Mossbourne Community Academy

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Mossbourne Community Academy
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Address
Mossbourne Community Academy
100 Downs Park Road

Lower Clapton
,
Greater London
,
E5 8JY

England
Coordinates 51°33′05″N0°03′43″W / 51.55138°N 0.06193°W / 51.55138; -0.06193
Information
Type Academy
Motto"Fulfilling Your True Potential..."
Established2004;19 years ago (2004)
Founder Sir Clive Bourne
Department for Education URN 134693 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalRebecca Warren
CEOPeter Hughes
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 19
Enrolment1,455
HousesMilton, Mandela, Malala, Moore, Blackman, Butler, Bevan, Bronte
Colour(s)   Grey, Red
Website www.mca.mossbourne.org

Mossbourne Community Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located near Hackney Downs off the A104 road, in the Lower Clapton area of the London Borough of Hackney in England. [1]

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Buildings

The school was first opened in 2004 on the site of the former Hackney Downs School. The site had been purchased by Sir Clive Bourne who founded the school as one of the first 'City Academies' in England. Bourne commissioned the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners to design the new school buildings, which cost £19,000,000 [2]

Description

The first principal of the school was Michael Wilshaw, who left the school to become Chief Inspector of Schools In England and head of Ofsted in January 2012. The school opened a sixth form building in September 2009 which cost £7.7 million; they named it in memory after the late Sir Clive Bourne as the "Sir Clive Sixth Form Centre". The school has a specialism in music. [3]

Since its opening Mossbourne Community Academy has been regularly lauded as one of the top performing inner city schools in England, [4] and used as an example of the success of the academy model for schools in general. [5] As of September 2017, the current head of the Academy is Rebecca Warren.

There are 8 houses: Milton, Mandela, Malala, Moore, Blackman, Bevan, Butler and Bronte.

Mossbourne Federation

In September 2014 the Mossbourne Federation was established. The Federation opened a sister school near Victoria Park , Hackney named Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy which operates under similar policies to the original school. As of September 2015 the Federation opened two primary schools, one near the site of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park named Mossbourne Riverside Academy and acquired the former Brooke Community School which is currently named Mossbourne Parkside Academy in Hackney Downs.

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References

  1. ↑ "Mossbourne Community Academy". Mca.mossbourne.org. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Facts - Mossbourne Community Academy". Richardrogers.co.uk. 9 December 2004. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Music at Mossbourne". Mossbourne Community Academy. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Education. "Mossbourne Academy: A tale of high expectations. . . and no excuses". Telegraph. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Geraldine Bedell (30 August 2008). "Children of the revolution | Education | The Observer". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "The New Jamie Johnson?". 28 June 2015.
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