Mill Hill County High School

Mill Hill County High School

Motto	Altiora Peto ("Aiming High")^[1]
Type	Partially selective academy
Headteacher	Mr Geoffrey Thompson
Chair of Governors	Mr M Dannell
Location	Worcester Crescent Mill Hill London NW7 4LL England Coordinates: 51°37′46″N 0°14′55″W / 51.6295°N 0.2485°W / 51.6295; -0.2485
DfE number	302/5402
DfE URN	137386 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Staff	150 +
Students	1706
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–18
Houses	Apollo, Gemini, Saturn, Mariner, Capricorn
Website	MHCHS

Mill Hill County High School is a large secondary school with academy status located in Mill Hill, London, England. It was the first comprehensive school in the United Kingdom to have had a student taken on the prestigious Morehead-Cain merit scholarship program in the United States and is an official Morehead-Cain nominating school.^[2]

Admissions

It is for students aged 11 to 18. The school has 1,700 pupils as of 2009.^[3] The current headmaster of the school is Geoffrey Thompson.

Intake

In accordance with the school's specialism in technology, the school selects 10% of its intake through a test of abstract reasoning. A further 15% are selected via auditions for musical and dance ability. The remaining places are allocated to applicants who have a sibling at the school, or who live near to the school.^[4]

Orange Hill Grammar School notable students

David Dein, former Arsenal FC vice-chairman^[5]

References

↑ literally "I make for/seek/aim for higher things". Stone, Jon R. (2004). The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations: The Illiterati's Guide to Latin Maxims, Mottoes, Proverbs, and Sayings. Routledge. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-415-96909-3.
↑ , Morehead-Cain British Nominating Schools.
↑ Head's Introduction, Mill Hill County High School.
↑ Prospectus, Mill Hill County High School.
↑ J Gunzi (2006-05-05). "Welcome Back, David Dein" (PDF). Head's Newsletter. Mill Hill County High School. p. 9. Retrieved 2008-11-17.

External links

Schools and colleges in Barnet

Primary schools	Beis Yaakov Primary School Dollis Junior School London Academy Monken Hadley School St Mary's and St John's CE School Wren Academy

Secondary schools	Ashmole Academy Bishop Douglass School Christ's College The Compton School Copthall School East Barnet School Finchley Catholic High School Friern Barnet School Hasmonean High School Hendon School JCoSS London Academy Mill Hill County High School Queen Elizabeth's School for Girls St Andrew Greek Orthodox School St James' Catholic High School St Mary's and St John's CE School St Mary's CE High School The Totteridge Academy Whitefield School Wren Academy

Grammar schools	Henrietta Barnett School Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys St. Michael's Catholic Grammar School

Independent schools	Brampton College Dwight School Holland House School King Alfred School Mill Hill School North London Grammar School Pardes House Grammar School St Martha's Senior School Susi Earnshaw Theatre School

FE & sixth form colleges	Barnet and Southgate College Woodhouse College

Defunct schools	Aida Foster Theatre School Church Farm Industrial School for Boys Friern Barnet Grammar School The Mount School

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