ACS Hillingdon International School | The Good Schools Guide

ACS Hillingdon International School
Hillingdon Court
108 Vine Lane
Hillingdon
UB10 0BE
Head: Martin Hall
T 01895 259771
F 01895 818404
E hillingdonadmissi…ns@acs-schools.com
W www.acs-schools.com
An independent school for boys and girls aged from 4 to 19.
Boarding: No
Local authority: Hillingdon
Pupils: 560; sixth formers: 110
Religion: Non-denominational
Fees: £10,430 - £23,690 pa
Open days: Contact the school for an appointment at your convenience
Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
ISI report: View the ISI report

What The Good Schools Guide says..

Quite aside from one parent’s comment that sports may not be this school’s strong suit, ACS Hillingdon has the highest uptake of the three UK ACS schools: 70 per cent of the students do extracurricular sports. Staff say it’s not so much about winning and victory as it is about getting involved, having fun and being well-rounded. But despite all that fun and well-roundedness, the riot of banners and plaques prominently displayed...

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What the school says...

ACS Hillingdon International Schools is a leading International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma school which offers non-selective entry yet achieves examination results which place it among the highest ranking UK Schools.

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International Baccalaureate: diploma - the diploma is the familiar A-level equivalent.

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Head of school

Since September 2017, Martin Hall, previously director of the International School of Tanganyika in Tanzania. Degree in political economy and philosophy from Glasgow; taught in state secondary schools including St Olave's and Kendrick grammar schools, then becoming deputy head at the Inter-Community School Zurich before moving to Tanzania.

Academic matters

Take a deep breath before you try to penetrate ACS’s patchwork quilt curricula. Start with American-style pre-K - grade 4 with international add-ons including some IPC (International Primary Curriculum) units, language and cultural studies to grade 2, then Spanish plus PTSA (Parent Teacher Student Association) led multicultural weeks (grades 3-5); IB middle years programme with Spanish or French, followed by the last two years of high school with the IB diploma, a fair range of AP courses (11 on offer), high school honours (which...

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