Wembley High Technology College

Wembley High Technology College is one of the highest performing schools in the country and we have been the highest achieving non-denominational school in Brent for many years. Nationally, the achievement of our pupils is exceptional; in 2017, our Progress 8 score of +1.65 has been recognised as the 2nd highest in the country by the Department for Education.

Wembley High is, first and foremost, an outstanding learning community where academic excellence sits alongside the breadth of education. We believe in providing a structured and disciplined working environment in which all pupils can achieve their full potential. There is a very high standard of teaching across the school which, coupled with the strong work ethic, allows our pupils to flourish. Our broad, balanced and innovative curriculum is designed to stretch and challenge pupils to reach their goals, and there is a particular focus on English, maths and the sciences.

Spiritual, moral, social and cultural education sits alongside academic excellence at the heart of the school’s ethos. We offer a broad and ever-expanding range of extra-curricular activities to deepen and enhance learning, and provide an education that enables our students to gain places at the most prestigious universities across the country. We are very proud of the achievements of our pupils and to serve the local community.

Our fundamental belief is that all students are entitled to an individually tailored and holistic education. We therefore encourage students to sit exams as soon as they are ready, and offer a wide range of additional qualifications and extra-curricular enrichment to provide a rounded learning experience.

At Key Stage 3, we place great emphasis on giving all students a firm grounding in the core subject areas of English, Maths and Science. Pupils are streamed by ability in their classes, and further setting takes place in English, maths and science so that everyone receives appropriately tailored tuition.

At Key Stage 4, we provide an even more personalised curriculum which is geared towards students’ individual aptitudes and skills. The curriculum in each pathway consists of the core subjects and a range of choices that allow pupils to progress on to courses at Key Stage 5. As a unique feature of our curriculum, we encourage pupils to sit exams when they are ready for them and many will finish before Year 11. Those that achieve high grades then have the opportunity to pursue additional courses or higher study in a wide range of subjects.

The primary aim of our Sixth Form is to prepare our pupils for the transition from school to university. Pupils have a wide variety of choice with most pupils taking 4 AS – Levels in year 12 followed by 3 A – Levels in year 13 and the vast majority of our students go on to gain places at leading universities.

Sixth Form students are encouraged to participate fully in Sixth Form life and play an active role in the College and wider community. Students have the opportunity to sit on the Sixth Form Council, be a Subject Ambassador, a Senior Prefect or hold other responsibility positions and are positive role models to younger students.

A variety of enrichment opportunities are offered in the Sixth Form and feature strongly in Sixth Form life. These include several long-term programmes linked with outside organisations and leading universities, events involving the development of team-building and problem-solving skills, academic projects and competitions and extra-curricular societies and study groups. We have strong relationships with Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, and Imperial College London and strong links with businesses and organisations in the workplace.

Wembley High is a multicultural school in Brent. We actively promote values such as "mutual understanding and respect" and equality between girls and boys, promote values of democracy, respect and tolerance for all races, cultures, faiths and beliefs. This is lived out in the programmes of School Assemblies, Religious Education, English, Geography, History, PSHE and Citizenship classes.

Assemblies aim to teach our students to have belief in freedom, and a tolerance of others. In the Religious Education programme, students study other faiths and learn empathy, tolerance and understanding of people from different faith backgrounds.

Interwoven throughout the whole taught Curriculum and the school’s pastoral programme, students are expected to accept personal and social responsibility, respecting and upholding the school rules and the rule of law.

In our school community we encourage our students to show a responsibility to each other and adults in the way they behave in school and on their way to and from school.

We are a diverse multi-ethnic school and we encourage respect for religious, cultural and moral values. The school promotes equal opportunities for all and systems are in place that counter racism, sexism and all other forms of discrimination whenever they occur.