Langdon School, Newham
| Established | 1972 |
|---|---|
| Type | Community |
| Principal | Chris Mallaband |
| Specialism | Sports |
| Location |
Sussex Road East Ham London E6 2PS England Coordinates: 51°31′56″N 0°03′56″E / 51.53222°N 0.06543°E |
| Local authority | Newham |
| DfE number | ???/4030 |
| DfE URN | 102780 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1755 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 3–16 |
| Website | Langdon School |
Langdon School is a sports specialist school, on Sussex Road, in the London Borough of Newham.
It is situated in East Ham, close to the junction of the A1214 (Barking Road) with the North Circular Road (A406): the school playing fields border on to the A406. This is near the eastern end terminus of the A406 with the A13 in Wallend, close to the boundary of Newham and Barking and Dagenham and Barking Creek. The river Roding runs behind the school in Barking.
Admissions
Langdon School is a school for students aged 3-16, which admitted its first primary cohort in 2011. A £26 million building works programme has been completed in time for the 2013/14 academic year, in time for the appointment of Principal Mallaband.
History
In 1905 a mixed grammar school was opened on Barking Road. East Ham Grammar School for Girls was opened on Plashet Grove in 1932, and this became Plashet School, a separate school, in 1972.
The Langdon buildings were completed in 1953 on former marshland on the eastern border of East Ham with Barking, when administered by the County Borough of East Ham. They consisted of three schools: Burges Manor (girls), Thomas Lethaby (boys) and East Ham Grammar School for Boys. The two secondary modern schools, Burgess Manor and Thomas Lethaby, had been newly formed for the site in 1950/1 but the Grammar School had previously occupied a site at East Ham Town Hall and was founded in 1905. It moved from Barking Road to Langdon Crescent in 1952.
Comprehensive
In 1972 the two secondary modern schools and the boys' grammar school were amalgamated to create a large 12-form entry mixed comprehensive school. Newham created thirteen 11–18 comprehensives, later to dispose of many sixth forms in 1992 except for two faith schools. In September 1998 Langdon School was awarded sports college status by the DFES.
On 12 October 2005 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visited the school and met some children who had been Young Ambassorors to the Olympic vote in Singapore in July of that year.[citation needed] Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair also visited in the same year. Visitors from around the world came to visit the School to share in the outastading progress made there during the Headship of Ms Wiseman, (1992-2009). Pupils attended the Youth Debate in front of the world leaders assembled for the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. They also met the former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela at a rally in London to promote the aims of the Milleninum Goals. Langdon also received many visitors from around the world during this period.
Alumni
East Ham Grammar School for Boys
- Derek Johnson,[citation needed] 800m runner who won silver at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics
- Ian Rushbrook, former Managing Director from 1990–2008 of the Edinburgh-based Personal Assets Trust (PAT plc), who accurately predicted the credit crunch in July 2007
- Kano (rapper)
Uniform
The uniform for all secondary Langdon School students is a black blazer which is compulsory, The classic maroon jumper is still worn but is optional. Hoodies are now banned.
Management
In recent years there has been a number of senior leadership changes within the school. Ms Wiseman was head from 1992 until 2009 and under her leadership the School was one of the very few UK Schools to achieve three consecutive inspections by the UK Government Inspectors OFSTED graded as OUTSTANDING, the latest Inspection being June 2009. Dr Tabassum, her replacement, left the School in 2012 and at the same time the UK Government disbanded the Governing Body and replaced it with an Interim Education Board,an IEB with Heather Flint as Chair.In 2013 following an Ofsted report the school was placed in Special Measures and declared inadequate. In June 2013 Ofsted revisited the school and deemed that the school's and Local Authority's action plans were inadequate. The UK government arranged for Brampton Manor Academy Trust to take over the management of the school as a sponsored academy from 1st January 2014 and the IEB was disbanded. An interim head teacher Mr Nick Kemp was appointed by the IEB from September 2012 taking over from the Acting Head Teacher Ms Aileen Garland who was in post from April 2012 to August 2012, and a new Head Mr Chris Mallaband was appointed from September 2013 however he will leave the school after two terms in post to take over at Sir John Gleed Schoolin Lincolnshire and there will need to be a new Principal appointed from April 2014.