Bentley Wood High School

Bentley Wood High School
Type Academy
Headteacher Ms Janice Howkins
Location Clamp Hill
Stanmore
Harrow
HA7 3JW
England
51°37′05″N 0°19′56″W / 51.61796°N 0.33225°W / 51.61796; -0.33225Coordinates: 51°37′05″N 0°19′56″W / 51.61796°N 0.33225°W / 51.61796; -0.33225
DfE URN 137178 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students 1021
Gender Girls
Ages 11–18
Houses 4
Website www.bentleywood.harrow.sch.uk

Bentley Wood High School is an all-girls secondary academy school in Stanmore Harrow, England.

History

BWHS was originally called Heriots Wood Grammar School.

About the school

Aerial view of Bentley Wood

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 specializes in Maths, Science, and Computing. It has been nationally recognised for its exceptional 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 recognized as the 7th highest school in the country in 2015 for student progress. [4]

School life

There are now four houses: Earth, Air, Fire and Water, named after the four classical natural elements. Each house has its own logo designed by students at the school.

Admissions

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

Location

It is situated 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

References

  1. ↑ "Equality Information - Bentley Wood High School". Bentleywood.harrow.sch.uk. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  2. ↑ tables/secondary schools/html/310_4032.stm Bentley Wood High School on the BBC news website
  3. ↑ "Ofsted report", Ofsted Reports
  4. ↑ "Compare Schools""], Gov.uk
  • Official website
  • Edubase
  • Campbell, Sarah (2009-03-13). "UK | Education | Putting brakes on engineering shortage". BBC News. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
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