Haggerston School
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| type = Academy
| trust = Community Schools Trust
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| head_label = Headteacher
| head = Ciara Emmerson
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| address = Weymouth Terrace
| location = Haggerston
| city = London
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| country = England
| postcode = E2 8LS
| local_authority = Hackney
| ofsted = yes
| urn = 149901
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| enrolment = 1,023 {{As of|2023|08|lc=on}}
| gender = Coeducational
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
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| colours = Green 🟩
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| website = http://www.haggerston.hackney.sch.uk/
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Haggerston School (previously Haggerston Girls' School) is a secondary school and sixth form located in Weymouth Terrace in Haggerston, London Borough of Hackney, England.http://www.haggerston.hackney.sch.uk/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} The school is noteworthy and of historic importance in the East End of London as a Grade II listed building, being built in 1964–65 by Ernő Goldfinger, the celebrated modernist architect.
Initially only for girls, in September 2010 Haggerston became a coeducational school with its own sixth form.
Previously a community School administered by Hackney London Borough Council,{{cite web | url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/100277 | title=Haggerston School - GOV.UK }} in September 2023 Haggerston School converted to academy status.{{cite web | url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/149901 | title=Haggerston School - GOV.UK }} The school is now sponsored by the Community Schools Trust.https://www.communityschoolstrust.org/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
History
In 2006, pupils, parents and teachers protested outside the gates against the Hackney Schools Organising
Committee (SOC) plans to make the school a
A major refurbishment of the school buildings was completed in 2012.{{cite web | url=https://haggerston.hackney.sch.uk/#:~:text=School | title=Homepage }}
Architecture
Haggerston School is the only secondary school in the United Kingdom to be designed by internationally regarded architect, Ernő Goldfinger, who studied under Auguste Perret in Paris. Goldfinger's work is unique in Britain in that it combines the influences of Perret, one of the first architects to develop the use of concrete aesthetically, with detailing and forms derived from Le Corbusier. Goldfinger knew both architects personally. The elevations of the school follow the mathematical proportions of the Golden Section and it includes a double-height circulation spine with balcony. The school is distinctive stand out in the East End of London for the large amount of timber used in the construction and contains some of Goldfinger's boldest and most handsome public interiors including bush hammered concrete and coffered ceilings in the entrance and hall block.
On the same site is the School House (1964–65), and it shares a Grade II listing. The School House was designed by Ernő Goldfinger as an integral part of the school itself. The House illustrates Goldfinger's skill for adapting his interest in the use of tough materials, like dark brick and concrete, and refining them for use on a domestic scale with skilful use of proportions.
Notable alumni
- Ivorian Doll, rapper and internet personality
- Patsy Palmer, actress and DJ
- Maddy Hill, actress{{cn|date=June 2024}}
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061209060026/http://www.culture.gov.uk/Reference_library/Press_notices/archive_2003/dcms104_2003.htm Dept. of Culture press release 2003] accessed 6 Dec 2006
- Warburton, Nigel. Ernő Goldfinger: The Life of an Architect (Routledge, 2004) {{ISBN|0-415-25853-7}}.
External links
- [http://www.haggerston.hackney.sch.uk/ Haggerston School website]
{{Schools and colleges in Hackney}}
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Category:Modernist architecture in London
Category:Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Hackney
Category:School buildings completed in 1965
Category:Secondary schools in the London Borough of Hackney
Category:Grade II listed educational buildings
Category:Ernő Goldfinger buildings
Category:Academies in the London Borough of Hackney