Temple School was a

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Strood Strood is a town in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, South East England. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Chatham, Rochester, Gillingham and Rainham. It lies on the northwest bank of the River Medway at its lowes ...

, in

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. It closed in 2009 along with Chapter Girls School when

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was opened.

History

In 2006, 2% of the pupils gained 5 passes with Maths and English at

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, leading the press to dub it the worst school in the country. In 2007, it was 16% and the press were not interested. In 2007, Temple school beat 4 Medway schools in the key KS2- KS4 value added indicator.

Curriculum

The school followed the

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, but were more flexible at

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The subjects students were allowed take depended much on ability, the following subjects were optional at GCSE: History, Geography, Graphics, Resistant Materials, Food Technology, Leisure and Tourism, Btech Sports, Diploma in Digital Applications (DiDA), French, German, Religious Education, Music, Drama, Art, Btech Art. Temple School also offered to the more advanced students: Triple Science, Additional Mathematics, English Literature.

Notable former pupils

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, boxer,

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and

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medalist

Notes

Defunct schools in Medway Educational institutions disestablished in 2009 {{Kent-school-stub