Stationers' Crown Woods Academy is a

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and

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with academy status, located in the

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area of the

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, England. The school is built upon the land that was formerly King Henry VIII's hunting grounds (hence 'Crown Woods'). First known as Crown Woods School, the school was founded in 1958. It was reopened in new £50 million buildings designed by

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in 2011 and was renamed Crown Woods College. In 2014 the school was renamed Stationers' Crown Woods Academy after the school gained academy status and joined the

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, the first Leigh academy outside Kent. The school also featured in

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'' as two trainee teachers went to the school to learn on the job.

History

At one point Crown Woods was the largest comprehensive school in London with 2600 pupils. Between 1964 and 1985 or later the school had a boarding section for 120 children, mainly of serving Forces personnel, called The Lodge. In 2000, Crown Woods was identified by

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as a "failing school". The school was critical of the cursory inspections Ofsted had made to come to this judgement, and challenged it in court. In a humiliating 11th-hour climbdown, Ofsted agreed to an out-of-court settlement which spared it the embarrassment of a public hearing. Ofsted was ordered to pay the school's costs - estimated to run into five figures - as well as lifting its judgment. The chief inspector Chris Woodhead retired.

Structure

It is structured into four 'home schools', each in separate buildings. The scheme received a

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London Award in 2012 and was commended at the Civic Trust Awards the same year. Three of the schools are for pupils aged 11 to 16 and pupils are allocated to the schools based on ability, skills and interests. The fourth school is a dedicated sixth form centre for 16- to 18-year-old students. Previously a community school governed by

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, Crown Woods College converted to academy status on 1 September 2014 and was renamed Stationers' Crown Woods Academy. The school is part of the

and is sponsored by the

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Curriculum

Stationers' Crown Woods Academy offers

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, BTECs and vocational courses as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option of studying from a range of

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as well as further BTECs, GNVQs, and other vocational courses.

Headteachers

* Malcolm Ross * Cyril Davis * Peter Wells * Linda Neal * Michael Murphy * David Miller * Wayne Barnett

Notable former pupils

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, professional footballer *

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, King's Counsel and Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford * Ed Mountfield, Vice-President for Operations Policy and Country Services, World Bank * Michael Turner, former

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and

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defender *

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Landlord of The Long Pond Public House, the first on-licence premises on the Corbett Estate in Eltham Park

References

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