Swakeleys School for Girls is a

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

and

sixth form In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. Pupils typically prepare for A-l ...

for girls located in the

Hillingdon Hillingdon is an area of Uxbridge within the London Borough of Hillingdon, centred 14.2 miles (22.8 km) west of Charing Cross. It was an ancient parish in Middlesex that included the market town of Uxbridge. During the 1920s the civil pari ...

area of the

London Borough of Hillingdon The London Borough of Hillingdon () is the largest and westernmost borough in West London, England. It was formed from the districts of Hayes and Harlington, Ruislip-Northwood, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley and West Drayton in the ceremonial county ...

, England. It is the only girls' school in the borough and used to share a site with

Abbotsfield School for Boys Abbotsfield School for Boys was an Single-sex education, all-boys school in Hillingdon, West London. It closed on 20 July 2017, replaced on the site by the new co-ed Oak Wood School, which officially opened on 1 September 2017, under the same he ...

in Clifton Gardens, until it was rebuilt in 2017, and reformed into the unisex

Oak Wood School Oak Wood School (formerly ''Abbotsfield School for Boys'') is a Mixed-sex education, coeducational secondary school with a sixth form, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. The school was rated 'Good' in its most recent Ofsted inspection. ...

. After the closure of Abbotsfield School, Swakeleys School became the only single-sex school in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The school was converted to academy status on 1 April 2011 and was previously a

Foundation School In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in community schools. Foundation schools were set up under the School Standards and Framework A ...

administered by

Hillingdon London Borough Council Hillingdon London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Hillingdon in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Hillingdon is divided into 22 wards, elect ...

. The school continues to coordinate with Hillingdon London Borough Council for admissions. The school offers

GCSEs The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a particular subject, taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. State schools in Scotland use the Scottish Qualifications Certificate instead. Private sc ...

and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of

A Levels The A-Level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational aut ...

and further BTECs. The school specialises in humanities and has additional resources to support the specialism. Houses: The school has 8 houses in which they are all named after famous women. AF - Anne Frank DS - Diana Spencer EB - Elizabeth Blackwell FN - Florence Nightingale JA - Jane Austin MC - Marie Curie MY - Malala Yousafzai RP - Rosa Parks

Notable staff

Emma Croker Emma Croker (''née'' Layland; born 29 September 1982) is an English female rugby union player, weight lifter and teacher. She represented at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup and she was chosen for the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup squad. She pr ...

, an international

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player, led the P.E. department.

References

External links

Swakeleys School for Girls official website
Secondary schools in the London Borough of Hillingdon Girls' schools in London Academies in the London Borough of Hillingdon {{London-school-stub