Bentley Wood High School

Bentley Wood High School

Type	Academy
Headteacher	Ms Janice Howkins
Location	Bridges Road Stanmore Greater London HA7 3NA England Coordinates: 51°37′05″N 0°19′56″W / 51.61796°N 0.33225°W
DfE number	310/4032
DfE URN	137178 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Students	797
Gender	Girls
Ages	12–18
Website	BWHS

Bentley Wood High School is an all-girls secondary academy school in Harrow, England.

Admissions

Bentley Wood High School specializes in math, science, and computing.^[1] It is situated just north of the A410, in the parish of All Saints, Harrow Weald, just south of Bentley Wood Nature Reserve. It can be reached via Masefield Avenue.

History

The school is located just south of Heriot's Wood, which itself is just south of the famous Bentley Priory. BWHS was originally called Heriots Wood Grammar School. The student body represents a variety of diverse backgrounds.^[2]

About the school

The school was declared oustanding by Ofsted, and has been in the top 1% of schools naitonally for three years. It was stated the 7th highest school in the country in 2015 for student progress.

Notable former pupils

• Shami Chakrabarti, Director since 2003 of Liberty (pressure group), and Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University since 2008
• Abi Oyepitan, 100m sprinter
• Camilla Beeput, TV & Theatre Actor
• Carmell Roche, Movie & TV Actor
• Ruby McGregor-Smith, Baroness McGregor-Smith, CEO of Mitie Group PLC & Life Peer in The House of Lord

See also

• List of schools in Harrow

References

1. Bentley Wood High School on the BBC news website
2. "Equality Information - Bentley Wood High School". Bentleywood.harrow.sch.uk. Retrieved 2013-11-01.

External links

• Official website
• Edubase
• Campbell, Sarah (2009-03-13). "UK | Education | Putting brakes on engineering shortage". BBC News. Retrieved 2013-11-01.