Brampton Manor School
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Brampton Manor Academy is a multi-cultural comprehensive secondary school situated in East Ham
, east London and has around 1600 students and over 100 staff. Brampton Manor is the second biggest school in Newham. It was awarded specialist status as an Arts College
.
The school's current headteacher is Dr Olukoshi. His predecessor was Neil Berry, son of the late one time Manchester United
footballer Johnny Berry
.
academy. There is also a new Media/Art suite, with a chill out area and huge Media rooms for both performing, recording and Dance use.
Planning has finished to convert the east side of the school to make it look like the west side, as the school ran out of money nine years ago when they were designing it.
East Ham
East Ham is a suburban district of London, England, and part of the London Borough of Newham. It is a built-up district located 8 miles east-northeast of Charing Cross...
, east London and has around 1600 students and over 100 staff. Brampton Manor is the second biggest school in Newham. It was awarded specialist status as an Arts College
Arts College
Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...
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The school's current headteacher is Dr Olukoshi. His predecessor was Neil Berry, son of the late one time Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
footballer Johnny Berry
Johnny Berry
Reginald John "Johnny" Berry was an English football player. Berry joined Manchester United from Birmingham City in 1951. He was a natural right winger, with technique and pace as his strengths. He played 277 matches for Manchester United, scoring 44 goals along the way, including helping...
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Uniform
The Brampton Manor uniform consists of the following:- White polo shirt with logo (red polo shirt with logo for prefects)
- Navy blue jumper with logo (red jumper with logo for prefects)
- Navy blue trousers, skirts or religious dresses
- Black shoes only
- Navy blue headscarves
- Black, navy blue or white hair accessories (hair accessories must be subtle)
P.E Uniform
- Navy blue polo shirt for girls PE with logo
- Navy blue polo shirt for boys PE with logo
- Navy blue shorts for PE with logo for boys
- Navy blue shorts for PE with logo for girls or brampton PE trousers
Future plans
- To convert the School into a sixth form
- To transform school buildings and learning environment
Renovation projects
A new sports hall was built and the old sports hall has been turned into a drama studio with a theatre at the front as Brampton Manor is now a specialist performing artsPerforming arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
academy. There is also a new Media/Art suite, with a chill out area and huge Media rooms for both performing, recording and Dance use.
Planning has finished to convert the east side of the school to make it look like the west side, as the school ran out of money nine years ago when they were designing it.
Notable alumni
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