Bentley Wood High School
| Bentley Wood High School | |
|---|---|
 Aerial view of Bentley Wood | |
| Address | |
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Clamp Hill Stanmore , , HA7 3JW England | |
| Coordinates | 51°37′05″N 0°19′56″W / 51.61796°N 0.33225°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Department for Education URN | 137178 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head teacher | Naseema Akbar |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1021 |
| Houses | 4 |
| Website | www |
Bentley Wood High School is an all-girls secondary academy school in Stanmore, Harrow, England.
History
[edit]BWHS was originally called Heriots Wood Grammar School.
About the school
[edit]Bentley Wood High School is a multi-cultural girls' comprehensive school which receives students from a wide range of primary schools. The majority of students transfer from Harrow primary schools but students are also admitted from out of borough.[1]
Bentley Wood High School specialises in maths, science and computing. It has been recognised for its 2015 performance by the Schools, Students and Teachers network (SSAT).[2] The school was declared outstanding by Ofsted,[3] and has been in the top 1% of schools nationally for three years. It was recognised as the seventh highest-performing school in the country in 2015 for student progress. [4]
The sixth form centre is part of the Harrow Sixth Form Collegiate.
Admissions
[edit]The academy complies with the requirements of the Funding Agreement and the School Admissions Code, and recognises that its 'relevant area' is the London Borough of Harrow.
Notable former pupils
[edit] | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (September 2019) |
- Camilla Beeput, actress
- Shami Chakrabarti, politician, barrister, and human rights activist
- Ruby McGregor-Smith, business executive and politician
- Abi Oyepitan, 100m sprinter[5]
- Carla Marie Williams, songwriter
Location
[edit]It is just north of the A410, in the parish of All Saints, Harrow Weald, just south of Bentley Wood Nature Reserve. It can be reached via Masefield Avenue.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Equality Information - Bentley Wood High School". Bentleywood.harrow.sch.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ tables/secondary schools/html/310_4032.stm Bentley Wood High School[permanent dead link] on the BBC news website
- ^ "Ofsted report", Ofsted Reports
- ^ "Compare Schools""], Gov.uk
- ^ Davies, Gareth A (25 July 2006). "My Sport: Abi Oyepitan". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Edubase[permanent dead link]
- Campbell, Sarah (13 March 2009). "UK | Education | Putting brakes on engineering shortage". BBC News. Retrieved 1 November 2013.