Stratford School

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Stratford School
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Mr Andrew Seager
Location	Upton Lane Forest Gate Greater London E7 9PR England Coordinates: 51°32′28″N 0°01′25″E / 51.5411°N 0.0235°E / 51.5411; 0.0235
DfE number	316/5400
DfE URN	136978 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Students	897
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16
Website	Stratford School

Stratford School (formerly Stratford Grammar School) is a secondary academy school in Forest Gate in the London Borough of Newham, England.

Admissions

It has no sixth form. It is situated on Upton Lane (A114). Nearby to the west is the Newham College of Further Education, and a bit further west is the site of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Opposite the school is West Ham Park.

Prior to the introduction of the comprehensive schools scheme it was known as Stratford Grammar School.

It became a sixth-form-entry comprehensive in 1972.

The school officially gained academy status on 1 August 2011.

It is planned to moved the school to Canning Town to the site of the Rokeby School, which itself will be rebuilt on Barking Road.

Before 2005 the school uniform consisted of purple blazers, however it changed in September 2005 to black.

Each year group has colour-coded badges. These include Green, Blue, Black, Yellow and Red.

YEAR 11: GREEN

YEAR 10: RED

YEAR 9: YELLOW

YEAR 8: BLACK

YEAR 7: BLUE

It gets GCSE results well above average. Only two schools in Newham LEA (both single sex) have sixth forms.

Alan Baker, mathematician involved with number theory and Professor of Pure Mathematics from 1974-2006 at the University of Cambridge
John Brown, Chairman from 1989-2004 of William Hill (bookmaker)
Paul Heiden, Chief Executive from 2003-8 of FKI
Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman since 2007 of the BBC Trust and Chief Executive from 1994-2001 of Birmingham City Council
Ron Pickering, Olympic team coach and TV sports presenter - formerly also sports master at the school in the 1950s
Stanley Reed, Director from 1964-72 of the British Film Institute
Eric Risness CBE, naval scientist, and project manager for the Sting Ray torpedo
Terry Smith, Chief of Collins Stewart since 2000 (became Tullett Prebon in 2006)
Iain Watson, Technical Director since 2007 of Thales UK
Bryan Forbes, film star and director
Vivian Gibbons, footballer, West Ham Utd and England

v t e Schools and colleges in Newham

State primary schools	Chobham Academy West Ham Church School

State secondary schools	Brampton Manor Academy Chobham Academy Cumberland School Eastlea Community School Forest Gate Community School Kingsford Community School Langdon School Lister Community School Little Ilford School Plashet School Rokeby School The Royal Docks Community School St Angela's Ursuline School St Bonaventure's Catholic Comprehensive School Sarah Bonnell School Stratford School

Independent schools	Grangewood Independent School Tyndale Academy

FE & sixth form colleges	London Academy of Excellence Newham College of Further Education Newham Sixth Form College

Defunct schools	Plaistow County Grammar School Walton Road School

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