Bishopshalt School

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Bishopshalt School is a comprehensive secondary school based in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It has been awarded Arts College status.

1 History
2 Present Day
3 Notable Alumni
4 External Links

[edit] History

The school dates back to 1907, when it was first established as Uxbridge County School. It was formerly a grammar school (until 1977) and was once known as Uxbridge Grammar School. The school moved from Green Lane to its present location along Royal Lane and was renamed as Bishopshalt School. The school name is derived from the history of the site. For 500 years, the Bishops of Worcester rested at the grounds of the school on their journeys to and from London.

[edit] Present Day

The current headmaster is David Bocock, who was a previous deputy head. He succeeded Vince Hodkinson as Headmaster, who became Headmaster in 1996 and later left and became Principal of King's College, Guildford. Bocock and Hodkinson never got on. The Headmaster prior to Vince Hodkinson was Dr Leslie Bather. Notable former pupils include Professor Vernon Bogdanor, Leslie Clifford Bateman, John Arthur Watts and pop group Steps's Claire Richards.

Bishopshalt school is a very capable school and specialises in performing arts. It has its own large playing fields and an ornamental garden specifically for the 6th form students. It always achieves high scoring GCSEs, SATs and A-levels making it a very in demand school.

The school motto is Fidelis, meaning Faithful.