The Charter School North Dulwich

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The Charter School North Dulwich
Address
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Red Post Hill Dulwich London , SE24 9JH England
Coordinates	51°27′23″N 0°05′21″W / 51.45641°N 0.08927°W / 51.45641; -0.08927Coordinates: 51°27′23″N 0°05′21″W / 51.45641°N 0.08927°W / 51.45641; -0.08927
Information
Type	Academy
Established	2000
Department for Education URN	131812 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Christian Hicks
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1269
Houses	Pankhurst, Frank, Seacole, Turing, Mandella, King
Colour(s)	Blue, Yellow and White
Website	charternorthdulwich.org.uk

The Charter School North Dulwich (formerly The Charter School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Dulwich area of the London Borough of Southwark, England.^[1]

The Charter School was born out of a need of the local community for the government to provide a good state secondary school in the Dulwich area, due in part to the high concentration of private schools in the area (James Allen's Girls' School, or JAGS; Alleyns; and Dulwich College).^{[citation needed]}. The name of the school was taken from the "Parents Charter" introduced by the Government in 1991 to extend parental choice and raise standards.

The school occupies a site on Red Post Hill next to North Dulwich railway station and nearby Herne Hill, formerly inhabited by Dulwich High School for Boys and before that William Penn Secondary School. The old buildings underwent major renovation before opening, modernising them to construct a school for the new millennium. Additions, notably the sports hall and ball courts were also made. The school was opened in September 2000 by the first headteacher of the school, Pam Bowmaker OBE, who welcomed the first 180 students to join the school in Year 7. Pam Bowmaker was asked to be the first headteacher due to her outstanding work in other schools.^{[citation needed]}

She retired as a headteacher in July 2005 when the school had received its first set of GCSE results, and was succeeded by Chris Bowler in September 2005 (who then led the school to an Outstanding grading in its 2007 Ofsted inspection), before being replaced by former Deputy Headteacher David Sheppard (who was well respected by parents and pupils^{[citation needed]}) in September 2008. David Sheppard improved behaviour at the school and led it to an Outstanding Ofsted award in 2008. David Sheppard was replaced by the next headteacher from 2014, Christ Hicks.

In 2016 The Charter School Trust opened another secondary school nearby named The Charter School East Dulwich. The Charter School was then renamed The Charter School North Dulwich.

The school has just over 1,250 pupils on its roll from Year 7 to Year 13.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• The Charter School North Dulwich website

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