Cumberland School

Cumberland School
Type	Community school
Headteacher	Gillian Dineen
Chair of Governors	Sharon Higgins
Location	Oban Close London E13 8SJ England Coordinates: 51°31′15″N 0°01′58″E / 51.52079°N 0.03289°E / 51.52079; 0.03289
Local authority	Newham
DfE URN	102783 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	1163
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–16
Website	Cumberland School

Cumberland School is a comprehensive mixed state secondary school in the London Borough of Newham with 1500 pupils. Every year-group consist of 300 pupils as there is 10 classes of 30 pupils in every year-group. It is situated on Oban Close off Prince Regent Lane close to its junction with Newham Way and has substantial land, sharing facilities with neighbouring Newham Leisure Centre. It is built on the site of the former Woodside Community School.

History

The school was first formed in 1972 from the merger of Plaistow County Grammar School and Faraday Secondary Modern School,^[1] the school that was then occupying the building that had originally housed Denmark Street Board School.

The school's premises have changed a number of times over recent years, originally a split site school with the lower school on Denmark Street E13, bordered by Cumberland Road E13 to the west and Holborn Road E13 to the north, (now demolished though some of the border walls still exist), and the upper school (that had been Plaistow County Grammar) on Prince Regent Lane E13, on the site of the current Newham Sixth Form College, known as NewVic. It moved to what had been the site of Trinity Boys School on Barking Road, Canning Town E16 which is also now demolished and rebuilt as Rokeby from nearby Stratford.

Cumberland School was designated as a Sports College in 2003. As host of the Cumberland School Sport Partnership (SSP), students are given the opportunity to develop their sporting talents in addition to enhancing their academic achievement. The School was awarded with the FA Charter Standard in 2005, and the school was offered as a training venue for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Cumberland School was rebuilt in 2003 as part of the UK Government's Building Schools for the Future programme. The new building, with a sports hall, netball courts, two football fields and a triple jump area, was opened by Dame Kelly Holmes in 2006.

In 2007, the school achieved its highest ever results for GCSE Physical Education, with over 200 students achieving a pass. The specialist Sports College results for PE and Sport peaked in 2007 prior to the introduction of the BTEC First Diploma in Sport. In that year there was a growth in numbers of students that completed the British Sport Trust Level 1 Award in Sports Leadership.

Headteachers

1994-2009 Jane Noble
2009–2013 John Bradshaw
2013-2014 Janet Moore
2014- Gillian Dineen

References

↑ "Leading education and social research". Institute of Education, University of London. Retrieved 7 December 2011.

External links

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 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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