Coopers School

Coopers School is a mixed secondary school with academy status located in the suburb of Chislehurst in the London Borough of Bromley.,[1] and the current Head of School is Claire Bessa.[3]

Coopers School
Address
Hawkwood Lane

Chislehurst
,
London
,
BR7 5PS

England
Information
TypeAcademy, all ability[1]
MottoCreating a better future, today
Established1939 (1939)[2]
Department for Education URN136464 Tables
OfstedReports
ChairAndrew Downes[3]
Head Of SchoolClaire Bessa[1]
Staff96 qualified teachers in 2010[4]
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,357[5]
Capacity1,629[5]
Houses  Franklin
  Wilberforce
  Newton
  Pankhurst
Websitecoopersschool.com

The school shares a site with the community special school Marjorie McClure.[5] The site is on land between Chislehurst Common and the National Trust's Hawkwood Estate, an area of working farmland and woodland,[6] and is above the Chislehurst Caves.

As of 2013 the school had some 1,357 students,[5] of whom approximately 200 were in the sixth form.[7]

The school was inspected by Ofsted in 2009 and rated good with outstanding capacity for sustained improvement.[8]

History

The school was first established in 1939 as the Sidcup Day Commercial School, with headmistress Miss Scorrer.[9] After World War II, in 1946, a second site linked to the Sidcup school was established at Hawkwood Lane, Chislehurst. The new school eventually became known as the Chislehurst and Sidcup Technical High School for Girls and in 1949 Mary Anderson was appointed head teacher.[2]

By 1969 the Chislehurst site had been further developed, with several new buildings, and two schools split. The Chislehurst school became Coopers School, named after the Coopers Mansion House which stood on the site.[10][11] The house is still standing, and has recently been refurbished to become the school's sixth form centre. In 1969 later the school accepted its first intake of 37 boys.[2]

In 1981 the school became an all-ability comprehensive school. The school became a specialist Technology College in 2002, and was renamed Coopers Technology College.[12][13] In February 2012 the school converted to an academy.[5] It subsequently renamed itself Coopers School.

Achievements

The school won a national award for ICT in 2006, for using computers to improve the way in which it is run.[14] The school's website allows extensive interactive access to school information by staff, students, parents and governors through its learning gateway.[1]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Coopers Technology College". Coopers School. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  2. Scott Mullins (31 March 2009). "Coopers Technology College in Hawkwood Lane celebrates 70th birthday". News Shopper. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  3. "Interim Representative Body" (PDF). Coopers School. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  4. "Coopers Technology College on education.gov.uk". UK Government. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  5. "Ofsted destails". Ofsted. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  6. "National Trust Petts Wood and Hawkwood". National Trust. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  7. "Coopers Sixth Form". Coopers School. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  8. Bill Stoneham (2 December 2009). Ofsted Inspection Report (PDF) (Report). Ofsted. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  9. "Reunion to celebrate 70th school anniversary". Bexley Times. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  10. "Coopers House". Chislehurst Society. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  11. Webb, E.A.; Miller, G.W. (1899). The History of Chislehurst: Its Church, Manors, and Parish. Beckwith, J. G. Allen.
  12. "Better science at tech college". News Shopper. 12 July 2002. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  13. "Coopers Technology College on educationbase.co.uk". educationbase.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  14. "School joins IT crowd with prize win". News Shopper. 15 March 2006. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

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