Stratford School

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 is a secondary academy school in Forest Gate in the London Borough of Newham, England.^[1] It has no sixth form.

Location

It is situated on Upton Lane (A114). Nearby to the west is the Newham College of Further Education, and further west is the site of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Opposite the school is West Ham Park.

History

Grammar school

Prior to the introduction of the comprehensive schools scheme it was known as Stratford Grammar School, prior to which it was West Ham Secondary School.

Comprehensive

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

Academy

The school officially gained academy status on 1 August 2011.

Tradition

Before 2005 the school uniform consisted of purple blazers, however it changed in September 2005 to black.
Each year group has colour-coded badges. Each pupil is also in one of six houses, Curie, Noether, Euler, Crick, Hawking, Berners-Lee; each denoted by a different colour stripe on their tie

Academic performance

It gets GCSE results well above average.

Notable Former Pupils

West Ham Secondary School

Bryan Forbes, film star and director
Ron Pickering, Olympic team coach and TV sports presenter - formerly also sports master at the school in the 1950s

Stratford Grammar School

Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman since 2007 of the BBC Trust and Chief Executive from 1994-2001 of Birmingham City Council
Alan Baker, mathematician involved with number theory and Professor of Pure Mathematics from 1974-2006 at the University of Cambridge
Terry Smith, Chief of Collins Stewart since 2000 (became Tullett Prebon in 2006)

References

↑ "Department for Education: Stratford School". Retrieved 18 February 2014.

External links

EduBase

Schools and colleges in Newham

State primary schools	Chobham Academy Langdon Academy

State secondary schools	Brampton Manor Academy Chobham Academy Cumberland School Eastlea Community School Forest Gate Community School Kingsford Community School Langdon Academy 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

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

Defunct schools	Plaistow County Grammar School Tyndale Academy Walton Road School

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