Whitefield School is a unique and exciting school one of the most improved schools in the country. Whitefield has a truly global student body that speaks over 70 different languages and is a model of racial harmony. Indeed, Ofsted noted in 2014 that ‘The school is a harmonious and happy community in which adults and students show high levels of courtesy and respect for each other.’
Whitefield School is a secondary school and sixth form located in the London Borough of Barnet. In 2009 it came under new leadership and was in the top 1% of most improved schools in the country in 2010. Since then it has been in the top 1 or 2% of schools in the country for the value it adds to the expected progress of its students, (i.e. they achieve more at Whitefield than they might at most other schools). Whitefield was one of the first schools in Barnet to convert to academy status in 2011, to use the freedoms granted by this status to further improve the remarkable academic performance of its students. The sustained improvement in exam results, outstanding teachers, and strong relationships between staff and students, has seen numbers applying to join Whitefield increase dramatically in recent years.
We have invested over £3 million in refurbishing the site so that the school itself and our classrooms are now bright and welcoming spaces. All classrooms are fitted with interactive whiteboards and students have access to seven specialist IT suites including two media rooms full of the latest Apple Mac computers. Our science laboratories have all been refurbished and we have two state-of-the-art All Weather Pitches.
We are committed to developing the whole child and for the past three years have run well over 100 residential and field trips as a conscious decision to open the horizons of the students who come here, to show them theatre, museums, galleries, and outward bound centers. There are growing international links between Whitefield and several countries and closer to home our students organize and run lots of events for local Primary and Special Schools and Senior Citizen centers. Whitefield students leave with a keen awareness of the need to act as responsible citizens at both a local and a global level.
At Whitefield School, we recognize not only the importance of helping pupils to flourish academically but also spiritually, morally, socially, and culturally. Our aim is that our pupils and students are fully prepared for life in British society, to take their role as good citizens, and able to make the best possible contribution to the Common Good. We teach the importance of British Values by going much deeper into the meaning of what it is to live a good life. This provides the context and meaning for understanding why British values are important and ensures these values are reinforced in a pervasive manner that permeates the school community.
We provide an education that focuses on the formation of the whole person and our vocation and purpose in life. We place a significant emphasis on the celebration of individuality and difference within our communities and our calling to work for the Common Good, in the service of others.
