Bentley Wood High School

Bentley Wood High School
Aerial view of Bentley Wood
Address
Clamp Hill Stanmore , Harrow , HA7 3JW England
Coordinates	51°37′05″N 0°19′56″W / 51.61796°N 0.33225°W / 51.61796; -0.33225
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	http://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

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]

The sixth form centre is part of the Harrow Sixth Form Collegiate.

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

• Camilla Beeput, TV & theatre actress
• Shami Chakrabarti, Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales, appointed 6 October 2016
• Ruby McGregor-Smith, Baroness McGregor-Smith, CEO of Mitie Group PLC and life peer in the House of Lords
• Abi Oyepitan, 100m sprinter
• Carla Marie Williams, songwriter

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

• List of schools in Harrow

References

External links

• Official website
• Edubase^{[permanent dead link]}
• Campbell, Sarah (13 March 2009). "UK | Education | Putting brakes on engineering shortage". BBC News. Retrieved 1 November 2013.

This page was last edited on 6 March 2024, at 18:01