Burntwood School
| Burntwood School | |
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Burntwood Lane , , SW17 0AQ England  | |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | The best education today for the women of tomorrow. |
| Established | 1986 |
| Department for Education URN | 139842 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Mrs Helen Dorfman |
| Gender | Girls (with some lads in sixth form) |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 1733 |
| Colour(s) | Red & Grey |
| Website | http://www.burntwoodschool.com/ |
Burntwood School is a girls' secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Wandsworth, London, England. The school was opened in September 1986, and the first headmistress of the school was Brigid Beattie-Moriarty - known to the pupils as Mrs Beattie. [1]
For the 2008–09 school year, there were 1,733 pupils enrolled at the school. In September 2009, the school admitted 283 new students: 71 places are offered to the girls who scored highest in the Wandsworth Year 6 Test; the remaining 212 places are offered to siblings of current students and then to those girls living closest to the school.[2]
While nominally an all-girls school, Burntwood does in fact have a small number of male students in the sixth form. In 2002, for example, two percent of the pupils were male.[3]
For the school year beginning September 2012, students moved into the new buildings which have been under construction the last two years. Fully complete in 2014, the project that cost £40.9 million saw the opening of six new buildings (four four-storey teaching pavilions, a new sports hall and a new performing arts buildings) to create a new-look campus. [4]
The school converted to academy status on 1 July 2013.
In October 2015, Burntwood School won the RIBA Stirling Prize, the UK's leading architecture award.[5]
Notable former pupils
- Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London - former sixth form pupil.
- Priscilla Mensah, president of Cambridge University Students Union 2015/16 - former pupil.
- Actress Francesca Isherwood attended Burntwood School, and stars in the BBC programme for children Roman Mysteries.
External links
References
- ^ Townsend, Richard (2001-05-08). "Obituary: Brigid Beattie-Moriarty". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "Schools - Burntwood School - Wandsworth Council". Wandsworth.gov.uk. Archived from the original on October 24, 2010. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
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- ^ http://www.ahmm.co.uk/projectDetails/72/Burntwood-School?image=1
- ^ "Riba Stirling Prize: Burntwood School wins award". BBC News. Retrieved 2015-10-15.