Westcliff High School for Girls

Westcliff High School for Girls
Motto Fide Et Fortitudine
'By fidelity and fortitude'
Established 1920 (founded) 1931 (moved to current premises)
Type grammar school, Academy
Headmaster Dr Paul Hayman
Location Westcliff-on-Sea
Essex
England Coordinates: 51°33′09″N 0°40′04″E / 51.55242°N 0.66772°E
DfE URN 136490 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students 1050, including approximately a dozen boys
Gender Girls, mixed sixth form
Ages 11–18
Houses      Bourchier
     Mandeville
     Bohun
     Devereux
Website www.whsg.info

Westcliff High School for Girls is a selective non-boarding grammar school and academy for girls in Southend-On-Sea, Essex and surrounding areas.

Admissions

It caters for those between the ages of 11 and 18. It is next to Westcliff High School for Boys, with the two schools sharing a canteen, and opposite St Thomas More High School for Boys.

History

In September 2003 the school became a specialist Science and Engineering school, the only all-girls one at the time; it was also a Beacon School. The school converted to academy status in 2011. In January 2014, Westcliff High School for Girls achieved second highest GCSE results in the entire UK The new English block was completed late 2009 and opened to pupils in the spring term of 2010. The new building has three floors and caters for English, Law, Psychology and other subjects.

On 17 May 2011, HRH The Duke of Gloucester officially opened the new English block.

Academic performance

Westcliff is a very strong school academically, with 2014 GCSE results placing 2nd in the country. In 2006, the school achieved the 14th best A-Levels in the country as well.

Westcliff High School for Girls has been recognised by Ofsted as 'outstanding' (October 2010 inspection). In 2011, 100% of GCSE students achieved 5 or more A*-C grades, including English and Maths. [www.whsg.info]

Subjects taught at GCSE and A-level are Art, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, English, Food Technology, French, Geography, Graphics, History, Computing, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Physics, Product Design, Religious Education, Spanish and Textiles.

Health and Social Care, is taught at GCSE only. Engineering is now also taught at GCSE.

Subjects taught at A-level only are Economics, Further Mathematics, Government and Politics, Law, and Psychology.

Notable former pupils

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