Plashet School is a secondary girls school in

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with approximately 1,350 students. It was previously a

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. In 2009

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highlighted Plashet as one of 12 outstanding schools serving disadvantaged communities.

History

Plashet dates back to 1932 when the East Ham Grammar School for Girls first opened on the South site. In the 1950s, the North site was built and Plashet County Secondary Modern School for Girls was opened. These two schools were amalgamated into Plashet School in 1972 and the two sites were physically linked by the Plashet Unity Bridge in November 2000. This was designed so students had a safer way to get to and from lessons without skipping school or getting into accidents. In 1993, Bushra Nasir became Head Teacher. She was the first Muslim woman teacher to become head of a UK comprehensive school. She is the President of the Muslim Teachers Association, and was appointed a

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in 2003 and Professional of the Year at the 2005 Asian Women of Achievement awards.

Location

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and High Street North are within 5 minutes' walk of the school, and it draws students from across the

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and from neighbouring boroughs. Plashet school topped the state school rankings in 2008 when it also got an excellent report from Ofsted and was also recognised by the international school standards. There are 1,350 students on roll, with a 10 form entry in each year group. There are approximately 80 full-time teaching staff complemented by a team of English as a Second Language teachers, Special Needs teachers and classroom assistants. The students are offered a wide range of extra-curricular activities to enhance their learning and enjoyment.

Notable former pupils

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MP for

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from 2005. *

Roshonara Choudhry Stephen Timms, the Labour MP for East Ham, was stabbed on 14 May 2010 during his constituency surgery by Roshonara Choudhry, a 21-year-old British former student and an Islamic extremist, in an attempt to kill him. She was found guilty of att ...

- Islamist convicted of the

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of MP

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in 2010. * Baroness Uddin - first female Muslim in the

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since 2018.

References

External links

Official website
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