Haverstock School Business & Enterprise College
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Haverstock School, Business & Enterprise College (formerly Haverstock Comprehensive School), is a comprehensive school on Haverstock Hill in Haverstock, London, England. It is opposite Chalk Farm tube station, and bounded by Prince of Wales Road and Crogsland Road. Most students are from within the Camden Borough and many come from ethnic communities, mainly Somali, Jamaican and West-African.
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[edit] Admissions
It is for students aged 11 to 18. The school has been awarded Business and Enterprise College status and has been listed as one of the top 50 schools in the UK for improved attendance.[1]
[edit] History
The school is Camden's first Private Finance Initiative (PFI) school and underwent a £21m re-build in 2006.[2]
On site is the South Camden City Learning Centre.
The school was originally considered a failing school and most pupils came from poor families in the nearby Haverstock and Gospel Oak areas. Recently however, the school has become one of the most successful schools in Camden, and is a desirable school with rapidly dropping levels of violence and expulsion.
[edit] Academic performance
It gets high results at 16 and especially 18, getting the second highest GCSE results in Camden LEA.
[edit] Alumni
- David Miliband
- Ed Miliband.[3]
- Oona King
- Joe Cole
- John Duffy and David Mulcahy, serial killers
- Ben Wheatley
- Julian Doyle
- Marlon Harewood
- max newby
- Rubel Ahmed
[edit] References
- ^ "Business as usual for Haverstock pupils". Camden Council. 2004-01-09. http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/content/press/2004/september/business-as-usual-for-haverstock-pupils.en. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
- ^ "State of the art school unveiled". Camden Council. 2006-06-02. http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/content/press/2006/february-2006/state-of-the-art-school-unveiled.en. Retrieved on 2004-09-01.
- ^ Meet the new boy The Guardian, June 4, 2002
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