Northwood College for Girls A GSG School
- Northwood College for Girls
Maxwell Road
Northwood
HA6 2YE - Head: Mrs Rebecca Brown
- T 01923 825446
- F 01923 836526
- E admissions@nwc.gdst.net
- W www.northwoodcollege.gdst.net
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 11 to 19 with a linked junior school
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Hillingdon
- Pupils: 459; sixth formers: 82
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £21,030 - £21,189 pa
- Open days: Open Morning: February; personal tours can be arranged via the website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Northwood College Junior School for Girls
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Make no mistake, these girls work hard. Expectations are universally agreed as being higher than in the past and the Oxbridge whip is cracked harder than it was. But the broad-ish church intake and continuing pastoral emphasis means that academic superstars coexist happily alongside their more pedestrian peers. Parents describe music as ‘amazing’ – for all tastes and levels – from a 50 strong orchestra that plays everything from classical to pop, to jazz bands and chamber choir. ‘My husband isn’t musical at all, but I dragged him along to the latest concert, in which the head of music did an incredible version of Bohemian Rhapsody with the girls, and he absolutely loved it'...
What the school says...
Northwood College has two very special features: a unique Thinking Skills Programme which enables girls to develop independent and creative thinking that takes them far beyond an exam curriculum and our emphasis on pastoral care which rests on the premise that a happy girl will always achieve her best. Put the two together and you have a school that buzzes with life, where pupils achieve outstanding results.
Our Thinking Skills Programme teaches the girls to understand the way they learn and gives the girls a life skill that will be as useful at university and in the workplace as it is now. Our aim is to raise young women of strong character and generous spirit, who are ready to take on the challenges of the world. We also believe that diversity enhances our school community, thats why we do not confine ourselves only to top exam achievers and offer places to those girls who show the potential to achieve well with a Northwood College education.
From November 2013, Northwood College is joining the Girls Day School Trust (GDST), and combining with Heathfield School for Girls from September 2014, to form an outstanding independent girls school in NW London. ...Read more
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Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2021, Rebecca Brown. Joined the school in 2014 as director of sixth form, later becoming deputy head (academic). Before that, was head of history and politics and assistant head of middle school at North London Collegiate. Did both her undergraduate and master’s degrees at Oxford, specialising in culture, religion and gender in late medieval and early modern Europe, after which she worked at the Museum of London and Tower of London in their education departments before moving into teaching. Works from a striking office, flooded with light, with soft and contemporary greys, stunning pupil artwork and a large conference table instead of a desk.
Entrance
Girls joining senior school from other prep or junior schools take the London 11+ Consortium cognitive ability test, with great emphasis on the interview. ‘But don’t worry if your daughter...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
In the Junior school at Northwood College, 2 part time staff are employed to offer support to individual girls and to small groups, notably to girls who may be dyslexic. In the Senior school, girls have access to a special needs teacher. They have one to one lessons. This support is available to girls with learning difficulties such as dyslexia and dyspraxia. There is an extra charge for this.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lyon School Prep | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Orley Farm School | 2023 | 1 |
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