Temple School

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Temple School
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Address
Temple School
Cliffe Road

, ,
ME2 3DL

Coordinates 51°24′25″N0°29′35″E / 51.407°N 0.493°E / 51.407; 0.493
Information
TypeCommunity secondary modern
MottoNIHIL NISI OPTIMUM NOSTRUM - "Nothing but our best"
ChairG. Fox [1]
Head teacherNeil J. McAree [2] [3]
GenderBoys
Age11to 16
Enrolment625 [4]
Website temple.medway.sch.uk/

Temple School was a boys secondary modern in Strood, in England. It closed in 2009 along with Chapter Girls School when Strood Academy was opened.

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History

In 2006, 2% of the pupils gained 5 passes with Maths and English at GCSE, leading the press to dub it the worst school in the country. [5] 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. [6]

Curriculum

The school followed the National Curriculum at Key Stage 3, but were more flexible at Stage 4 [7] 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

Notes

  1. "Addresses". Temple School. Archived from the original on 9 April 2005.
  2. "Worst school marks 'unacceptable'". BBC News. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  3. "Homepage". Temple School. Archived from the original on 7 April 2005.
  4. dcsf.gov.uk Archived 2009-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Worst school marks 'unacceptable'". BBC.co.uk. 11 January 2007.
  6. League Tables
  7. "Curriculum". Temple School. Archived from the original on 31 January 2008.


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