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Davenant Foundation School | |
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Chester Road , , IG10 2LD | |
Coordinates | 51°39′45″N0°05′05″E / 51.66253°N 0.08470°E |
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Type | Academy |
Motto | Nurturing mind, body and spirit |
Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
Established | 1680 |
Department for Education URN | 136625 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Adam Thorne |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11to 18 |
Enrolment | 1078 |
Houses | Debden, Abbey, Valley, Epping, Nazing and Theydon |
Website | http://www.davenantschool.co.uk/ |
Davenant Foundation School is a Christian Ecumenical secondary school, founded in 1680, currently in Loughton, Essex, England.
In February 1680 the Reverend Ralph Davenant, rector of St Mary's Whitechapel, drew up his will, leaving all of his household goods and plate to his wife with the provision that it should eventually be sold and that the monies raised should be used to build a school for 40 boys of Whitechapel in the East End of London.[ citation needed ]
In addition to this bequest, a number of properties were also given over to the school so that rents and capital could be raised. These consisted of a farm at Sandon near Chelmsford, the site of Tilbury Fort and land on which the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway was built.[ citation needed ] Funds raised thereby went towards the additional educating of 34 poor girls. Boys were to learn reading, writing and arithmetic, whilst the girls were to learn reading, writing and sewing.
A site for the proposed school was found in the Whitechapel Road on the Lower Burial Ground. The old school buildings still stand there.
In 1813, Davenant earned itself the title of 'Cradle of the National Schools of England'.[ citation needed ]
Dr Andrew Bell invented a system for educating hundreds of children with only one Master assisted by senior boys. This became known as the monitorial system. 1,000 children (600 boys and 400 girls) were educated by this system in a new building which was erected in Davenant Street.
The charity school continued to function in the original buildings which were eventually enlarged in 1818 to accommodate 100 boys and 100 girls. The school by now maintained two institutions educating 1,200 children – extraordinarily large for 1818. The third strand of the school came into being in 1858 when a Commercial or Grammar School was built in Leman Street under the direction of the Reverend Welden Champneys, the then Rector of Whitechapel. In 1888 the two charities of Whitechapel and Davenant merged to become 'The Foundation School'.
In 1896, the new Renaissance Building was erected behind the 1818 building providing additional classroom space and an assembly hall which remains. In 1939 the school was evacuated and the buildings were taken over by the Heavy Rescue Service.[ citation needed ] In 1944 the school became Davenant Foundation Grammar School for Boys, a title which it retained until 1980. By then it educated only some 200 boys.[ citation needed ]
In 1965, at the invitation of the Essex County Council, the school moved to the suburb of Loughton.[ citation needed ]
The school continued as a two-form entry boys' grammar school until 1980. In that year Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother made her second visit to the school, to celebrate 300 years since its founding. The school returned to co-educational status and developed as a Christian Ecumenical School for 1,000 girls and boys. The school also gained specialist status as a Language College and a Sports College.
The school converted to academy status on 1 April 2011.
Davenant students appeared on Channel 4's Teens programme in 2015. [1]
The school has been on four rugby tours so far; Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and South America. On the tour to South Africa the team won 3 matches out of 5; while on this tour Davenant played a team which came from the local townships. The Canada tour in 1994 was more successful as all 5 games were won.
The school was the start and end point for the 2017 London–Edinburgh–London cycle ride.
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