Coopers' Company and Coborn School
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| Motto | Love As Brethren |
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| Established | 1536 |
| Type | Academy |
| Religion | Christian |
| Headteacher | Dr D J Parry MA |
| Founder | Nicholas Gibson (1536), Prisca Coborn (1701). United in 1891, moved in 1971-1973 |
| Location |
St Mary's Lane Upminster Greater London RM14 3HS England 51°33′22″N 0°15′35″E / 51.5562°N 0.2596°ECoordinates: 51°33′22″N 0°15′35″E / 51.5562°N 0.2596°E |
| DfE number | 311/5402 |
| DfE URN | 136600 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Staff | Approx 94 teaching staff |
| Students | 1319 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Coborn, Guild, Gibson, Ratcliffe |
| Colours | Red, Blue, Green, Yellow |
| Website | Coopers' Coborn |
The Coopers' Company and Coborn School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Upminster area of the London Borough of Havering, England.
The school is (since 2005) a non-selective school described by Ofsted as "an exceptional school of real excellence". The school excels at Performing Arts and Sports. In 2004 as part of the European Year of Education through Sport it won the award of "Europe's most sport minded school".
There have been no tests since 2001 nor interviews since 2004 for admission. Current applications are made via application form completed by the prospective students' parents and, months later, by a second form completed by the students themselves. This is not an examination but is heavily scrutinised. The school is heavily oversubscribed with approximately 5 applicants for each of the 180 places (Over 900 applicants per year group). Due to this issue, Coopers' recently appeared on an episode of Panorama, filmed by the BBC, to address this issue.
It is situated on St Mary's Lane (B187) about half a mile east of Upminster Station, just over a mile west of the M25, and two miles from junction 29 (A127).
The school is divided into 5 years, similar to other secondary schools in England. It is one of only a few schools in the London borough of Havering to also have a Sixth form. Other schools nearby, such as Gaynes and Hall Mead do not have this feature. The Sixth form building was built from the ground up, and opened in 2011. The Sixth form is primarily supplied with students from the years below who have graduated in Year 11. However it does allow external candidates from local schools without a sixth form to apply, and a minority of these students are accepted.
The school specialises in humanities and sports (geography, history, RE and PE). It has many sporting and academic successes, including national championships in hockey and winning Havering Young Chef of the year.
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