FitzWimarc School is a
secondary school
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in
Rayleigh,
United Kingdom
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, named after the Norman land-holder
Robert FitzWimarc
Robert fitz Wimarc (died before 1075, Theydon Mount, Chipping Ongar, Ongar, Essex) was a kinsman of both Edward the Confessor and William of Normandy, and was present at Edward's death bed.
Nothing of his background is known except his kinship t ...
.
History
*1927 Opened as Rayleigh Council Senior School at first location on Love Lane.
*30 August 1937 Moved to Hockley Road.
*19 November 1937 Opening ceremony performed by John W. Burrows J.P., Chairman of the Southend Higher Education Committee.
*10 April 1945 Re-opened as a secondary modern school with a new name ‘Rayleigh Secondary Modern School’ and an extended catchment of 11- to 15-year-olds.
*1948 Renamed Rayleigh Secondary Modern and Technical School.
*1964 Home Economics block built.
*1967 Re-opened as a comprehensive school and renamed Fitzwimarc Comprehensive School.
*1 March 2015 Converted to an
academy
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.
School performance
As of May 2023, the school's most recent
Ofsted
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inspection was on the 6th October 2022, with a judgement of Good.
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Secondary schools in Essex
Rayleigh, Essex
1927 establishments in England
Educational institutions established in 1927
Academies in Essex