The Heathland School is an 11–18 co-educational community

comprehensive school A comprehensive school typically describes a secondary school for pupils aged approximately 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is res ...

located in the

London Borough of Hounslow The London Borough of Hounslow () is a London borough in West London, England, forming part of Outer London. It was created in 1965 when three smaller borough councils (forming part of the former Middlesex County Council area) amalgamated under ...

. As a comprehensive school, Heathland School provides a broad general education for girls and boys.

Curriculum

It has a traditional curriculum based on academic subjects, taught by well qualified staff. Pupils are placed in teaching sets from Year 7 for core subjects according to their ability in each subject with the exception of art, drama, information and communications technology (taught in sets according to tutor group), music, physical education and religious education. Pupils are taught in their tutor groups in these subjects. Homework is an integral part of pupils' learning and pupils in all years receive regular, set homework. All pupils study religious education to

GCSE 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 ...

standard as either short or full courses and the great majority of pupils study ten subjects at GCSE. The sixth form is the largest in Hounslow, enabling it to offer a wide range of AS and

advanced courses in addition to vocational courses at both intermediate and advanced level. Approximately 90% of the upper sixth students take up places at University. The 2013 inspection report by

Ofsted The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a Non-ministerial government department, non-ministerial department of Government of the United Kingdom, His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament of the U ...

graded the school "outstanding" in all criteria.

References

External links

The Heathland School - official web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heathland School Secondary schools in the London Borough of Hounslow Community schools in the London Borough of Hounslow