Stratford School

Stratford School
Address
Upton Lane Forest Gate , Greater London , E7 9PR England
Coordinates	51.5411°N 0.0235°E / 51.5411; 0.0235
Information
Type	Academy
Department for Education URN	136978 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Mr Andrew Seager
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Enrollment	897
Website	http://www.stratford.newham.sch.uk

Stratford School is a secondary academy school in Forest Gate in the London Borough of Newham, England. It has no sixth form.

Location

It is situated on Upton Lane (A114). Nearby to the west is the Newham College of Further Education, and further west is the site of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Opposite the school is West Ham Park.

History

Prior to the introduction of comprehensive schools it was known as Stratford Grammar School, prior to which it was West Ham Secondary School.

It became a sixth-form-entry comprehensive in 1972.

The school officially gained academy status on 1 August 2011. It gets GCSE results well above average.

Tradition

Before 2005 the school uniform consisted of purple blazers, however it changed in September 2005 to black. Each year group has colour-coded badges. Each pupil is also in one of six houses, Curie, Noether, Euler, Crick, Hawking, Berners-Lee; each denoted by a different colour stripe on their tie.

Notable former pupils

West Ham Secondary School

• Bryan Forbes, film star and director
• Ron Pickering, Olympic team coach and TV sports presenter - formerly also sports master at the school in the 1950s

Stratford Grammar School

• Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman since 2007 of the BBC Trust and Chief Executive from 1994-2001 of Birmingham City Council
• Alan Baker, mathematician involved with number theory and Professor of Pure Mathematics from 1974-2006 at the University of Cambridge
• Terry Smith, Chief of Collins Stewart since 2000 (became Tullett Prebon in 2006)

External links

• EduBase