Dagenham Park Church of England School

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Dagenham Park Church of England School
Location
Dagenham Park Church of England School
School Road

Dagenham
,
London
,
RM10 9QH

England
Coordinates 51°32′05″N0°09′21″E / 51.53462°N 0.15578°E / 51.53462; 0.15578
Information
Type Voluntary controlled school
Religious affiliation Church of England
Established1 January 2010;15 years ago (2010-01-01)
Local authority Barking and Dagenham
Department for Education URN 136028 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head of SchoolChris Ash
GenderCoeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1262
Website https://www.dagenhampark.org.uk/

Dagenham Park Church of England School or Dagenham Park School,previously known as Dagenham Priory, is a secondary school located in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The school has improving GCSE results. [1]

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Dagenham Park is an average sized comprehensive school for students between 11 and 18 years. [2]

The school has students from a wide range of ethnic groups and a designated unit for 50 students with moderate learning difficulties. [3]

Local Issues

There have been significant issues with youth violence in the Barking and Dagenham area, including towards Dagenham Park pupils. Knife attacks on under-25s in the area rose by 178% between 2013 and 2018. [4] [5]

On 19 March 2017, former Dagenham Park School pupil David Adegbite, 18, was ambushed by a gang who surrounded him in a car park in Barking before shooting him in the head, killing him. [6]

On 23 June 2017, former Dagenham Park School pupil Tyler Dawson, 18, was stabbed five times in the groin, leading to his right leg being amputated. [4] [5] [7]

On 1 August 2017, former Dagenham Park School pupil Joshua Bwalya who was 16, was stabbed to death by local youths. Two friends with him were also stabbed but survived. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Dagenham Park Community School". BBC News. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. ↑ http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_04.pl?Mode=&Code=&School=3014022&Type=&back=&No=301 [ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Dagenham Park CofE School - GOV.UK". www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  4. 1 2 Youle, Emma (10 January 2018). "Dagenham mum releases image of stabbed son: 'This is horrific outcome of wielding a knife'". Barking and Dagenham Post. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  5. 1 2 Youle, Emma (11 January 2018). "Mum releases photos of teen son who 'died four times' after brutal stabbing". Daily Record. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Omahony, John Dunne, Daniel (21 March 2017). "First picture of 'loving boy' shot dead by gang in east London ambush". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Mum in moving bid to stop knife crime". BBC News. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  8. ↑ Watts, Matt (4 August 2017). "First picture of teenage footballer, 16, stabbed to death by bike gang". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2021.


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