| Motto | inspire, aspire, achieve. |
|---|---|
| Headteacher | Annie Gammon |
| Specialisms | Media Arts & Science |
| Location | Clissold Road Stoke Newington London N16 9EX England |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | none |
| Website | www.sns.hackney.sch.uk |
Stoke Newington School (SNS) is a media arts and science college, situated in Stoke Newington, in the London Borough of Hackney. The school is an amalgamation of Clissold School and Woodberry Down School, with the new school founded in 1982 in the building of the former Clissold School. The current Head Teacher of the school is Annie Gammon, who succeeded Mark Emmerson in March 2008.
In 2002 the school's Media Arts status was granted by the then Department for Education and Skills (DfES). The further title Media Arts & Science was awarded by the DfES in 2005 and has been in use since 2006.
In the 2007 report produced by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) Stoke Newington School was described as "an outstanding school with a culture of high expectations" and that 'close attention to making sure that all students do as well as they possibly can characterises the school's leadership and management at all levels'. Stoke Newington School has a 6th form which was launched in 2007, directed by Craig Hewitt and David Medway.
'SNS - Best performing secondary in the best performing local authority in mainland England – Jan 2007' quote from the Stoke Newington School website.
The school was completed in 2010 after undergoing major renovation under the 'Building Schools for the Future' (BSF) programme. Willmott Dixon Construction (Hitchin Office) were the Main Contractor undertaking the build and refurbishment of the School, their appointed Architect were Jestico + Whiles who won the RIBA May 2011 award for their work on the School.
The completed Works on the School are as follows; The new entrance building containing 13 new classrooms clad in Cor-ten steel, a new dining hall (the length of more than four classrooms), improvements to the circulation (with more connecting corridors on second and third floors), the old temporary classrooms being replaced, new roofing throughout, new furniture and IT equipments, the addition of a 'superloo' toilet where the pupil toilet facilities will be supervised, this is to reduce bullying and damage to the toilets. New disabled access features were also installed to allow as much accessablility to the existing buildings, these included new ramps and lifts.
Stoke Newington School is noted for it's anti-Homophobia drive, with music teacher Elly Barnes coming no. 1 in The Independent newspaper's 'Pink List' LGBT awards. The school also pioneers the use of 'behaviour mentors', which aim to reduce bullying and discrimination. The school was highly praised in it's Ofsted report for it's anti-bullying department among other things.