St. Edward's Church of England School
| Established | 1710 |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Religion | Church Of England |
| Headteacher | Mr A Kilpatrick |
| Chair | Mr T Howson |
| Location |
London Road Romford Essex RM7 9NX England Coordinates: 51°34′21″N 0°09′16″E / 51.57254°N 0.15437°E |
| DfE number | 311/4600 |
| DfE URN | 137145 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Staff | 100 |
| Students | 1288 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Publication | Reachout |
| Website | www |
St. Edward's Church of England School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form, located in the Romford area of the London Borough of Havering, England. It specialises in languages and science, and was founded in 1710, making it the oldest school in the area.
Following recent expansion from a six form to eight form entry and a larger sixth form, there are currently 1288 students in the school, aged between 11 and 18. The school is located in London Road, Romford. The current Interim Headteacher is Mr Andy Kilpatrick OBE. This school runs with vertical tutoring for registration and is split into five colleges which are Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Saturn and Venus.
The original St. Edward's school was founded as a charity school in 1710. The vestry book for St. Edwards Church in Romford records an entry on 5 September of that year "whereas a charity school is erecting or setting up with all possible speed to be set up and opened in this town of Romford... for the educating of poor children and teaching them to Read and Write and instructing them in the knowledge and practice of the Christian religion as professed and taught in the Church of England".
For the first eighteen years the school was accommodated in two houses, but in 1728 it moved to a new building in the Market Place in Romford, where it remained until the mid 1960s when the primary and secondary classes separated and moved to their present sites.
St. Edward's School and St. Edward's Primary School are now run independently, but they still work very closely together. Most of the primary school pupils transfer to the secondary school at 11, and they account for over one third of the 210 pupils who join every September.
Every year there is a production put on by the school's drama and music department.
Approximately £2million has been spent expanding the school by building a new block, which includes five science labs, a computer suite, two large drama studios and fifteen regular classrooms.
The school was previously made into a Language College. This gave it access to further funding for courses in Spanish, French and German to up to A level, as well as lessons in Mandarin up to GCSE. The school gained a second specialism in science.
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