Education
The 2006 examination results were the best ever achieved. 90% of students were awarded 5 or more A* to C grades. It is notable that 80% of students were awarded grade C or better in English, and 71% received C or above in Mathematics. (See DFES Performance Tables)
The school is designated as a Specialist Language College, a Training school, a Leading Edge School and a hub for Student Voice and Deep Learning, and has held Investors in People status since 1995. The school received the national 'School Achievement Award' on all three possible occasions. All of this has enabled all the students, from the most to the least able, to benefit from innovative programmes designed to build their confidence and expertise. Its success has been recognised by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust through inclusion in the list of high performing specialist schools. In recognition of these outstanding achievements the headteacher has been elected an additional member of HMC (The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference).
The school has a commitment to the equality of opportunity for all its students and seeks to use the school’s cultural diversity in a positive way through initiatives such as Student Voice. The Junior Leadership Team, established to mirror the school's Senior Leadership Team and make a real contribution to student-focussed education, won the national competition organised by the SSAT in 2007 for outstanding practice in Student Voice.
Greenford was the first school to have a non-teacher as the head of social inclusion, and the school has effectively brought in-house a multi-agency team – many of whom had not worked in schools before – led by the non-teaching social inclusion manager who is part of the senior leadership team.
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