Townley Grammar School
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| Established | 1937 |
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| Type | Grammar School; |
| Headteacher | Mrs Hutchinson (up until 2009), Mr Deehan (2009-present) |
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Townley Road, Bexleyheath Greater London DA6 7AB England Coordinates: 51°27′01″N 0°08′23″E / 51.4502°N 0.1398°E |
| DfE number | 303/4001 |
| DfE URN | 137769 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | c. 1,400 |
| Gender | Girls, boys in sixth form |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Demeter, Aphrodite, Persephone, Hestia, Athene, Hera, Artemis |
| Website | www |
Townley Grammar School, normally referred to locally as Townley is a grammar school with academy status. It is a schools for girls on Townley Road, Bexleyheath, in the London Borough of Bexley, England. It was previously known as Bexley Technical High School for Girls, and then Townley Grammar School For Girls to present day. The school consists of Years 7-11, single sex (girls), and a female and male sixth form.
The Sixth Form returns excellent exam results; in excess of 98% of students enter higher education at 18, and the school regularly appears in the Sunday Times Good Schools Guide.
In 2008 the school had 4 students going onto courses of study (including Medicine) at Oxbridge, the highest number for a state school in Bexley.
At GCSE, students perform well, consistently achieving a 100% pass rate. In order to be admitted to the school, students must pass the eleven-plus test in order to gain entry to year 7.
Girls are mainly taught in their tutor groups for the first two years (Years 7 and 8). These form groups are further divided for practical subjects, such as Home Economics, Music, Design Technology, I.C.T and Art.
In Years 8, 9, 10 and 11, pupils are grouped into streams according to their learning rate in certain subjects such as Mathematics, Science and Modern Language.
In Year 7, girls now do two languages, French and Latin or Spanish and Latin in their tutor groups.
The school offers a broad and balanced curriculum which meets the requirements of the National Curriculum.
In Year 7, two languages are offered from French/Italian or German/Spanish. French, Spanish and German are offered in the Sixth Form as well as Russian, but sadly Italian has been cut due to lack of government funding.
The school was awarded Specialist Status for the performing and visual arts in September 2004. The school converted to academy status in 2012, but continues to specialise in performing and visual arts as well as maths and computing.
All girls take eleven GCSEs. However, certain exceptional students can be entered early for subjects such as Art, Mathematics or Modern Foreign Languages if they have a special aptitude for the subject.
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