Since 1962, Northwood Academy has been more than a school. It is a community built on curiosity, character and the belief that every child carries something extraordinary.
Founded by educator Margaret Northwood with just forty pupils, our academy was built on a simple conviction: that children learn best when they are known, challenged and cared for in equal measure.
More than sixty years on, that conviction still guides us. Today we are a thriving international community of 1,450 students from 42 nations — yet we remain, at heart, a place where every name is known and every story matters.
To inspire curious, principled and resilient young people who think deeply, act with kindness, and leave Northwood ready to shape a better world.
To be a school without limits — where tradition and innovation meet, and where every child discovers not just what they can do, but who they can become.
Our values are not words on a wall. They live in our classrooms, our corridors and our community — and they shape the adults our students become.
We nurture the questions, not just the answers — fuelling a lifelong hunger to learn.
We do what is right, especially when it is hard, and own our choices with honesty.
We embrace challenge, take brave leaps, and learn as much from failure as success.
We lead with empathy, lift one another up, and serve the wider world with kindness.
We pursue our personal best in all things, with discipline, craft and pride.
We belong to something larger than ourselves, and we make it stronger together.
Margaret Northwood opens the academy with forty pupils in a converted manor house.
Our 25-acre campus and first science laboratories are established.
The International Baccalaureate is introduced, welcoming families from around the world.
The Science & Innovation Hub and 400-seat theatre open their doors.
Awarded the highest inspection rating, with 98% of leavers placed at first-choice universities.
The best way to understand our community is to walk our corridors. Book a personal tour and meet the people who make Northwood special.