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The Warren School
The Warren School
Address
	Whalebone Lane North; Chadwell Heath, Romford, Greater London, RM6 6SB; England
Information
Type	Community school
Local authority	Barking and Dagenham
Department for Education URN	101240 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair	Sarah Jane Scrace
Headteacher	F. van Rensburg
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 18
Enrollment	Approx 1300
Website	http://www.thewarrenschool.com/

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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 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.

Special Measures

Following the most recent Ofsted inspection the school has been graded Inadequate in all areas, and as a result of comments such as "Teaching is inadequate and does not ensure students make enough progress, especially in mathematics and science", the school has been placed in Special Measures.^[1] Despite this, the school currently displays outdated inspection information on their website.^[2]

Exam Performance

The latest citable figures show that the school was the worst performer in Barking and Dagenham for percentage of pupils attaining five good GCSEs or equivalent in 2012.^[3] However, the number of students achieving five good GCSEs or equivalent has risen to 56% in 2013.^{[citation needed]} These results were the most improved results in local authority for 2012/13.^{[citation needed]}

Landmark Ruling

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.^[4]^[5]

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".^[4]</ref name="ch">

This is the first school to successfully challenge such an order.</ref name="ch">

References

^ http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/2199381/urn/101240.pdf
^ http://www.thewarrenschool.com/Information/OFSTED.aspx
^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/education/school_tables/secondary/12/html/eng_maths_301.stm?compare=
^ ^a ^b http://www.teachers.org.uk/academies
^ "High Court blocks Chadwell Heath school's academy conversion". London: BBC News- London. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.

External links

Official website
Forced Academy Conversion legal opinion on the limitation of the Secretary of State's powers.

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[1] ttp://www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/2199381/urn/101240.pdf

[2] ttp://www.thewarrenschool.com/Information/OFSTED.aspx

[3] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/education/school_tables/secondary/12/html/eng_maths_301.stm?compare=

[aca-4] ttp://www.teachers.org.uk/academies

[ch-5] "High Court blocks Chadwell Heath school's academy conversion". London: BBC News- London. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.

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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.
+==Special Measures==
+Following the most recent Ofsted inspection the school has been graded Inadequate in all areas, and as a result of comments such as "Teaching is inadequate and does not ensure students make enough progress, especially in mathematics and science", the school has been placed in Special Measures.<ref>http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/2199381/urn/101240.pdf</ref>
+Despite this, the school currently displays outdated inspection information on their website.<ref>http://www.thewarrenschool.com/Information/OFSTED.aspx</ref>
 ==Exam Performance==
+The latest citable figures show that the school was the worst performer in Barking and Dagenham for percentage of pupils attaining five good GCSEs or equivalent in 2012.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/education/school_tables/secondary/12/html/eng_maths_301.stm?compare=</ref>
-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.
+However, the number of students achieving five good GCSEs or equivalent has risen to 56% in 2013.{{Citation needed|date=September 2013}} These results were the most improved results in local authority for 2012/13.{{Citation needed|date=September 2013}}
 ==Landmark Ruling==

v t e Schools and colleges in Barking and Dagenham
Primary schools	Eastbrook School Eastbury Community School Goresbrook School
Secondary schools	All Saints Catholic School Barking Abbey School Brook Sixth Form and Academy Dagenham Park Church of England School Eastbrook School Eastbury Community School Goresbrook School Jo Richardson Community School Riverside School Robert Clack School The Sydney Russell School The Warren School
Further education colleges	Barking and Dagenham College Barking Learning Centre