The Sydney Russell School
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| The Sydney Russell School | |
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| Address | |
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Parsloes Avenue , , RM9 5QT | |
| Coordinates | 51°32′54″N 0°08′00″E / 51.5483°N 0.1332°ECoordinates: 51°32′54″N 0°08′00″E / 51.5483°N 0.1332°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Established | 1935 |
| Local authority | Barking and Dagenham |
| Department for Education URN | 141683 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head Teacher | Mrs Janis Davies |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 4 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1667 |
| Former name | Dagenham County High School |
| Website | http://sydneyrussellschool.com/ |
The Sydney Russell School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Dagenham, London, England.[1]
Admissions[]
It is near the junction of the A124 and Porters Avenue (A1153). It is around two miles north of the Ford Dagenham plant.
History[]
Grammar school[]
One of the predecessor schools, which was established in 1935, was Dagenham County High School. That school had around five hundred boys and girls. It was built on the Becontree Estate, which had twenty-seven thousand houses. From 1965 it was administered by the London Borough of Barking.
Comprehensive[]
In a reorganisation in 1970, the buildings of the above-mentioned predecessor school became the location for a new comprehensive school, Parsloes Manor School.
Name change[]
In a reorganisation in 1990, the above-mentioned predecessor school amalgamated with two other local schools. The name of the new school formed was The Sydney Russell School, after Sydney Russell (1906-1988) a local Methodist minister who served as chair of the governors at the former Parsloes Manor Comprehensive School.
Academy[]
In February 2015 the school converted to Academy status.
Academic performance[]
The school gets above average results at GCSE, with the second best EBacc results in Barking & Dagenham.[2]
At A-level the school achieves the highest progress scores in the borough.[3]
Notable former pupils[]
Dagenham County High School[]
- Prof Roy Greenslade, Professor of Journalism at City University, Editor from 1990 of the Daily Mirror[4]
- Sidney Hinkes, pacifist
- Canon Eric James
- Peter Marshall CMG OBE, forensic seismologist at AWE Blacknest
- Dudley Moore CBE, pianist, organist and comedian
- Paul Speare, saxophonist for Dexys Midnight Runners
- Sir Kenneth Stowe CB CVO
- George Carey PC, FRSA, Former Archbishop of Canterbury
References[]
- The Guardian, 11 June 1976, page 7
- ^ "Sydney Russell School".
- ^ "All schools and colleges in Barking and Dagenham - GOV.UK". Find and compare schools in England.
- ^ "All schools and colleges in Barking and Dagenham - GOV.UK". Find and compare schools in England.
- ^ "Greenslade, Roy (1 of 9). Oral History of the British Press - Press and media - Oral history | British Library - Sounds". sounds.bl.uk.
External links[]
- Secondary schools in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
- Dagenham
- Educational institutions established in 1935
- 1935 establishments in England
- Academies in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham