The Magna Carta School is an 11–16

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in Staines,

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, which has been awarded specialisms in Technology and ICT. It is named after

Magna Carta (Medieval Latin for "Great Charter of Freedoms"), commonly called (also ''Magna Charta''; "Great Charter"), is a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. First drafted by the ...

due to its proximity to

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, where the document was signed. The school contains over 1200 pupils including over 60 prefects. At an

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inspection in 2022, the school received an Inspection Grade of 3 (Requires Improvement).

Achievements

The school was awarded

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Gold status in June 2010 and several student representatives attended an

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ceremony in Brighton. The school became the first Apple RTC (Regional Training Centre) in Surrey in 2010; this included a new Apple suite with the introduction of high definition video conferencing for national/international interactive learning.

Notable alumni

Matt Lapinskas Matthew William Lapinskas (born 27 February 1989) is an English actor, known for portraying the role of Anthony Moon in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' from 2011 to 2012. He was a contestant in the eighth series of '' Dancing on Ice'', fini ...

, a former pupil, was an actor in ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...

'', playing the part of

Anthony Moon Anthony Moon is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Matt Lapinskas. He was introduced on 25 July 2011 as an extension to the Moon family. The son of Eddie Moon (David Essex), half brother of Michael Moon ( S ...

. He judges the yearly competition "Magna's Got Talent" at the school *

Mykola Pawluk Mykola Andrej Pawluk (born 23 June 1956) is an English television video editor whose career has spanned four decades mostly in the media of comedy. He has twice been nominated for a BAFTA. Born in Windsor in Berkshire, the son of Wasyl Pawluk an ...

, television

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and two-times BAFTA nominee. * Alice Upcott and

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and their team from

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, won ''

Britain's Got Talent ''Britain's Got Talent'' (often abbreviated to ''BGT'') is a televised British talent show competition, and part of the global ''Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell. Presented by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially ...

'' on UK TV in 2010. *

Harvey Elliott Harvey Daniel James Elliott (born 4 April 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club Liverpool. Having come up through Fulham's academy, Elliott made his first-team debut for Fulham in September 2 ...

(attended Magna Carta 2014–2016), is a Footballer for

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He broke a Premier League record for the youngest player in the Premier League when he came on for

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against

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in the 88th minute.

Solar Panels

The school has a MaidEnergy Co-op Community-owned

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installation, producing lower carbon power to the school, at a discount price compared to power from the network.

References

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