Warden Park Secondary Academy 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 ...

secondary school based in Cuckfield (near Haywards Heath),

West Sussex West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ...

, England.

Description

There are approximately 1,500 students at the school, from 11 to 16 years old. The current headteacher is Dom Kenrick, who started in September 2017. The chair of the governing body is Jonathan Ash-Edwards. The school's 2012 Ofsted report said: "Academic attainment is consistently above average and often high." Its 2015 Ofsted report said: "Staff model respectful behaviour and require high standards."

History

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The school opened in September 1956 as Cuckfield County Secondary School and was later renamed Warden Park School. It became an

academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosop ...

in September 2011 and was renamed Warden Park Secondary Academy. It is partnered with Warden Park Primary Academy. Both academies are part of the Sussex Learning Trust.

Notable alumni

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, poet and spoken-word performer * James Chisholm, professional

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* Ross Chisholm, professional

player for Harlequins *

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, Trinidadian-born Scottish cricketer *

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, television presenter * Steffan Piolet, cricketer for

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and Sussex County Cricket Club * James Thorpe, cricketer for Sussex *

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, radio presenter * Roy Winters, ex-professional rugby union player for England, Harlequins, Bristol *

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References

External links

Warden Park website
Mid Sussex District Academies in West Sussex Secondary schools in West Sussex {{WestSussex-school-stub