The Heathland School
Matt Booker is an experienced educator and former broadcast journalist with a robust background in history, politics, and media production. Currently serving as a Teacher of History and Politics at The Heathland School since August 2023, Matt previously held the same position at The Howard Partnership Trust from August 2020 to August 2023. Prior to transitioning into education, Matt had a long career at the BBC, where roles included Senior Broadcast Journalist for various live political programs, responsible for content creation, guest booking, and managing high-pressure news environments. Matt's educational credentials include a PGCE in Education from UCL, a Master’s degree in International Relations, and a BA Hons in Politics from Swansea University, complemented by an International Baccalaureate from Henley Sixth Form College.
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The Heathland School
The Heathland School is an 11-18 Co-educational Community Comprehensive School. As an academic comprehensive school, The Heathland School provides a broad general education for girls and boys in an environment of high achievement. Within a traditional ethos the school encourages each individual pupil (regardless of age, sex, race, culture or disability) to strive for excellence and to realise his or her potential in order to prepare for their adult lives, at home, at work, at leisure and within the wider community. We follow the London Borough of Hounslow admission policy and parents of pupils who wish to apply for a place at the school should contact the Education Department, Civic Centre, Lampton Road, Hounslow. Parents will be interested to know that our standard admission number is 270 pupils. The Heathland School has an established reputation as an outstanding centre of learning with a tradition of academic excellence. Our strong record of university places signifies our aim to provide all pupils with an environment which will encourage them to access higher education in some of the best universities in the country. The special qualities we offer are a committed, enthusiastic and well qualified staff teaching in a school where traditional standards of courtesy and discipline are paramount. We are pleased that generations of parents, some of whom were educated at The Heathland, place a high value on our unique ethos.