Bow School is a comprehensive

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and

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for boys and girls, located in

Bromley-by-Bow Bromley, commonly known as Bromley-by- Bow, is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, located on the western banks of the River Lea, in the Lower Lea Valley in East London. The area is distinct from Bow, which li ...

in the

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, England. It has a roll of about 600 students and increasing. In September 2014 the school moved from the old site off Fairfield Road, Bow to a new site in Bromley-by-Bow a mile to the south-east by

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, in a new building designed by

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. The school started accepting girls in the new school building, along with the move, into Year 7 and the numbers will grow so that by 2019, the school would have all its year groups mixed sex.

Subjects

Bow teaches a number of subjects, including at

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, stretched across a five period day throughout the week. The school operates a

provision in consortium with

Langdon Park School Langdon Park School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form, located in the Poplar area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. It is a community school administered by Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, and also has specialis ...

St Paul's Way Trust School St Paul's Way Trust School is a coeducational all-through school and sixth form located in the Bow Common area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. The School became a Foundation Trust School in March 2010. The Foundation Trust com ...

and

Stepney Green Maths, Computing & Science College Mulberry Stepney Green Maths, Computing and Science College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form. It is situated in Stepney, in the heart of the historic East End of London and adjacent to the developments in Docklands, it serves ...

. The sixth form consortium is known as Sixth Form East. Head of sixth form at Bow School is Nadia Dellagana.

References

External links

Bow School online, the official site.Website of Bow area by the studentsCreative Partnership ProjectTSIA is supported by the Annenberg FoundationThe MLEE Programme
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bow School Secondary schools in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Community schools in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Educational institutions established in 1985 1985 establishments in England Bromley-by-Bow