Frederick Bremer School is a

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. It has been rated good in its most recent

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inspections.

History

The school opened in September 2008, replacing

Warwick School for Boys Warwick School for Boys was an all-boys school in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Warwick was one of only two boys' schools in the Borough. The school had two sites (north and south). The north site was a combination of two Victorian buildi ...

and

Aveling Park School Aveling Park School was a mixed secondary school situated on Aveling Park Road, Walthamstow which educated up to 600 pupils. In the early 1970s it was called William Fitt Junior High School and was a feeder school to McEntee, Walthamstow Girls, an ...

. The school, which is named after local inventor Frederick William Bremer, officially opened on 29 April 2009. Its creation was part of Waltham Forest borough’s £200 million 'Building Schools for the Future' programme. The building cost £20,000,000.

Student life

Frederick Bremer School currently has a six form intake for children aged 11–16 (years 7–11). The Headteacher is Jenny Smith. There are roughly 900 students, and it has quickly earned a reputation for an excellent sports selection. Both football and cricket leagues have been won by Bremer, and the cricket team placed 4th in London. Frederick Bremer School runs a finger-print based scanning system that is also used in other Waltham Forest schools and council services. The card is used to pay for lunch and school trips with top-up machines near to the entrance of the school.

Facilities

The school's facilities are available for the local and wider community to hire. Facilities include Sports, Arts, Drama and Educational spaces open during the evenings, weekends and school holidays. It consistently holds a good Ofsted review and is making very good progress in all areas with a view to becoming an outstanding school.

Academics

The school's results for

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in 2016 were slightly below the National average, and were also below the Local average. 56% of students achieved a C or above in either Maths or English. This is below the country average of 59.3% and the Local average of 63.6%. The school saw a 13% increase in the proportion of grades from 9-5 under the reformed GCSE system from 2018 to 2019.

In popular culture

The school starred in Channel 4's educating series which started on 4 September 2014, under the name of ''

Educating the East End ''Educating the East End'' is the third series of the British Television documentary, documentary television programme ''Educating (TV series), Educating'' broadcast on Channel 4. The eight-episode first series was first broadcast from 4 Septembe ...

''. This show was very successful.

References

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* {{authority control Secondary schools in the London Borough of Waltham Forest Community schools in the London Borough of Waltham Forest Walthamstow