Dormers Wells High School

Dormers Wells High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Ealing area of London, England. A new £30 million project designed by Nicholas Hare Architects with Balfour Beatty Construction saw the old school building replaced with a new state-of-the-art facility. The main features are: extra school places, provision of a hearing impaired unit, new facilities including new business and ICT suites at the front of the school, landscaped outdoor spaces with new school allotments, sports facilities include two football pitches, a cricket pitch and nets, running track and long-jump, new furniture and equipment throughout the school and significant ICT investment.[1]

Dormers Wells High School
Address
Dormers Wells Lane Southall London , UB1 3HZ England
Coordinates	51.519699°N 0.366504°W
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Opening the door to success
Local authority	Ealing London Borough Council
Department for Education URN	145348 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Ms Walsh
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 19
Enrolment	approx. 1300
Houses	Altius   Citius   Fortius   Invictus   Laurus   Magnus
Colour(s)	Blue   and White
Communities served	Ealing
Website	http://dwhs.co.uk//

House System

All students and staff at Dormers Wells High School are allocated to one of six Houses. The House System challenges students to get involved with a number of school events and competitions building resilience, integrity and confidence. Opportunities exist to become part of the House Leadership Team with positions of House Captain, Deputy House Captain, House Sports Captain and Deputy Sports Captain.The House Leaders are the head of the house.[2]

Houses [3]

• Altius ( )
• Citius ( )
• Fortius ( )
• Invictus ( )
• Laurus ( )
• Magnus ( )

Student Leadership

The school offers opportunities for students across all year groups to develop their skills and to work together to deliver a cohesive, school wide initiative which engages students from Year 7 to 13.[4]

Student Leadership Programme 2017 [5]

Year groups	Leadership groups
All	Year Council 8 students are elected from each year group Year 7–11 to form the Year Council. The House System All students are placed in a House. Opportunities exist to become part of the House Leadership Team with positions of House Leaders, House Sports Captain and Deputy Sports Captain. House Leadership roles have a key position in running the houses, house activities and leading assemblies. There are also positions of responsibility in the School Community Leadership Groups which are open to all year groups: Librarians Community Leaders ICT Gurus Literacy Leads Sports Leaders Jack Petchey Winners
Year 8	Student Receptionists
Year 9	Year 9 Buddies They work with Year 7 groups during tutor time supporting reading, home learning, and mentoring
Year 10	Peer Mentors
Year 11	Prefects Year 11 Prefects Senior Boy Prefect, Senior Girl Prefect, Deputy Boy Prefect and Deputy Girl Prefect Year 11 Prom and Year Book Committee The Challenge (NCS)
Sixth Form	Head Boy and Head Girl Deputy Head Girl and Deputy Head Boy 10 Headteacher's Ambassadors Sixth Form Committee

Uniform

Uniform General Guidelines [6]

• Plain black coat (no lettering or patterns)
• Black blazer with school and house badge
• House lanyard
• Black traditional school skirt of knee length or longer
• White school shirt
• Plain black V-neck traditional jumper
• School tie
• Plain black/white socks
• Plain black shoes (laces should be black)
• Plain black hijab, turban or patka (if worn)

Denim, leather or leather look jackets/coats are not permitted.

Hats and caps are only to be worn outside the school building and should be plain black.

School shirt should be tucked in at all times with the top button done up

Any belts worn should be black in colour with a small buckle.

Trainers or canvas shoes (e.g. Vans/Converse style) are not permitted instead of shoes

Sweatshirts and hoodies are not permitted.

For physical education (P.E) [7]

• Plain black shorts, leggings or tracksuit trousers
• Dark blue polo T-shirt with school logo
• Mid-grey sweatshirt with the school logo
• Dark blue fleece with the school logo
• Trainers
• Swimming trunks (not long or baggy shorts)
• Swimming costume
• Swimming hat

Notable former pupils

• Trevor Baylis, inventor of wind up radio
• Nathan Caton, comedian[8]

References

1. "Building work starts at Southall school". Ealing Council. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
2. "Student Leadership". Dormers Wells High School.
3. "House System". Dormers Wells High School.
4. "Student Leadership". Dormers Wells High School.
5. "Student Leadership Programme 2017". www.dwhs.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
6. "School Uniform". Dormers Wells High School. Uniform General Guidelines
7. "School Uniform". Dormers Wells High School. Uniform General Guidelines
8. "Meet Greenford's up and coming stand up comedian". Ealing Gazette. 25 July 2012.

External links

• School Website
• School VLE