Westcliff High School for Girls
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| Westcliff High School for Girls |
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| Motto | Fide Et Fortitudine 'By fidelity and fortitude' |
| Established | 1920 (founded) 1931 (moved to current premises) |
| Type | All-female secondary grammar Yr 7 - 11, mixed sixth form |
| Headmaster | Dr Paul Hayman |
| Students | 1050 students, including approximately a dozen boys |
| Location | Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex England |
| Website | www.whsg.info |
Westcliff High School for Girls is a selective non-boarding grammar school for girls in Southend-On-Sea, Essex and surrounding areas. It caters for those between the ages of 11 and 18. It is next to Westcliff High School for Boys, sharing a canteen and music rooms, and opposite St Thomas More High School for Boys. If a student attends one of these three schools and an A-level subject is not offered at their school, they may attend the course at one which does- for example, Geology at Westcliff High School for Boys, Food Technology at Westcliff High School for Girls and Media Studies at St Thomas More's.
In September 2003 the school became a specialist Science and Engineering school; it is also a Beacon School.
[edit] Academic
Westcliff is a strong school academically, with 2006 A-level results placing the school 14th in the country. [1]
Subjects taught at GCSE and A-level are Art, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, English, Food Technology, French, Geography, Graphics, History, Information Technology, Mathematics, Music, Religious Education, Spanish, Physical Education, Physics and Textiles.
Health and Social Care, a double award vocational course, is taught at GCSE only.
Subjects taught at A-level only are Economics, Engineering, Further Mathematics, Geology (at Westcliff High School for Boys), Government and Politics, Media Studies (at St Thomas More High School), Photography, and Psychology.
[edit] Notable Alumnae
- Nathalie Emmanuel, actress
- Catherine Bishop, silver medalist, coxless pairs, 2004 Olympic Games
