Eastbury Community School
Eastbury Community School is a community secondary school with a sixth form in the east London Borough of Barking & Dagenham.
| Eastbury Community School | |
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Hulse Ave , IG11 9UW England | |
| Coordinates | 51.54107°N 0.09007°E |
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| Type | Community secondary |
| Established | 1931 |
| Local authority | Barking and Dagenham |
| Department for Education URN | 101244 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chair of Governors | Mr R Patient |
| Head teacher | Mr D Dickson ( Overall ) Ms A Raymond (Primary) |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 3 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 2000+ |
| Website | http://www.eastbury.bardaglea.org.uk/ |
History
Eastbury Secondary School was founded at Dawson Ave in 1931. After the implementation of the tripartite system, it became a secondary modern. It merged with South East Essex Secondary Technical School in 1970 and moved to Rosslyn Road to become Eastbury Comprehensive School when the scheme was abolished.[1]
The school has been renamed to Eastbury Community School because a new primary school has been built inside a secondary school, which took over almost half of the Eastbury's playground. The primary school could take more than 1 or 2 years to come to fruition. In addition, the student population is expected to rise to over 2000, making it of the biggest schools in Barking and Dagenham.
Campus
The school once covered two locations, a "lower" site in Rosslyn Road, accommodating Years 7-8 and, an "upper" site in Dawson Avenue, for Years 9-13. Eastbury merged the two sites so that it is now solely based in Rosslyn Road, alluding to extensions of the site, modernised buildings and facilities and a general 'revamp' of the premises. Eastbury also has a Sixth Form Centre. In 2006, Eastbury became a Secondary School specialising in Mathematics and Information Communication Technology.
The lower site was used to film the BBC children's TV drama M.I. High.
Use of technology
The school's Sixth Form is the only one in London to have a Cisco Networking Academy.
In 2010 the school was the first in Barking and Dagenham to introduce a cashless payment system using a contactless smart card. The Street Base Connect Card also gives access to youth, health, leisure and library services.[2]
Notable former pupils
- Ian and Jamie McNaughton, members of the Britain's Got Talent-winning dance troupe Diversity, left the school in 1999 and 2001 respectively.
- Sara Pascoe, comedian.
- Bobby Moore, the former England and West Ham United Captain also attended the school, and was on the school teams for both football and cricket.
- John Terry, professional footballer who plays for and captains Chelsea.
- Yunus Musah, professional football player who plays for Valencia CF.
References
- "Borough Archives - School Records" (PDF). LBBD Archives.
- "Swipe card success sees rise in free school meals". Yellow Advertiser, cited at Trust-e.co.uk. 26 May 2010. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
