Meopham School

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Meopham School
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Address
Meopham School
Wrotham Road

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DA13 0AH

Coordinates 51°22′04″N0°21′28″E / 51.36768°N 0.35787°E / 51.36768; 0.35787
Information
Type Academy
TrustSwale Academies Trust
Department for Education URN 139075 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherGlenn Prebble
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Colour(s)   Black and Gold
Website https://www.meophamschool.org.uk/

Meopham School is a Coeducational secondary school with approximately 950 students, located in Meopham, Kent, England, UK. The school is non-selective and therefore caters for a wide ability range of students. The school delivers academic and personal success through a traditional curriculum and a focus on the core subjects of English, Mathematics and Science. The rating dropped in the overall outcome of the inspection on 19 April 2023 which downgraded Meopham's outstanding to good. Also in 2023 had a Unfortunate lockdown as intruders were able to get into the school undetected onto the main field and could have easily harmed the students if they wanted to.


Students from Meopham School were chosen to form part of a "guard of honour" for athletes at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games, displaying artistic creations made by the school to celebrate the event. [1]

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References

  1. "Kent pupils to form guard of honour for Olympics".