Parliament Hill School

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Parliament Hill School
Established	1906
Type	All-female
Headmistress	Ms Sue Higgins
Students	1190
Grades	7-11
Location	Borough of Camden, England
Website	[[1]]

Parliament Hill School [2] for Girls is a specialist technology college in the Borough of Camden in London, England.

[edit] Present Day

It has Investors in People accreditation and participates in the London Excellence in Work Experience Scheme. Located on the edge of Hampstead Heath it has recently added two new buildings. One of these has created spaces for the teaching of new technologies and the other has performing arts spaces. Both these building have won architectural awards. In 2004, its enrollment was 1190 students, between the ages of 11 and 18 [3].

Students come from a wide range of socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds. Half of the students are White British, a fifth are of Asian origin, and there are significant numbers of Black Caribbean and African students. Several students for whom English is an additional language are at an early stage of language acquisition. Over one in ten students have special educational needs which is below the national average; the largest groups are those with specific learning difficulties (dyslexia) and social, emotional and behavioural needs although the school does have some students with more severe special needs.

[edit] Academics

The proportion of students having a Statement of Special Educational Need is broadly in line with the national average in the UK. The number of students leaving or entering the school at other than the usual time in Years 7 to 11 is broadly average. The school sixth form is part of a successful La Swap consortium with three other neighbouring schools (La Sainte Union, William Ellis, and Acland Burghley). Numbers of students in the consortium are very high compared with the national average and include many students who join the consortium in Year 12 from other secondary schools at the end of Year 11.