Villiers High School is proud to be celebrating it’s Centenary in the 2007 – 2008 academic year.

Over the last 100 years the School has seen profound changes, from it’s inception as Southall County School in 1907 , later becoming Southall Grammar in 1945 and Southall Techincal School in 1963 until it’s current metamorphisis as Villiers High School in 1974. Today, whilst the nature and size of it’s student population has considerably changed, Villiers continues to create a nurturing, caring and inspirational environment in which every pupil is important and students and teachers approach school life with enthusiasm and enjoyment. Within the School expectations are high and success is consistently realised.

To commemorate our landmark year we are inviting past and present students, staff members and supporters of Villiers to celebrate its achievements and successes, to explore its past and to promote its potential.

Join the Celebrations!

Events

A series of commemorative and fundraising events will be taking place over the next 6 months Whilst many of these activities will be organised by the students and teachers and will take place privately within the school, we welcome you to contribute to and join us at our two biggest centenary events:

Villiers STARS Awards, May 2008

A competition open to past and present students and teachers which aims to celebrate outstanding achievement over a spectrum of disciplines: writing, art and design, photography, film-making, science and invention, sporting achievements, music and business enterprise.

For more about Villiers STARS Awards and to submit an entry, go to ‘Competition’ on the menu at the top of the page

100 Years of Villiers High School Exhibition, June 2008

A photographic and writing exhibition depicting life at Villiers High School and in the surrounding community over the last one hundred years.

We are inviting past and present students and staff, local newspapers and community members to research and contribute to the exhibition which will be hosted at the school during the summer term.

For more about submitting materials to the exhibition, go to the Competition link at the top of the page or to register your interest in attending the VIP Gala Opening go to ‘Contact Us’  link on the menu at the top of the page

Fundraising

We invite you to share in our celebratory year by helping us to establish the Villiers School Association through which past, present and future generations within the school and wider community can leave a lasting legacy to the next.

In the Association’s inaugural year, the students chose to fund a Sixth Form Award through the Villiers School Association. This is a financial award to celebrate the opening of the new Sixth Form communal study area at Villiers, as part of a consortium with Dormers Wells and Elthorne Park.

The students have determined the allocation of funds as follows:

• To award a Leaver’s Bursary to one or more final-year students who have made an outstanding contribution to school life. The annual financial reward will go towards directly helping them in their career-paths after leaving school, be it towards fees, tools, instruments, equipment, business plans etc.
• Equipping the Sixth Form Common Room with an i-Library, i-Pod Stations, Plasma & DVD area, Kitchen/Tuck Shop area

You can help by making a donation or you can have fun and organise your own fundraising event for the Villiers School Association Fund.

For information on how to make a donation and for some great ideas for your own fundraising go to Fundraising on the menu at the top of the page