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with 200 pupils and 11 teachers. With an expanding sixth form roll, the school built a new Sixth Form Centre close to the eastern perimeter of the 6-acre site in 2011, which provides classrooms and facilities exclusively for use by the sixth form students. In late 2011, the school completed the
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In 1971, this merger took place. Hendon County Grammar School became Hendon Senior High School, and St David's County Secondary School for Boys was renamed Hendon Junior High School. In 1978, when all the new buildings on the Hendon County site were finished, the whole school became completely
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By 1955 the school had 620 pupils and 32 staff, resulting in a necessary extension on the east side of the main building, which included a new Hall, Dining Hall and Kitchens. This was officially opened in 1961. In the late 1960s, when plans for the
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The student population is culturally diverse, multi-faith and multi-lingual, with more than half of students speaking languages other than English as their first language. The proportion of students eligible for
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expansion of the autism unit and the expansion of internal and external dining facilities within and around the original school building. In November 2011, the school converted to become an
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in London. It serves an area that is generally more affluent than average but has some pockets of deprivation, as interpreted in comparison to national averages according to
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tree sapling in front of the entrance to the gymnasium which he had received, along with his gold medal for the 50 kilometres (31 mi) walk, from
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claiming falsely that it was no longer a viable institution, but by 1988–1989 the school had survived the threat and was awarded
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The school currently has an eight form intake with approximately 1,300 pupils, 120 teachers and 30 ancillary staff as well as a
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is well above the national average. The school specialises in languages, and has specialist educational facilities for
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inspection in November 2011 graded the school to be outstanding. The school was previously a "failing school" in
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schools, new buildings were erected in St David's Place, and the two adjacent sites became one school named
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school by Ofsted in November 2011. The school was previously a "failing school", being placed in
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students. The school has been over-subscribed for the past four years and was designated an
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after its location. Originally it was to be named The Grahame-White School after
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with the changes to state funding of education which were brought about by the
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since November 2011 (previously a comprehensive) in the London Borough of
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of 350 pupils in September 1914, just a month after the outbreak of the
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integrated on one site and called by its present name Hendon School.
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Hendon School now occupies the site where the 16th-century mapmaker
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school, although chose not to change the name of the school. The
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Hendon School has sustained five years of improving results at
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During 1987–88 the school was threatened with closure by the
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lived, and only a pond survives from the park of Greenhill.
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is a mixed secondary school in Golders Rise, Hendon, with
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students. The school is situated just off the A502 and
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with 1,296 pupils on roll, including approximately 240
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Hendon
Coordinates
51°35′10″N 0°13′05″W / 51.586°N 0.218°W / 51.586; -0.218
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