The Douay Martyrs RC School is a

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secondary school and

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with academy status, located in

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within the

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, England. It serves around 1,300 pupils from a range of social backgrounds.

History

The school opened in 1962 with 450 pupils, eventually rising to 862 by 1982. Douay Martyrs is split into two campuses separated by Long Lane. The Arrowsmith campus contains the original building, and is situated in Edinburgh Drive near

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. The Cardinal Hume campus, though older, did not become part of Douay until 1974, formerly being

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, though this was not its first identity. This site is nearer to

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on Long Lane. In 2006 the school submitted a proposal to relocate from the current two sites, to one new building based on the closed

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site. This bid was turned down by the

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. A notable former head teacher of the school was Marie Stubbs who held the headship at Douay Martyrs before reforming the, at the time, notorious St George's Catholic School in Westminster.

Results

At the end of the 2019 academic year that school had a progress 8 score of 0.22, making it above average according to the Department for Education. The school has considerably more pupils entered for the

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subjects than the Hillingdon and National averages. The school was judged 'Good' by Ofsted in its most recent (2018) inspection report.

Alumni

* Anthony Bailey (b. 1970) - public relations consultant

References

External links

The Douay Martyrs School website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Douay Martyrs School, The Academies in the London Borough of Hillingdon Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Westminster Educational institutions established in 1962 1962 establishments in England Secondary schools in the London Borough of Hillingdon

History

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