St Helen's School A GSG School
- St Helen's School
Eastbury Road
Northwood
HA6 3AS - Head: Dr Mary Short
- T 01923 843210
- F 01923 843211
- E [email protected]
- W www.sthelens.london
- An independent school for girls aged from 3 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Hillingdon
- Pupils: 1,162; sixth formers: 146
- Religion: Not Applicable
- Fees: £13,841 - £17,448 pa
- Open days: June and October
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Not the top of the highly competitive North London academic tree, but no slouch. No visitor to the school is likely to leave without hearing the word ‘ambitious’ repeatedly. ‘They want you to aim high, but there’s not masses of pressure,’ one girl told us. Think carrots not sticks, stretch not push, although gets crisper as they get older of course. High expectations and clear boundaries, but it doesn’t feel overly strict. ‘These girls are conservative and from aspirational families in strong communities – we have very few behavioural problems,’ says head. But warnings for ....
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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
Headmistress
Since 2011, Dr Mary Short BA PGCE PhD (50s) – did her PhD, in the politics of budget-setting in the 1920s, at Cambridge. Has taught undergraduates at Cambridge and pupils at independent schools including St Paul's Girls, City of London School and Haberdashers' Aske's Girls (deputy head). At St Helen's, she has upped the academic performance, partly by making the school more selective, but also by curriculum reviews, consistency of aims, better monitoring of performance, peer review of teachers, that sort of thing. But a league table obsessive she is not and parents say she’s made her changes through evolution, not revolution. ‘I think my main contribution so far is making sure St Helen's understands what it is,’ she says. ‘In the past, the school knew what it wasn’t, but wasn’t sure what it...
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Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
| 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 |
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Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldenham Preparatory School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Edge Grove Preparatory School | 2017 to 2018 | 2 | ||
| Maltman's Green School | 2016 to 2018 | 8 | 5 | Sport Scholarship; Sports Scholarship; Music Exhibition, Academic Scholarship (2) |
| St Hilda's Preparatory School for Girls | 2017 to 2018 | 2 |
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