Marshalls Park Academy

Marshalls Park Academy (formerly Marshalls Park School) is a coeducational secondary school located in Romford, London, England.[1]

Marshalls Park Academy
Address
Petits Lane Romford , London , RM1 4EH England
Coordinates	51°35′23″N 0°11′02″E
Information
Type	Academy
Local authority	Havering
Trust	South West Essex Community Education Trust
Department for Education URN	144094 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Neil Frost
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	993
Website	http://www.marshallspark.org.uk/

History

In January 2006, Marshalls Park School was granted Performing Arts College Specialist Status. It was also awarded the ICT Mark, given to schools that can demonstrate good use of ICT across the curriculum. The award was presented at the BETT show on 12 January 2006 at Olympia.

In 2016, Ofsted marked the school as "Requires Improvement".

Previously a foundation school administered by Havering London Borough Council, in April 2017 Marshalls Park School converted to academy status and was renamed Marshalls Park Academy. The school is now sponsored by the South West Essex Community Education Trust.

In 2020, Ofsted marked the school as "Good".

Departments

Academic departments at the school include Art, Business Studies, Dance, Drama, Design and Technology, English, Geography, History, ICT , Modern Foreign Languages, PE, Music, Dance, RE, Science, Statistics, Film Studies, Food and Catering.

Notable former pupils

• Michael Adebolajo, terrorist and killer of Soldier Lee Rigby in 2013.[2]
• Ray Parlour, former professional football player for Arsenal and England.
• Ethan Payne ("Behzinga"), YouTuber, member of the Sidemen currently has 4.25 million subscribers [3][4][5]
• Dan Potts, footballer
• Andrew Rosindell, Member of Parliament (MP) for Romford.[6]

References

1. http://www.marshallspark.org.uk/
2. "Lee Rigby murder: Michael Adebolajo was a 'good-natured' boy at".
3. From Bingo to Behzinga | Marshalls Park Academy
4. English Schools' Football Association (ESFA) - News 2016-2017
5. West Ham star Michail Antonio delights Marshalls Park pupils during visit | Romford Recorder
6. Alwakeel, Ramzy. "Romford MP Andrew Rosindell visits his old school, Marshalls Park".