The Stanway School is a
mixed secondary school located in
Stanway in the
English county of
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...
.
The school was converted to
academy status in May 2013, and used to be a
community school under the direct control of
Essex County Council
Essex County Council is the county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Essex in England. It has 75 councillors, elected from 70 divisions, and is currently controlled by the Conservative Party. The council meets at County Hall ...
. The school continues to coordinate with Essex County Council for admissions.
The Stanway School offers the
General Certificate of Secondary Education
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a particular subject, taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. State schools in Scotland use the Scottish Qualifications Certificate instead. Private sc ...
(GCSEs),
Business and Technology Education Council
The Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) is a provider of secondary school leaving qualifications and further education qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Whilst the T in BTEC previously stood for Technical, accor ...
(BTECs) and
OCR Nationals
OCR Nationals are vocationally related qualifications which were officially launched by the OCR Board in September 2004. The qualifications are designed to meet the needs of those seeking vocational education in place of the traditional, theory-i ...
as programmes of study for pupils. The school has a Humanities, Maths & Computing specialism, and offers additional courses in these subjects.
The school is part of the Stanway Federation Academy Trust with the
Thomas Lord Audley School and is also part of the Sigma Trust.
Notable former pupils
*
Damon Albarn, musician and singer-songwriter of the bands
Blur and
Gorillaz
*
Graham Coxon
Graham Leslie Coxon (born 12 March 1969) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter who came to prominence as a founding member of the rock band Blur. As the group's lead guitarist and secondary vocalist, Cox ...
, musician and guitarist of the band
Blur
*
Natalie Jones, paralympic swimmer
*
Adam Miller, former footballer
*
Sade (singer)
Helen Folasade Adu ( yo, Fọláṣadé Adú ; born 16 January 1959), known professionally as Sade Adu or simply Sade ( ), is a Nigerian-born British singer, known as the lead singer of her eponymous band. One of the most successful British fe ...
, singer
References
External links
The Stanway School official website
Secondary schools in Essex
Academies in Essex
Educational institutions established in 1958
1958 establishments in England
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