Westcliff High School for Girls

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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. Engineering, an AS level, is offered to girls in GCSE years 10 and 11.

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), Law, and Psychology.

[edit] Notable Alumnae

• Nathalie Emmanuel, actress
• Catherine Bishop, silver medalist, coxless pairs, 2004 Olympic Games
• Annabel Port, Radio broadcaster

[edit] External links

• School website
• Entry on the BBC school database