Royal Docks Academy (formerly Royal Docks Community School) is a

coeducational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

located in

Custom House A custom house or customs house was traditionally a building housing the offices for a jurisdictional government whose officials oversaw the functions associated with importing and exporting goods into and out of a country, such as collecting c ...

within the

London Borough of Newham The London Borough of Newham is a London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. It covers an area previously administered by the Essex county boroughs of West Ham and East Ham, authorities that were both abolished by the s ...

, England. It does not have a

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History

1945, this school was built another school had just been removed. But it was next to a stadium, which is called

West Ham Stadium West Ham Stadium was a stadium that existed between 1928 and 1972 in Custom House, in East London (it was in the County Borough of West Ham, in the county of Essex, at the time of the stadium's construction). The stadium was built in 1928 on Pri ...

. West Ham Stadium was removed until towards the end of 1971 an announcement was made by

Newham London Borough Council Newham London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Newham. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. The council is unusual in that its executive function is controlled by a dir ...

that West Ham would be sold for re-development. It survived until 26 May 1972 which still came as a shock because many had hoped for a reprieve. Royal Docks Academy It still exists today, and it's next to

ExCeL London ExCeL London (an abbreviation for Exhibition Centre London) is an exhibition centre, international convention centre and former hospital in the Custom House, Newham, Custom House area of London Borough of Newham, Newham, East London. It is sit ...

and hotels, shops, etc. In September 1999, students and most of the staff of Woodside Community School in

Plaistow, Newham Plaistow ( or ) is a suburban town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Newham. It adjoins Upton Park to the north, East Ham to the east, Beckton to the south, Canning Town to the south-west and West Ham to the west. I ...

, were relocated to new buildings in Custom House. The students from Woodside ran a competition to name the new school and design the logo, and this was won by a student named Joey. The school was given the name Royal Docks Community School. The school buildings were seen to be state of the art at the time with nearly every classroom having digital interactive whiteboards, PCs with internet connections and Wi-Fi across the building - enabling teachers to use registers that would update attendance records immediately. This was at a time when other schools in the borough were still trialing a small number of interactive whiteboards. The school was constructed with lifts and a spiral ramp instead of stairs. The sports hall/gymnasium on the first floor had sprung floorboards. On 1 January 2018 the school converted to academy status and was renamed Royal Docks Academy. The school is now part of the Burnt Mill Academy Trust.

References

External links

School WebsiteDepartment for Education: The Royal Docks Community School
Secondary schools in the London Borough of Newham Academies in the London Borough of Newham Educational institutions established in 1999 1999 establishments in England {{London-school-stub