Lilah Fear, figure skater Lynne Featherstone, Baroness Featherstone, Liberal Democrat MP from 2005 to 2015 for Hornsey and Wood Green Naomi Ishiguro, author Glynis Johns, actress Diana Kennedy, writer on Mexican food Dame Angela Lansbury, actress and author Joanna MacGregor, pianist Aries Moross, graphic designer Sophie Newton, entrepreneur Julia Neuberger, rabbi Margaret Quass, educationalist Devika Rani, Indian actress Netta Rheinberg MBE, cricketer Jordan Scott, photographer, daughter of Ridley Scott Rachel Sylvester, columnist at The Times Fay Weldon, author Olivia Williams, actress See also List of direct grant grammar schools References External links Private girls' schools in London Educational institutions established in 1876 Schools of the Girls' Day School Trust Private schools in the London Borough of Camden 1876 establishments in England