Drayton Manor High School
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Drayton Manor High School, formerly Drayton Manor Grammar School, is a comprehensive school
located in Hanwell
, Ealing
, England
. The current headteacher is Sir Pritpal Singh. The school is a specialist Humanities College
. Its emblem is a phoenix rising from a crown with the legend 'Nec Aspera Terrent', which means 'Hardships do not deter us'. The school's colours are navy, purple and yellow.
. Ealing Council had accused the school of discriminating against children living in poorer areas by only admitting those that lived close to the school.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
located in Hanwell
Hanwell
Hanwell is a town situated in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, between Ealing and Southall. The motto of Hanwell Urban District Council was Nec Aspera Terrent...
, Ealing
Ealing
Ealing is a suburban area of west London, England and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Ealing. It is located west of Charing Cross and around from the City of London. It is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically a rural village...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The current headteacher is Sir Pritpal Singh. The school is a specialist Humanities College
Humanities College
Humanities Colleges were introduced in 2004 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, humanities. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Humanities...
. Its emblem is a phoenix rising from a crown with the legend 'Nec Aspera Terrent', which means 'Hardships do not deter us'. The school's colours are navy, purple and yellow.
Court Case
On October 28, 2008, Drayton Manor High School successfully contested a ruling in the High CourtHigh Court of Justice
The High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales...
. Ealing Council had accused the school of discriminating against children living in poorer areas by only admitting those that lived close to the school.
Timeline
- 1930 Opened as Drayton Manor County Grammar School
- 1975 Became a Comprehensive SchoolComprehensive schoolA comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
- 1992 Grant-maintainedGrant-maintained schoolGrant-maintained schools were state schools in England and Wales between 1988 and 1998 that had opted out of local government control, being funded directly by a grant from central government...
- 1998 Foundation schoolFoundation schoolIn England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in community schools....
- 2000 BeaconBeacon SchoolBeacon School was a government designation awarded to outstanding primary and secondary schools in England and Wales from 1998 to August 2005. The Beacon Schools programme identified schools that were examples of good practice and funded those schools to enable them to build partnerships with each...
status - 2003 Leading Edge School
- 2006 75th Anniversary
- 2007/8 became a Humanities Specialist school
- 2011 become an academy
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