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  • West London Debating League

    Published 17/10/14

    On Wednesday 15th October, ten Key Stage 4 students represented Uxbridge High School in the first round of the West London Debating League. Eight of the students had already attended a workshop hosted by the University of Oxford and over the last fortnight they have been honing their skills in time for the opening round of the competition. The team performed admirably on the night, speaking confidently, intellectually and persuasively about two motions (one of which was only released fifteen minutes prior to the debate).

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  • West London Debating League: Round 3

    Published 17/10/14

    The West London Debating League is a growing initiative that has come out of the lack of opportunities for KS4 students at state schools to engage in competitive debating.

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  • Students in top 1% of the country

    Published 16/10/14

    Wasim Jabbar and Ehtisham Imran both achieved marks for the ifs University College in Financial Studies that were in the top 1% of all 7000 students taking the qualification in the country. In recognition of this achievement they have been offered a scholarship of £750 each should they decide to continue their studies with the college by enrolling on a degree programme next summer.

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  • Talented young cricketer

    Published 30/09/14

    The school was delighted to hear about the success in cricket being enjoyed by one of its Year 11 students, Bilal Mohammed.

    During the summer Bilal took part in the ECB Under 15 National Finals held at Kibworth CC, Leicestershire, where he represented Surrey County Cricket Club. His team reached the final and Bilal played a vital role making a match winning 64. Bilal has just heard that he has been shortlisted in the last three for the “Amateur Player of the Year” award at the Asian Cricket Awards being held at Lord’s on 7 October.

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  • Prince’s Teaching Institute Mark awarded once again to UHS

    Published 30/09/14

    The Prince’s Teaching Institute (PTI) launched the Schools Programme in 2007 to recognise and reward school departments that develop inspirational ideas and activities which enhance the teaching of Art, English, History, Geography, Science, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Languages and Music, regardless of their students’ backgrounds or abilities. It is run as a membership group for school departments that choose to commit to increasing the challenge of their subject provision.

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  • Annual Awards Presentation Evening

    Published 12/09/14

    Our annual Presentation Evening took place on 11th September 2014. Our special guest Greg Dyke, Chairman of the FA, joined us for the evening to present awards and celebrate the achievements of our senior students.

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  • Roy Blatchford, Director of the National Education Trust

    Published 05/09/14

    Staff were thrilled to welcome Roy Blatchford as guest speaker at our training day on 3rd September.

    Roy has worked in nearly every sector of education from the classroom to Whitehall. During the past forty years he has been a teacher, headteacher, school governor, Government adviser, director of various educational charities, Ofsted inspector, national trainer and keynote speaker. Roy was Her Majesty’s Inspector of Schools in England, with lead responsibility for school improvement and for the national inspection of good and outstanding schools. More recently, he has helped establish inspection and school review systems in New York, Dubai and Mumbai. Roy is a Visiting Fellow at Oxford Brookes University.

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  • Key Stage 4 Results

    Published 21/08/14

    Dedicated work by students and staff at Uxbridge High School have supported an 8% rise in the school’s 5 A* – C including English and Mathematics figure to 51%.

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  • A Level Results

    Published 15/08/14

    Students and staff at UHS have been delighted with this year’s Sixth Form results.  100% of students have achieved examination success with 94% of examinations entered passed with grades A-E or equivalent.  Over 30% of these examinations being passed at the highest A*-B grades. Mathematics, a top performing subject celebrated 50% of students achieving A*-B grades.

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  • Holocaust Survivor, Uri Winterstein, visits UHS

    Published 21/07/14

    Year 9 and Sixth Form students at Uxbridge High School were privileged to hear the testimony of Holocaust survivor, Uri Winterstein, as a part of a series of lessons on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust in their History Lessons.

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  • Government’s Chief Operating Officer visits UHS

    Published 10/07/14

    Uxbridge High School was very proud to have Stephen Kelly, Chief Operating Officer for the Government, visit the school.  Mr Kelly spoke to over 100 students about his career and held a question and answer session about issues such as what skills and attributes will make students more employable in the future.  He also outlined how he works with the government to deliver efficiencies, savings and reforms on behalf of UK taxpayers.

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  • UHS Students join visit by Prince Charles to The Royal Shakespeare Company

    Published 04/06/14

    Students and a teacher from Uxbridge High School travelled to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Stratford-upon-Avon home to meet HRH The Prince of Wales and the RSC’s President on 2 June.  As part of the visit, HRH experienced the work of the RSC’s Learning and Performance Network, which stretches throughout the country and involves over 400,000 students and their teachers.  Each school works with the RSC and their local theatre to create the best experience of Shakespeare in the classroom and in performance for young people.

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