The Warren School

The Warren School
Established 25 December 1555 (1555-12-25)
Type Academy
Headteacher Mr Richard Micek
Location Whalebone Lane North
Chadwell Heath
Greater London
RM6 6SB
England
Coordinates: 51°34′37″N 0°08′29″E / 51.5769°N 0.1415°E / 51.5769; 0.1415
Local authority Barking and Dagenham
DfE number 301/4004
DfE URN 141178 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students Approx 1300
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–18
Website School website

The Warren School, also known as Warren Comprehensive School, is a mixed secondary school in Chadwell Heath in Greater London. The School is an 11 to 19 provider with a full comprehensive intake and is part of the North East 6th form consortium (All Saints, Robert Clack and Eastbrook secondary schools).

The school is split into four houses: Dyson House, Sugar House, Baylis House and Branson House. On 1 September 2010 the school was granted specialist status in Engineering and Sports.

Exam Performance

The number of students achieving five good GCSEs or equivalent in 2013 was 56%, slightly below the national average of 59.2% These results were the most improved results in local authority for 2012/13.[1]

Recent history

An Ofsted inspection graded the school "Inadequate in all areas", with comments such as "Teaching is inadequate and does not ensure students make enough progress, especially in mathematics and science". The school was placed in Special Measures.[2]

The Secretary of State, Michael Gove, ignored the schools attempts to federate with Robert Clack School, and decided the school should become an Academy. The Secretary of state imposed an Interim Executive Board and Academy Order on 6 January. On 16 January 2014 Barking and Dagenham Local Authority and the governing body of Warren School gained a High Court injunction against Michael Gove’s plans to impose academy status on the school.[3][4]

Mr Justice Collins ruled that an Interim Executive Board and Academy Order could not go ahead until there had been proper consultation on the school’s plans to federate with the nearby Robert Clack School. The Judge said “this decision should never have been made", and Michael Gove had failed to make any arguments against the council’s alternative proposal. Mr Justice Collins said it seemed that present Secretary of State "thinks academies are the cat's whiskers - but we know some of them are not".[3] [4]

This is the first school to successfully challenge such an order.[4] However the school remains an academy sponsored by the Loxford School Trust.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Authority press release 2013 results
  2. ↑ http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/2199381/urn/101240.pdf
  3. 1 2 http://www.teachers.org.uk/academies
  4. 1 2 3 "High Court blocks Chadwell Heath school's academy conversion". London: BBC News- London. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  5. ↑ http://www.loxfordschooltrust.net/

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