Newstead Wood School for Girls
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| Motto | Fortitudine Crescamus ('may we grow in strength') |
|---|---|
| Established | 1957 |
| School type | State, grammar school |
| Head teacher | Elizabeth Allen |
| Location | Orpington, Bromley, England |
| LEA | London Borough of Bromley |
| Pupils | c. 950 |
| Homepage | www.newsteadwood.bromley.sch.uk/ |
Newstead Wood School for Girls is a selective girls' secondary school in Avebury Road, Orpington, England. It is an engineering specialist school.
In 2003 Newstead Wood was described by Ofsted as "an outstandingly successful school". The school has a large catchment area, from which pupils are selected on the basis of tests in verbal and non-verbal reasoning. In 2004 there were eight applicants per place. Amongst leavers in 2005, 25 students gained places at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
The head teacher is Elizabeth Allen. The school's motto is Fortitudine Crescamus ('may we grow in strength'). It was founded as Orpington Girls' Grammar School in 1957.
The school has strong links with nearby St Olave's Grammar School.
[edit] Alumni
- Christine Hancock, General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing, 1989-2001
- Barbara Harriss-White, Professor of Development Studies, University of Oxford
- Emma Johnson, clarinettist, winner of BBC Young Musician of the Year, 1984
- Josie Long, comedian
- Susan Tebby Professor, Fine Art & Sculpture, De Montfort University, Leicester
