| About Us - Introduction from The Headteacher |
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Parliament Hill School provides a distinctive and exciting learning environment in which all girls receive the support and encouragement they need to become successful, confident and mature young women. Located on a beautiful site onthe edge of Hampstead Heath and easily accessible to all parts of central andNorth London, the school provides a peaceful and secure environment for rich and diverse learning experiences.
Our students benefit from highly qualified staff who are committed to ensuring all our students progress and achieve. Challenging lessons are taught across a wide range of academic and vocational courses and there is a strong system of support which helps students to manage their learning and develop positive relationships.
As a specialist Technology College, the school is continually developing its expertise in Technology, Maths, Science and Information and Communications Technology. Our excellent ICT facilities have been fully integrated into the whole curriculum.
We are part of the most successful sixth form in London, La Swap, which enables our students to access the widest range of opportunities, expertise and resources.
We are recognised by the Department for Children, Schools and Families as a very successful, high performing school and as a result we have been awarded both “Leading Edge” and “Training School” status. These programmes enable us to operate as a centre of excellence, sharing our expertise with other schools and organisations, particularly in supporting the further professional development of staff. This co-operative work enables us to remain at the forefront of new educational ideas and to build on our already excellent relations with other educational institutions.
It is very important to us that our students are secure and happy and that their school life is a memorable experience which will form the basis of a rich and rewarding later life. We promote full participation in extra-curricular activities and enjoyment in all aspects of school life. We encourage our students to be caring, thoughtful and responsible - and proud of their school.
I very much hope that you will visit us and discover for yourself the unique qualities of Parliament Hill School.
Susan Higgins
Headteacher
“ The headteacher has strong leadership,
clear vision, energy and drive.”
OfSTED 2008
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Parliament Hill School provides a distinctive and exciting learning environment in which girls receive the encouragement and support they need to become successful, confident and mature young women. Located on a beautiful site on the edge of Hampstead Heath and easily accessible on all parts of central and north London, the school provides a peaceful and secure environment for rich learning experiences.
Our students benefit from highly-qualified, hard working and committed staff who recognize the importance of working as a team. The School Aim unites us through the beliefsand aspirations it describes, and our school development plan provides us with practical goals that all staff work hard to achieve.
Challenging lessons are taught across a wide range of academic and vocational courses and there is a strong system of support which helps students to manage their learning anddevelop positive relationships. As a Technology College the school is continually developing its expertise in Technology, Maths, Science and Information and Communications Technology. Our excellent ICT facilities have been integrated into the whole curriculum. We are part of the most successful sixth form consortium in London, LaSwap, which enables our students to access the widest range of opportunities, expertise and resources.
Parliament Hill School was awarded ‘Leading Edge’ status in September 2003. Our membership of the Leading Edge Partnership Programme means that, as a centre of excellence, we share our expertise with other schools and organisations. This cooperative work enables us to remain at the forefront of new educational ideas and to build on our already excellent relations with other educational institutions.
We have strong links with local primary schools and we find out as much as we can about our new students from primary school teachers, school records, parents and the students themselves. We want to know our students’ strengths and what they want to achieve at secondary school so that our staff are well prepared and the students warmly welcomed. This careful preparatory work invariably results in a smooth and happy transition for our new students.
Teachers track the progress and achievement of individual students so that all staff are kept aware of particular needs that may develop. It is very important to us that our students are secure and happy and that their school life is a memorable experience which will form the basis of a rich and rewarding later life. In our recent Ofsted report the inspectors noted: “Parents are very positive about the work of the school. They value what the school provides for their daughters, both academically and through the range of enrichment and extra-curricular activities on offer”.
We encourage our students to be caring, thoughtful and responsible. As the Ofsted inspectors remarked, “students adopt very positive attitudes to all aspects of school life. Relationships, including racial harmony, are
excellent throughout the school”.
I very much hope that you will visit us and discover for yourself the unique qualities of Parliament Hill School.
Susan Higgins, Headteacher
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