Chadwell Heath Academy is a
co-educational
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, independent of local authority school with
academy status, located in
Chadwell Heath
Chadwell Heath is an area in east London, England. It is situated on the boundary of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and the London Borough of Redbridge, around west of Romford and east of Ilford, and north-east of Charing Cross. ...
in the
London Borough of Redbridge, England. The school has approximately 1200 pupils on roll, including 300 in the
sixth form
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. Each pupil is assigned to one of six form houses: Austen, Bronte, Elliot, Orwell, Paton and Swift, named after authors. The school is also the most rewarded school in the borough for
specialisms. It is ranked amongst the most successful schools in the country and "well above" the national average.
The school was awarded
Arts College
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status in 2002, and
Mathematics and Computing College
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specialist status in 2007. It also holds the
Artsmark Gold and
Sportsmark
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Ofsted categories.
The school is the highest ranked non-selective school in the
London Borough of Redbridge.
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.
Exam results
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%
Examination results for 2009 were again high. 97% of pupils achieved at least 5 A* - C grades at GCSE with 99% achieving 5 or more A* - G grades. Over half the grades obtained were at A* A and B. 30% of pupils achieved 1 to 9 A* grades and 57% achieved 1 to 9 A* and A grades. 81% of pupils achieved 2 or more Science certificates at grades A* to C. At AS Level, 58% of the grades awarded were at A, B and C. Finally at A-Level students achieved a pass rate of 99%.
Many of the sixth form leavers continue higher education at Russel Group universities such as
Bristol
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,
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,
Imperial College London
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,
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,
Oxford
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,
UCL,
Warwick
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and
York
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.
Houses
The main school is split into six 'form groups'. On admission, each student is allocated a form group. The form groups are as follows:
*Austen - ''named after''
Jane Austen
*Bronte - ''named after'' the
Brontë Sisters
*Eliot - ''named after''
T. S. Eliot
*Paton - ''named after''
Alan Paton
*Orwell - ''named after''
George Orwell
*Swift - ''named after''
Jonathan Swift
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Prefects
The school employs a
prefect
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A prefect's ...
system, where a number of pupils from year 11 are selected by teachers based on grades and characteristic to become 'prefects' and one 'head prefect'. Prefects enjoy book tokens and lunch passes. Previously year 8 students would fulfill 'reception duty'.
Feeder schools
The top feeder
primary school
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s for entry into Chadwell Heath Academy are:
*Chadwell Primary School
*Barley Lane Primary School
*Grove Primary School
*St. Bede's Catholic School
*Goodmayes Primary School
Old Chadwellites
Former pupils of the school are known as ''Old Chadwellites''.
Notable past students at the school include
Kris Chesney, the Saracens and International Rugby player who returned to open the schools new sports hall and sixth form centre in October 2007. Chesney also returned to congratulate over 100 pupils who had won awards at the schools annual prize-giving evening in November 2007.
Other notable alumni include:
*Liverpool and England striker
Rhian Brewster
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*Actor and comedian
Mawaan Rizwan
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Early life
Rizwan was born in Lahore, Pakistan; his mother, Shahnaz, was one of nine siblings and had starred in a number ...
*Reading and England defender
Nicky Shorey
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After beginning his career at Leyton Orient, Shorey moved to Reading in 2001, where he made just un ...
also attended the school.
*The actress
Michelle Dockery
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* Musician
Devonte Hynes
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* Fashion photographer
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In 2012, he served on t ...
* Surgeon and inventor
Shafi Ahmed.
* Judge and
Recorder
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Khatun Sapnara.
*The actor
Micheal Ward
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References
External links
Official website
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Academies in the London Borough of Redbridge
Secondary schools in the London Borough of Redbridge
Chadwell Heath