Chadwell Heath Academy
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| Type | Academy |
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| Headteacher | Mr Bull |
| Chair | J Moynagh |
| Location |
Christie Gardens Chadwell Heath Essex RM6 4RS England |
| Local authority | London Borough of Redbridge |
| DfE number | 317/5400 |
| DfE URN | 136267 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1200 |
| Gender | Co-ed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Austen, Bronte, Eliot, Orwell, Paton, Swift |
| Colours | Navy blue |
| Website | http: |
Chadwell Heath Academy (formerly known as The Chadwell Heath Foundation School) is a co-educational, independent of local authority secondary school with academy status, located in Chadwell Heath in the London Borough of Redbridge, England. The school has approximately 1200 pupils on roll, including 300 in the sixth form. Each pupil is assigned to one of six form houses; Austen, Bronte, Elliot, Orwell, Paton and Swift of which students remain a part of throughout their academic life, with each form named after a notable author. The school is also the most rewarded school in the borough for specialisms.
The school was awarded Arts College status in 2002, and Mathematics and Computing College specialist status in 2007. It also holds the Artsmark Gold and Sportsmark accreditations. The school has been rated 'Outstanding' across all six Ofsted categories.
Like St. Paul's Girls' School, the sixth form is one of few schools in the country which does not have a prescribed school uniform in the sixth form.
In 2007 the school achieved the third highest GCSE results in the borough with 96.8% of student achieving 5 A* to C grades. The only schools to beat them were the two grammar schools, Woodford County High School and Ilford County High School who achieved 100% and 99.2% 5 A* to C grades respectively.
In 2008 the pupils at the school continued the run of high grade passes with 96% achieving 5 or more A* to C grades at GCSE with 61% of grades being at A*, A and B. At AS-Level the overall pass rate was 90% and at A2-Level the pass rate was 99%
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