Leigh Stationers' Academy

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Leigh Stationers' Academy
Stationers' Crown Woods Academy.svg
Address
Leigh Stationers' Academy
145 Bexley Road

Eltham
,
Greater London
,
SE9 2PT

England
Coordinates 51°27′08″N0°04′34″E / 51.45219°N 0.07619°E / 51.45219; 0.07619
Information
Type Academy
MottoAspire, Strive, Thrive
Relentlessly pursuing excellence... [1]
Religious affiliation(s)None
Established1958;67 years ago (1958)
Trust Leigh Academies Trust
Department for Education URN 141309 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalJoseph Sparks
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1,638
HousesAshdown
Sherwood
Delamere
Arden
Colour(s)Red, Blue, Purple
   
Website www.scwa.org.uk

Leigh Stationers' Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Eltham area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England. The school is built upon the land that was formerly King Henry VIII's hunting grounds (hence 'Crown Woods').

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First known as Crown Woods School, the school was founded in 1958. It was reopened in new £48 million buildings designed by Nicholas Hare Architects 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 Leigh Academies Trust, the first Leigh academy outside Kent. In September 2024, the school was named Leigh Stationers' Academy.

History

At one point Crown Woods was the largest comprehensive school in London with 2600 pupils.[ citation needed ]

Between 1964 and 1985 or later the school had a boarding section for 120 children, mainly of serving Forces personnel, called The Lodge. [2] [3] [4]

In 2000, Crown Woods was identified by Ofsted as a "failing school". [5] 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. [6] [7]

In a £100m investment by Greenwich Council that formed part of the government's 'Building Schools for the Future' initiative, [8] [9] the school was reopened in new £48 million buildings designed by Nicholas Hare Architects and built by main contractor Balfour Beatty, [9] and was renamed Crown Woods College. [10] A sport centre was built to regional competition standards with seating for 450 spectators. [8] The scheme received a RIBA London Award in 2012 and was commended at the Civic Trust Awards the same year.[ citation needed ]

The school also featured in the BBC series Tough Young Teachers as two trainee teachers went to the school to learn on the job.[ citation needed ]

Structure

It is structured into four 'home schools', each in separate buildings. [10] Three of the schools are for pupils aged 11 to 16 and pupils are allocated to the schools based on ability, skills and interests.[ citation needed ] The fourth school is a dedicated sixth form centre for 16- to 18-year-old students. [11]

Previously a community school governed by Greenwich London Borough Council, Crown Woods College converted to academy status on 1 September 2014 and was renamed Stationers' Crown Woods Academy. The school is part of the Leigh Academies Trust [12] and is sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers. [13] From September 2024, the school was named "Leigh Stationers' Academy". [14]

Curriculum

Stationers' Crown Woods Academy offers GCSEs, 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 A Levels as well as further BTECs, GNVQs, and other vocational courses.[ citation needed ]

Headteachers

Notable former pupils

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  9. 1 2 "BBES uses offsite M&E prefabrication to deliver Greenwich BSF project". The Construction Index. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
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