Uxbridge High School, London

Uxbridge High School
Lancaster Building and new building
Motto Proud to make success happen"
Established 1928
Type Converter Academy
Principal Nigel Clemens
Chair of Governors Peter Waine
Location The Greenway
Hillingdon
London
UB8 2PR
England
51°32′12″N 0°28′27″W / 51.5367°N 0.4741°W / 51.5367; -0.4741Coordinates: 51°32′12″N 0°28′27″W / 51.5367°N 0.4741°W / 51.5367; -0.4741
Local authority Hillingdon
DfE URN 136768 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Mixed
Houses Lancaster, Stuart, Tudor, Windsor and York
Website Uxbridge High School

Uxbridge High School is a mixed secondary school with academy status in west London in the town of Uxbridge.

History

In 1928, Cowley Road School and School of Industry students transferred into the site on the Greenway, formerly occupied by the Uxbridge County School and was named Greenway County Secondary School. The school was re-built between 1968 and 1969. Greenway County Secondary School was renamed Uxbridge High School in 1991.[1]

The school can be traced back to the Uxbridge Lancastrian School for Boys and the Girls School of Industry which were present in the early 1800s. This original Lancastrian School was based in the Market House in the centre of Uxbridge, and the original building can still be seen there today.[2]

Ofsted inspected the school on 12 February 2014, and it was graded as 'requires improvement' in all areas.[3] Its 2016 inspection logged improvements, with many areas now rated 'good', with the school remaining overall as 'requires improvement'.

On-site buildings

As of February 2017, Uxbridge High School has eight separate buildings:

  • Lancaster Building - a building dedicated to Mathematics, Business Studies and Uxbridge High School's Sixth Form Centre.It is named after one of Uxbridge High's house groups.
  • Orsino Building - a building dedicated to Drama and Music with a large drama studio and an Amphitheatre.
  • The Dome - a large Astro-Turf pitch. Previously owned by Brenford FC. It has 2 classrooms and a view of the playing field from a high place.
  • The Old Building - a large building which currently hosts English, History, Geography and Religious Studies.
  • MFL Building - a building dedicated to Modern Foreign Languages and an on-suite computer room with 30 PCs.
  • Computer Science Block - a large building which hosts 5 computer rooms, each with 30 PCs inside, 6 offices and 1 toilet suite for students.
  • The Canteen - a large block used by students to eat and buy food. There are two changing rooms attached for students to change for Physical Education.
  • Design and Technology Block - a building which hosts the school's Design and Technology classrooms and tools.
  • Science block - a building attached to The Canteen which hosts 12 science rooms, 2 technician rooms and a Staff Room.

House System

Uxbridge High School currently has five houses:

  • Lancaster - Green
  • Stuart - Purple
  • Tudor - Red
  • Windsor - Grey
  • York - Blue

Each house is named after a family which was involved in the Battle of Roses.

Before 2010, the house system was as follows:

  • Brunel - Yellow
  • Cambridge - Blue
  • Thames - Green
  • Harvard - Red[4]

Each house is named after a University.

Students would earn house points by doing activities such as sports, arts and crafts or getting involved in lessons.

References

  1. ↑ "Hillingdon, including Uxbridge - Education | A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4 (pp. 95-98)". British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Web Archive of Uxbridge High School's website in 2015". Uxbridge High School. 25 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Uxbridge High School". Ofsted. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "UHS Website in 2015".


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