Townley Grammar School
Academy converter secondary school in Bexleyheath (Bexley).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Education should inspire students to value learning for its own sake: to take joy from the pursuit of ideas and the struggle to understand. Townley students learn in a stimulating environment where teachers understand how to challenge and where the range of extracurricular opportunities is vast and varied.
We are an exceptional school, rated outstanding by Ofsted , and highly commended by the DfE for our leading-edge character education provision. It is through the pursuit of the arts, coupled with academic rigour that our students fully flourish; this is facilitated through our specialisms in the Performing & Visual Arts , as well as Maths and Computing .
It is our responsibility to draw out our students' talents, to extend their potential and to develop their personal qualities. Our school values resonate in everything we do; our vision is of leading a learning community fostering academic, emotional and physical confidence.
We aim to cultivate resilience, courage and compassion; to enhance communication skills; to embrace creativity, and to promote a progressive and outward-looking mentality so that our students are well prepared to make a real difference in their community.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
23 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- The Arts
- House System
- Duke of Edinburgh
- School Library
- Student Leadership
- Pastoral ← Back
- Inclusion Student Hub
- Meet the Pastoral Team
- Pastoral Support
- Medical
- Our Community ← Back
- Arbor
- Student Hub
- Alumni
- Community Outreach
- Events and Conferences
and 7 more
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 137769
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Bexleyheath and Crayford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body
No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold.
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