The table below lists all the known mistresses of the school.
| Date started | Date left | First name | Surname | Further Information |
| 1869? | December 1870? | Sarah | Gray | Probably the first mistress. Lived in George Street. In 1881 was Mistress of an elementary school in St. Pancras. |
| 11 January 1871 | Xmas, 1872 | Sarah Mary | Chandler | Certificated Teacher of the Second Class. Lived at Christ Church Mission House, Port Vale Common. When Sarah arrived the school had been unsettled by the absence of the previous mistress through illness, (Sarah Gray?) |
| 6th January 1873 | 7th February 1873 | Johnson, Mrs | ||
| 7th February1973 | 30th May 1873 | Elizabeth | King | Miss King was a pupil teacher not a qualified teacher! She was left in charge of the school during this period assisted by Elizabeth Holloway the monitor. |
| 9th June 1873 | 15th October, 1873 | Sarah | Cresswell | In temporary charge. Formerly Pupil Teacher at Bengeo School. |
| 16th October 1873 | At least to 11th September 1876 | Ann | Stewardson | Certificated Teacher of the Second Class |
| 26th November 1877 | E.R. | Bolton | Temporary Mistress | |
| 2nd January 1878 | 13th April 1883 | Ann Janine | Robinson | Probationary Mistress initially. Listed as Mistress in January 1879. Born in Richmond, Surrey – father an accountant. Lived on Port Hill Common, presumably in the Mission House. Died in 1889, aged 32, in Richmond. |
| 16th April 1883 | 24th March 1884 | Florence | Sauzé | Florence was born in Australia. In 1881, Florence was mistress of the village school in Berden, Essex, just north of Bishop’s Stortford. In Jan 1888 she became mistress of Watton-at-Stone School. |
| 2nd April 1884 | 21st April 1886 | Maria | Gleave | Took temporary charge. Resigned in April 1886. Born in 1852 in Warwickshire Maria trained at Hockerill Training College1, Bishop’s Stortford around 1881. |
| 3rd May 1886 | 23rd February 1890 | Elizabeth | Ellis | Taken ill. Then told by doctor on no account to return to work. Whilst she was away, Miss Melinda Crawley who was the temporary assistant was left in charge with two monitors. |
| 14th April 1890 | 13th June 1890 | Louisa | Mills | From Hockerill (Training College?) took temporary charge |
| 16th June 1890 | 19th December 1895 | Ellen Cornubia | Hooper | Resigned. Ellen lodged at 6, Balfour Street. Born in 1867 Torrington, Devon where both her parents were teachers. By 1901 Ellen was teaching alongside her older brother in Woodford St. Mary Essex. In 1911 she is recorded as head teacher in Woodford Green. |
| 13th January 1896 | Row, Mrs | Mrs Row undertook the charge of the School as Head Mistress for a time under Art. 82(c) | ||
| 13th April 1896 | Rule, Mrs | Temporary charge | ||
| 7th September 1896 | 3rd May 1899 | Ethel A | Hostler | Resigned in May 1899, probably because in August Ethel married Alfred Bassett at High Cross. |
| 9th March 1899 | 31st May 1899 | Mary | Moulton | Resigned |
| 1st June 1899 | 21st December 1905 | Emily | Courtenay | Born in 1866 in Covent Garden. Emily lived at 39, Port Hill until she married Peter Woodhouse, a widower, in 1905. This is presumably why she resigned. |
| 9th January 1906 | 27th July 1923 | Marion Louisa | Porter | Marion was born in Bengeo in 1871. She was baptised on 19th November at Holy Trinity. Her father Thomas Stebbing Porter was master of Bengeo Boys’ School. Marion resigned as the school was closing on 31st August 1923. Her previous teaching appointments were: 1889–94 National Infants’ School, Ware 1894–98 All Saints Infants’ School, Hertford 1898–1906 National Infants’ School, Ware Subsequently Marion was head of National Infants’ School, Market Hill, Royston |
Notes;
- Hockerill Teacher Training College opened in 1852 and was closed in the 1970s. The site is now occupied by Hockerill Anglo-European College.
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