Burntwood School

Burntwood School is a girls' secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Wandsworth, London, England, opened in September 1986. It is one of the largest state schools for girls at the secondary level in the country.[1]

Burntwood School
Address
Burntwood Lane

Tooting
,
London
,
SW17 0AQ

England
Coordinates51.4375°N 0.1796°W / 51.4375; -0.1796
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoThe Best Education Today for the Women of Tomorrow.
EstablishedSeptember 1986 (1986-09)
Department for Education URN139842 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalHelen Shorrock
GenderGirls (Mixed Sixth Form)
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1800
Colour(s)Red & grey   
Websitewww.burntwoodschool.com

History

The school opened in September 1986, replacing Garratt Green Comprehensive Girls' School, which had formerly occupied the site, and nearby Mayfield School for Girls. The first headmistress of Burntwood was Brigid Beattie-Moriarty.[1] Her obituary in The Guardian called the school "an outstanding centre of multi-cultural education".[1]

The school converted to academy status on 1 July 2013.

Burntwood School is recognised as a Science Specialist School and has the 'Sportsmark' and 'Artsmark Gold' awards. It has also received the Rights Respecting UNICEF Gold Award.

Enrolment

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 has a small number of male students in the sixth form. In 2002, for example, two per cent of the pupils were male.[3]

Buildings

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]

In October 2015, Burntwood School won the RIBA Stirling Prize, the UK's leading architecture award.[5]

Notable former pupils

References
  1. Townsend, Richard (8 May 2001). "Obituary: Brigid Beattie-Moriarty". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. "Schools - Burntwood School - Wandsworth Council". Wandsworth.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  3. "beacon" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  4. "Burntwood School AHMM - ALLFORD HALL MONAGHAN MORRIS". Archived from the original on 20 September 2011.
  5. "Riba Stirling Prize: Burntwood School wins award". BBC News. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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