Established 1968 DfE number 313/4020 Phone +44 20 8747 0031 Founded 1968 | Type Academy DfE URN 137907 Tables Number of students 1,307 | |
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Headteacher J. Coughlan (interim head) Location Burlington Lane - Staveley Road
Chiswick
London
W4 3UN
England Address Burlington Ln, Chiswick, London W4 3UN, UK | ||
Chiswick School is a secondary school with academy status located in Chiswick in the West London borough of Hounslow, England, in 2004 it had 1239 students including 208 Sixth Formers.
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Academy status
On 1 March 2012, Chiswick Community School changed from a local authority school to an Academy, to reflect this change the school's name changed from Chiswick Community School to Chiswick School, the name it had when it first became a comprehensive school. In 2015, Ofsted downgraded the school to 'Requiring Improvement' at management level and SEND Provision. Governors were also heavily criticised for not challenging the Head in vital decisions.
Admissions
Chiswick School is located beside Chiswick House and has adopted a picture of the house as its logo. Most of the buildings are new, however the North Eastern block still remains from the original girls' school. Before the school was built a farm was on the site. Due to its location it has a very wide catchment area taking pupils from the borough of Hounslow as well as Kensington and Chelsea, Richmond, Hammersmith and Fulham and Ealing.
Chiswick School prides itself on being a very multicultural school; its students have ethnic backgrounds ranging from Asian to African. Due to this diversity, it has double the national average of students for whom English is a second language. Because of the prevalence of prominent all-girls schools in the local area, Chiswick School's intake is roughly 60% male.
It is situated next to Alexandra Avenue (A316), south of Chiswick House and near the Civil Service Sports Ground. Joan Ann Maynard is a teacher.
Academic performance
In 2011, 92% of Chiswick School students achieved 5 GCSE or equivalents at grades A* to C in a school record for this measure, whilst 60% achieved 5 good grades including English and Maths.
In 2011, 33% of A Level results were in the A and A* category. This was double the number achieved last year and the highest in the Hounslow Borough.
History
Chiswick Community School comes from the amalgamation of three schools:
During the amalgamation period and after, R.K Hands was the Headteacher. He was, thus the first Headteacher of the Comprehensive School, having been Headteacher of the, previous, boys grammar school. He was popular amongst staff and students although very "old school" by modern standards. He encouraged traditional sports such as Rugby, Cricket and Rowing but was also interested in the arts and sciences. He took part in may plays and when the building fell down, in 1973, encouraged the staff to produce a Gilbert and Sullivan Opera, in which he starred. The strain of the amalgamation and running a very large school took its toll and he had a heart attack in 1975 and left the school. He was also a governor of the Froebel Institute in Roehampton,and later became a governor of the Roehampton Institute of H.E (Now a University). A Portrait of R.K Hands hung for a long time in Froebel College. R.K Hands was succeeded by a Mr Hurrell, who took up his post in 1976. He was not a successful Head Teacher and the school went into decline.
Sometime after 1978 the school was renamed Chiswick Community School.
Comprehensive
Dame Helen Metcalf was the headteacher for 13 years. It became Chiswick Comprehensive School in 1968.
Notable former pupils
Chiswick County School for Boys
London 2012 Olympics
The current Mayor of London at the time; Boris Johnson and London 2012 Chairman Lord Coe visited Chiswick School on Thursday February 2 to announce the free Olympic tickets for schools programme, with Chiswick School receiving 158 tickets.
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