Rooks Heath School

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| head_label = Headteacher

| head = M Manderson

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| chair = Pauline Hughes

| address = Eastcote Lane

| city = South Harrow

| county = Greater London

| country = England

| postcode = HA2 9AH

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| dfeno = 310/4027

| urn = 137198

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| enrolment = 1'149

| gender = Mixed

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 18

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Rooks Heath School is a state secondary school and sixth form, in South Harrow in the London Borough of Harrow. It is a mixed comprehensive school serving a culturally and socially diverse community. Built on the grounds of a former hospital, the school has approximately 1000 pupils. The school has been an academy since 1 August 2011.

History

Roxeth Manor Secondary School was opened on Eastcote Lane by Middlesex County Council in 1932.{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |title=London 3: North West |date=2002 |publisher=Yale University Press |page=284}} It became a secondary modern school following the Education Act 1944.

The secondary school was renamed Rooks Heath High School in September 1974 when the London Borough of Harrow adopted the comprehensive system of education.

The school gained specialist status as a Business and Enterprise College, using the name Rooks Heath College for Business and Enterprise.

The school converted to academy status and was renamed Rooks Heath School on 1 August 2011.{{cite web |title=Rooks Heath High School |url=https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/102240 |website=Get Information about Schools |access-date=6 October 2023}}

{{cite web |title=Rooks Heath School |url=https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/137198 |website=Get Information about Schools |access-date=6 October 2023}}

Notable alumni

Susan Hall, Member of the London Assembly

References

External links

[http://www.rooksheath.harrow.sch.uk/ Official site]

Category:Secondary schools in the London Borough of Harrow

Category:Academies in the London Borough of Harrow