HISTORY & BACKGROUND
The school - called then HEADSTONE SCHOOL - started life in 1929 when the red brick building in Pinner Road was built. Its "houses", commemorating famous former residents of Harrow and one historical building, were Byron, Becket, Shaftesbury and Manor. Colours, in the order of the houses given, were Green, Blue, Red and Orange.
From the moment the school opened it started expanding into a series of outbuildings that proliferated on the site. In the late 1950's a new school was planned which opened in the early 1960's. Another new block was added in 1972 and further buildings were taken into use in 1978. Nine-tenths of the school buildings are in new premises and our grassed playing field was considerably extended in 1980.
1993/94 saw the start of a £2.75 million development programme which has given a new 13 classroom block, a Business Studies and Information Technology Suite, a Design and Technology Suite, 5 new Science Laboratories with Preparation Rooms and the magnificent Gristwood Centre housing Music, Dance and Drama Studios and the Sports Hall.
Our new Library and Information Resources Centre was provided by the generosity of Parents and Friends and parental donations through the Covenanting Scheme. A new Dining Centre opened early in the Autumn Term of 1998, and with an increased Games Area on the site of the old canteen. More recently all Science Laboratories have been refurbished, a brand new set of Art rooms has been developed, ICT provision has been extended to every faculty (13 ICT rooms plus 30 computers in the Learning resource Centre) and every teaching room has an interactive whiteboard and digital projector. A major project in our designation as a specialist Arts College was to bring our Main Hall into the 21st Century in 2009 by replacing the lighting and sound facilities, purchasing tiered seating and modernising the stage.
On 1st September 1974, Nower Hill High School began its existence within a scheme of re-organisation of secondary education in the London Borough of Harrow. It began as a 12 - 16 High School taking in each year some 240 pupils across a full ability range.
