Villiers High School, or Southall County School as it was known in its inaugural year, has stood the test of time. The school opened to its 54 pupils September 14th, 1907 under its first Headteacher, Mr Sam Pollitt, in the then relatively new suburb of Southall. Over one hundred years later, under the Headship of Mr Christopher Richards, it continues to enjoy a reputation for success but is now fully inclusive and serves a vastly different population of just under 1500 pupils.

Our 150 teaching and support staff do an excellent job of educating our pupils each year and, although we are larger than the England average, we are smaller than many local High schools. This makes us the right size to offer a full range of subjects taught by specialist teachers whilst retaining a small family-style supportive environment in which we get to know every child.

We are situated in the heart of Southall, just a short walk from the Elizabeth line and a stop on the Super Loop which connects us with the best that London can offer. We like to think of ourselves as the beating heart of the community as we work closely with community partners and support and celebrate our locality. We teach our pupils to be active citizens and to aspire to great things for themselves and their community; you will often see students involved in projects to improve the local area such as planting projects and litter-picking as well as working with local councillors to help shape the future of the area.

We invest heavily in extra-curricular opportunities such as clubs and activities to help our pupils discover their passions as well as organising an impressive number of trips and visits with the aim of enriching and inspiring them. We feel it is important for the pupils to go beyond their comfort zones learning about the best the world can offer so they can make it an even better place than they found it.

The majority of the school is housed in a beautiful Grade 2 listed building and, whilst honouring our past, we have undertaken a comprehensive refurbishment plan to upgrade all classrooms and IT facilities. Our newly refurbished school theatre allows us to perform at a very high standard and we regularly welcome lettings of this impressive venue. We look forward to the start of our Eco building very soon; this state of the art ecological build will consist of three storeys with brand new Science and Computer Science laboratories, exhibition and conference space, an ecological garden and in spite of this, will be carbon neutral.

Sustainability is very important to us at the school and we encourage all staff and students to find an environmentally friendly way of getting to and from school, reduce our reliance on single-use plastics, waste less and recycle more. We expect to see our school values of Honesty, Equity, Aspiration, Respect and Tenacity in action in our pupils' and staff's daily lives therefore our policies, procedures and approaches in the classroom are honed to develop these on a daily basis.

It is always best to see the school in action and experience what learning looks like on a daily basis at Villiers. We look forward to welcoming you soon.

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Our Vision: A world-class inclusive school at the beating heart of its community.

Our Motto: For life, not school, we learn.

Our Values: Honesty, Equity, Aspiration, Respect and Tenacity.

Promotion of British Values

Villiers High School is committed to serving its community. We recognise the multi-cultural, multi-faith and changing nature of the United Kingdom and our community. The school promotes equal opportunities for all and systems are in place that counter: racism, sexism and all other forms of discrimination whenever they occur.

The following British Values are covered in the curriculum.

Democracy

Rule of Law

Individual Liberty

Respect

Tolerance

These values are also covered through SMSC, assemblies and curriculum provision to:

enable pupils to develop their self-knowledge, self-esteem and self-confidence;

enable pupils to distinguish right from wrong and to respect the civil and criminal law of England;

encourage pupils to accept responsibility for their behaviour, show initiative, and to understand how they can contribute positively to the lives of those living and working in the locality of the school and to society more widely;

further tolerance and harmony between different cultural traditions by enabling pupils to acquire an appreciation of and respect for their own and other cultures;

encourage respect for other people; and

encourage respect for democracy and support for participation in the democratic processes, including respect for the basis on which the law is made and applied in England.

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Our Aims:

Outstanding Learning: Students experience the highest quality of learning to help develop them in to well rounded citizens 

Outstanding Curriculum: Working in collaboration, provide a curriculum that is motivating, engaging and meets their specific needs

Outstanding Support: Treat every student as an individual and personalise their learning

Outstanding Achievement: Results achieved by students exceed national expectations at all levels

Our expectations:

We expect are students to be the best ambassadors for Villiers. We expect all members of our community to work hard and be supportive of each other. Our students are expected to be smartly dressed, well behaved both in and out of school. We want everyone to enjoy coming in to school, work hard and make the most of opportunities presented to them. All students are given their individual targets of progress from their own starting points and are fully supported in achieving these challenging target in each of their subject.

Progress of our students is regularly monitored and communicated to parents throughout the year. We expect students to take up positions of responsibilities, participate in extra-curricular activities and other enrichment experiences. Having high attendance and excellent punctuality are absolutely essential to maximising achievements and we expect everyone to attend school every day and be punctual to school and to all their lessons.