The Brittons Academy (formerly Brittons School) is a mixed

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located in the Rainham area of the London Borough of Havering, England. The school first opened in 1952 as a bilateral Technical School for pupils aged 11 to 15. Technical students were transferred to the newly opened Abbs Cross Technical High School in 1958, and Brittons was redesignated as a coeducational secondary modern school. In 1973 the school was redesignated as a

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, and by 1981 the school was operating a sixth form for pupils aged up to 18. The sixth form provision was removed in 1990 due to local authority restructuring and Brittons became an 11-16 school. It gained Specialist Technology college status in 2001, and became a

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in 2009. The Brittons Academy had an

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report of "Good" in all categories following an inspection on 5/6 October 2022.

References

External links

The Brittons Academy official website
* Secondary schools in the London Borough of Havering Academies in the London Borough of Havering Educational institutions established in 1952 1952 establishments in England {{London-school-stub