4 December 2006
“Outstanding” lessons were praised in a recent inspection of Eltham Hill Technology College for Girls last month.
Inspectors praised the school, which provides secondary education for nearly 1,000 girls, for providing a “good quality of education for its pupils” and for the way it had “successfully instilled a strong ethos of respect for learning and positive relationships in pupils.” They emphasised how this has contributed toward students’ “excellent spiritual, social and cultural development.”
Also highlighted was the way the school had in place excellent procedures for setting challenging targets, tracking pupils’ progress and raising their aspirations. Pupils were described as being “safe and well cared for” and support for vulnerable pupils was described as “good” and pupils’ behaviour as “very good”.
Overall, Eltham Hill was ranked as “good” in most of the key areas including achievement and standards, personal development and well-being, teaching and learning, care and support and leadership.
Headteacher Marjorie Findlay-Stone said:
“Students at Eltham Hill know that the very highest standards are expected of them and they have risen to these expectations. This excellent report is also a testament to the hard work and dedication of our staff and support of our school governors and parents.”
Cllr Jackie Smith, Greenwich Council Cabinet Member for Education, said:
“Eltham Hill is a well respected and highly regarded school which deserves this excellent report. I would like to offer my congratulations to the Headteacher, staff, students and governors.”
The school recently celebrated its 100th birthday with the oldest ‘old girl’ meeting the youngest current pupil. There has been a sharp rise in the school’s GCSE results since 2003, with an increase of over thirteen percentage points in the number of five or more A*-C GCSE passes since this time.
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