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Motto Fortitudine Crescamus ('may we grow in strength')
Established 1957
School type State , Grammar School
Head teacher Elizabeth Allen
Location Orpington , Bromley , England
LEA London Borough Of Bromley
Pupils c. 950
Homepage www.newsteadwood.bromley.sch.uk/




Newstead Wood School for Girls is a Selective girls' Secondary School in Avebury Road, Orpington , England . It is an engineering Specialist School .

In 2003 Newstead Wood was described by Ofsted as "an outstandingly successful school". The school has a large catchment area, from which pupils are selected on the basis of tests in verbal and non-verbal reasoning. In 2004 there were eight applicants per place. Amongst leavers in 2005, 25 students gained places at Oxford and Cambridge universities.

The Head Teacher is Elizabeth Allen. The school's motto is ''Fortitudine Crescamus'' ('may we grow in strength'). It was founded as Orpington Girls' Grammar School in 1957 .

The school has strong links with nearby St Olave's Grammar School .


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