DfE number 301/4004 Phone +44 20 8270 4500 | Headteacher Mr Richard Micek DfE URN 141178 Tables Founded 25 December 1555 | |
Established 25 December 1555 (1555-12-25) Location Whalebone Lane NorthChadwell HeathGreater LondonRM6 6SBEngland Address Whalebone Ln N, Dagenham, Romford RM6 6SB, UK Similar Loxford School, Chadwell Heath Academy, Robert Clack Lower Sc, The Sydney Russell S, Barking Abbey School | ||
The warren school
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).
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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.
The warren school main playground
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.
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.
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.
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".
This is the first school to successfully challenge such an order. However the school remains an academy sponsored by the Loxford School Trust.