Greenford High School

Greenford High School (abbreviated as GHS) is a mixed 11-19 secondary school with a comprehensive intake located in the London Borough of Ealing.

Greenford High School
Address
Lady Margaret Road

Southall
,
Greater London
,
UB1 2GU

England
Coordinates51°31′52″N 0°22′10″W
Information
TypeFoundation school
MottoLearning To Succ
Established1969 (1969)
Local authorityEaling
Department for Education URN101940 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMia Pye
GenderMixed
Age11 to 19
Enrolmentc.1800 (Whole School) As of August 2016
Websitehttp://www.greenford.ealing.sch.uk/

History

When it was built, in 1939, the then Greenford County School was a grammar school for boys and girls. It served the needs of the rapidly growing population of the western edge of the Municipal Borough of Ealing and was provided by Middlesex County Council. It remained a selective county school until 1974, when the new London Borough of Ealing reorganised to a comprehensive system, and the school undertook expansion to cope with greater numbers of pupils and the raising of the school leaving age. In 1992, Greenford High School became a grant maintained school; the change was made in order to keep its sixth form, which was threatened by proposed reorganisation of post-16 education. The following year, the roll increased again when Year 7 students were admitted to the school for the first time since 1974. Greenford High School is now a foundation school, which has over 1600 students on roll, with over 550 in the new sixth form. In addition to this there is a School Governing Body made up of 16 members. Consisting of staff, parents, LEA and community School Governors. The chair of Governors is Scott Packman (parent) and the vice chair of Governors is Andrew Whitfield (parent).

The head teacher from 1991 to 2008 was Kate Griffin, a former President of the Association of School and College Leaders and formerly President of the International Confederation of Principals, the first British head elected to lead the worldwide organisation representing headteachers. (She was also an additional member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), a board member of the Catholic Education Service and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts). Kate Griffin retired on 31 December 2008 and was replaced by Mathew Cramer, who was formerly a deputy head teacher at Greenford High School.

Greenford High School now occupies a suite of buildings completed September in 2007 in mini-campus style whilst the former buildings were demolished to provide up to date sports facilities.

The school is one of the most ethnically mixed in Ealing, and includes students from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds; Bangladeshi, Somali, Indian, Afro-Caribbean, Pakistani, English and Irish, including students from many faiths, such as Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims, and Christians.

Education

The school has also added a new I block especially for the new year 7s and 8s who are new to the school which is managed by staff. Its construction was started near to the end of 2017 and was finished by 11 September 2018.

Language specialism

As a Specialist Language College, the school provides French teaching in eight Primary Schools and is currently working with the London Borough of Ealing to increase this provision. It provides after school classes, free of charge, in Gujarati and Punjabi for school-aged children in the Borough. A variety of languages are offered within the school: Spanish, French, German, Punjabi, Japanese, Gujarati (after school) and Chinese. There are a variety of assessment and accreditation opportunities, not just GCSE. The "Certificate in Business Language Competence" has proved very successful amongst Advanced Vocational Business students in the Sixth Form.

Sixth form

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Notable former pupils

References
  1. Telegraph Obituaries (14 June 2020). "Professor Geoffrey Burnstock, overcame hostility to prove his theory of nerves – obituary". The Telegraph.
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