Type | Academy |
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Headteacher | Mr Andrew Seager |
Location |
Upton Lane Forest Gate Greater London E7 9PR England 51°32′28″N 0°01′25″E / 51.5411°N 0.0235°ECoordinates: 51°32′28″N 0°01′25″E / 51.5411°N 0.0235°E |
DfE URN | 136978 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
Students | 897 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Ages | 11–16 |
Website | Stratford School |
Stratford School is a secondary academy school in Forest Gate in the London Borough of Newham, England. It has no sixth form.
It is situated on Upton Lane (A114). Nearby to the west is the Newham College of Further Education, and further west is the site of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Opposite the school is West Ham Park.
Prior to the introduction of comprehensive schools it was known as Stratford Grammar School, prior to which it was West Ham Secondary School.
It became a sixth-form-entry comprehensive in 1972.
The school officially gained academy status on 1 August 2011. It gets GCSE results well above average.
Before 2005 the school uniform consisted of purple blazers, however it changed in September 2005 to black. Each year group has colour-coded badges. Each pupil is also in one of six houses, Curie, Noether, Euler, Crick, Hawking, Berners-Lee; each denoted by a different colour stripe on their tie.