Villiers High School

Villiers High School
Established 1907
Type Foundation school
Headteacher Mr Remo Iafrate
Location Boyd Avenue
Southall
Greater London
England Coordinates: 51°30′35″N 0°22′23″W / 51.5097°N 0.3731°W
Local authority Ealing
DfE URN 101928 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 1140[1]
Gender coeducational
Ages 11–19[1]
Website www.villiers.ealing.sch.uk

Villiers High School is a mixed foundation school located in Southall in the London Borough of Ealing, West London, United Kingdom. The school has approximately 1,140 students[1] and around 80 teaching staff.

History

The school first opened as Southall County School in 1907, changing its name to Southall Grammar in 1945. In 1963 the school merged with Southall Grammar Technical School (a boys' technical school, which had been located in Beaconsfield road) and was renamed Southall Grammar Technical School, under which name it ran for 11 years, until it was named Villiers High School in 1974.[2] In 2009 the school has been extended by the addition of a sixth form.

In 2003, the school was one of three to receive £3000 from the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund for its work with refugee children.[3]

Since 2004, the school has taken in a small number of refugee students from around the world, some of them from war zones,[4] and has pupils from a variety of countries.[5] These students are often teamed up with a welcome prefect who helps them for two weeks, and are assessed by a teaching assistant; language education is tailored to each student's needs.[4]

In 2009, the school gained national attention with a number of technology-related projects.[6][7][8]

Academic achievement

In 2000, 45% of students got 5 or more GCSEs at grade A*-C; in 2004, the percentage remained at 45%.[4] In 2012 the percentage was 50%.[4]

Notable faculty

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Villiers High School". Ofsted. 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Our History". Villiers High School. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Curtis, Polly (13 February 2003). "Schools rewarded for work with asylum-seekers". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Noakes, Beth (1 September 2004). "Found in Translation". Times Educational Supplement. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  5. ↑ Koch, Kathryn (12 December 2006). "Selling trees, honoring Singer Students raise money for trip to Britain and France". Marshfield Mariner. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  6. ↑ "January's Practice News Day". BBC News. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  7. ↑ "January's Practice News Day". BBC News. 30 January 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "Making the news with a comic edge". BBC News. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  9. ↑ Thomas, Jessica (6 January 2009). "Chiswick honoured for food, the arts, sport and learning". The Hounslow Chronicle. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  10. ↑ "New Year list honours 7/7 heroes". BBC News. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  11. ↑ Gates, James (2 January 2009). "Ealing residents scoop New Year's Honours". Ealing Gazette. Retrieved 13 March 2010.