The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls
W3 0HW London, United Kingdom
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The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls is a comprehensive, foundation secondary school for 1400 girls aged 11–19 years, located in the London borough of Ealing. The reviews are currently 3.5-4 stars. Ofsted rates them as 'good'OverviewThe Headteacher is Ms R Kruger, who recently became head teacher, succeeding Ms C Sydenham. The school was named after Ellen Wilkinson, one of the first female MPs in Britain, and the first female Minister for Education. It is situated opposite North Ealing tube station and West Acton tube station is close to it. It is enclosed by two tube lines, to the west and to the south.HistoryGrammar schoolIt was known as Ealing County School for Girls.ComprehensiveIt became the Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls in 1974, a comprehensive school, from four schools - St Ann's Secondary Modern, the Wood End and The Grange schools. In April 1992 it became a grant-maintained school. In 1999 it became a foundation school.AcademicIt was awarded beacon status by the government in recognition of its academic excellence, and as a result became a specialist school for Science and Mathematics. Other particularly strong subjects within the school include English, Psychology, Media Studies, Art, Drama, Geography and Modern Languages. The school has raised standards consistently over the past five years (improving 5A*-C GCSE passes from 58% in 2003 to 76% in 2010,with 6th Form results consistently in the top 15% nationally) and currently appears in The Good Schools Guide, where it is described as 'Ealing's top performing non-selective school'. As a high-performing Specialist School, the school was recently awarded Training School status.
Queen's Drive, London W3 0HW, UK London
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