Welcome

It is a pleasure to welcome you to Heckmondwike Grammar School. We have a very strong reputation locally, regionally and even nationally as a school which does all it can to support students to achieve the highest grades and progress to the best possible destinations.

We have a philosophy based on over 125 years of tradition – once a Heckmondwike student, always a Heckmondwike student – and our mutual support can stretch way beyond school years into adulthood. Every child really does matter and we work hard to ensure that no student is left behind. Our strategy involves subject leaders working with classroom teachers to maximise progress, alongside heads of year, form teachers and pastoral support staff to ensure students’ wellbeing. Support from parents and carers is first class and with this we present a coherent and united approach to achieving excellence for all.

All our teaching staff are graduates and specialists in the subjects they teach. They are experts in teaching very able and aspirational students from Year 7 to Year 13, and the body of teaching staff at HGS represents an enviable range of experience, enthusiasm, and creativity. A significant proportion of staff work for exam boards, which is a measure of the high regard in which they are held. Operational staff are superb in their dedication to the cause, providing a framework and environment from which all those at HGS can flourish and thrive.

Our governors are inquisitive, challenging and very supportive. They provide the final piece of the jigsaw which, alongside the motto of ‘Nil Sine Labore’– nothing without work – creates a positive ethos that enables us all to perform to the highest possible standard.

The success of Heckmondwike Grammar School can be illustrated in many ways: our exam outcomes at both GCSE and A level are consistently excellent; we have a plethora of extra-curricular activities centred around the house system; and typically over 80% of our students continue in to the Sixth Form, with a similar proportion progressing into high calibre undergraduate courses. However, most importantly, we want all of the children who come to the school to enjoy their school days and from this foundation become thoughtful, articulate, confident and responsible members of society.

We look forward to welcoming visitors to our school at open events throughout the year.

Mr Peter Roberts

Headteacher