“The achievement of all groups of students is good.” OFSTED Home Our School School Performance Parents Students News Governors Vacancies Contact Us Headteacher’s Welcome Northwood Prospectus New Build Progress School Newsletter Quicklinks Key Dates School Performance Extra Curricular Admissions LATEST NEWS 8 JUN Warwick University Visit 4 JUN Art Workshop 14 MAY Schools Book of the Year Awards 24 APR Barclays Lifeskills day 21 APR Jack Petchy Award full news list DIARY DATES 18 JUN Year 9 Consultation Evening 25 JUN Art Exhibition 26 JUN Year 11 Prom 7 JUL New Year 7 Intakes Parents' Evening full dates list welcome to NORTHWOOD SCHOOL Latest Notice Work on our new school building begins! We are delighted to announce that planning permission has now been granted for the new school build. Our building contractor, Farrans, will officially begin work on Monday 20th April. Further details can be found on the 'new build progress' page. Bonita ‘Inspires’ our GCSE students Bonita Norris, the youngest British female to climb Mount Everest, came into school this week and gave an inspirational talk to the GCSE students about her journey to the top of Everest. Her incredible story showed the students that if you put your mind to it, you can succeed in anything. Check out the full article on our news page. Northwood in the top 5% of schools nationally! Students and teachers at Northwood School are celebrating confirmation from the Department of Education which has placed Northwood in the top 5% of schools nationally for its 2014 GCSE results. More details in our School Performance section. Our new school building is now a step closer In late 2016 we will be moving into a brand new £28 million school building on our site. Over the autumn term, regular meetings between the school, the London Borough of Hillingdon and our architects have taken place. The architect’s drawings look pretty impressive! RIBI 'Youth Speaks' Success Northwood's Intermediate team won the Hillingdon round of the 2015 RIBI 'Youth Speaks' competition, taking them through to the District Zone finals at Trevelyan School, Windsor. For full details, check out the links in our news section. Young Chef Cooking Competition Congratulations to Emilie Wareham in Year 10 who recently took part in the Hillingdon Young Chef competition, competing against 9 other schools in the senior category. She was one of the runners up so very well done Emilie. Next stop Masterchef... Chairman of KPMG agrees with our RECIPE for success Simon Collins, UK Chairman of KPMG, visited us earlier this month. He spoke about how his life and career path led to him being Chairman of one of the largest accountancy firms in the world. He mentioned that the RECIPE attributes that Northwood School aims to develop in our learners are essential for the work place. His message of always working hard, having integrity and having fun really resonated with the students. Learning Never Stops : English Saturday School Learning never stops at Northwood. That's why we open on Saturdays. Well done to all our learners who continue to attend our English Saturday school. It's proving to be a real success and students are really mastering their language skills. Everest climber shows us how to reach our goals World adventurer, Bonita Norris gives an inspirational talk on her life and the importance of working hard to reach your goals. Check out her story in our news section and follow her success through our twitter. Stonewall School Champions celebrate diversity Well done to our Stonewall School Champions who led the way for Anti Bullying Week 2014. See what they do in our news section and get behind the national campaign #nobystander TWITTER FEED Tweets by @NorthwoodSCH follow us on twitter Copyright © 2015 Northwood School Potter Street, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 1QG Tel: 01923 836363 | Fax: 01923 836010 E-mail: office@northwoodschool.org.uk Legal Information Secondary School Website Design by Green Schools Online