Drapers' Academy

Drapers' Academy
Address
Settle Road Romford , Greater London , RM3 9XR England
Information
Established	September 2010
Chair	Major General Adrian Lyons
Principal	Matthew Slater
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 19
Enrollment	550 with a target to rise to 1100
Website	http://www.drapersacademy.com/

Drapers' Academy is a secondary school in Harold Hill near Romford, Greater London. It is the first academy in the London Borough of Havering.

It was established in September 2010 under the joint sponsorship of the Drapers' Company and Queen Mary, University of London. It is located on the site of the former King's Wood School. Its future was thrown into doubt on 7 July 2010 by the government's announcement of cuts to the national school building programme, but after reconsideration was given approval on 6 August.

For two years the Academy occupied one of the original King's Wood buildings while the new buildings were being constructed and the extensive 23 acre grounds re-landscaped. This work is now completed and the new buildings opened on 3 September 2012. HM The Queen officially opened the buildings on 26 October 2012.

The Academy is designed to be a 'Harold Hill School for Harold Hill Families' and provides every pupil with the best opportunities to meet their potential. The Academy specialisms are science and mathematics but a broad syllabus is taught. A sixth form has now opened.

The Academy's intention to raise academic standards reached a major milestone this year when the GCSE results for 5 GCSEs A*-C including English and Maths was 63%, a major leap from the 36% a year earlier. This increase of 27% probably makes it the fastest improving school in England this year. Previously the secondary school on Harold Hill had been at the bottom of the London Borough of Havering league tables, it is now at the LB Havering average.

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• Drapers' Academy