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Haverstock School

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| name = Haverstock School

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| motto = 'Always Learning'

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| type = Community school

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| head_label = Executive Headteacher

| head = Nicholas John[http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/school.pl?urn=100049 "School details"], Department for Education, 19 Sep 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013

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| address = 24 Haverstock Hill

| city = Chalk Farm

| county = London

| country = England

| postcode = NW3 2BQ

| local_authority = Camden

| urn = 100049

| ofsted = yes

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| enrolment = 1,252

| gender = Coeducational

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 19

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| publication = Haverstock News

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| website = http://www.haverstock.camden.sch.uk/

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Haverstock School (formerly Haverstock Comprehensive School and Haverstock Hill School), is a coeducational comprehensive secondary school and sixth form located on Haverstock Hill in Haverstock, London, England. It is opposite Chalk Farm Underground station, and bounded by Prince of Wales Road and Crogsland Road.

History

The original school buildings were completed by 1874.{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/buildingnewsengi27londuoft |title=Building News and Engineering Journal |date=1860–1920 |publisher=London |others=Robarts - University of Toronto}} The school later became a comprehensive after World War II.{{Cite web |title=Orders of the Day — Education (Comprehensive System and Grammar Schools) |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=1965-01-21a.413.1 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=TheyWorkForYou |language=en}}

The school is Camden's first private finance initiative (PFI) school and underwent a £21 million re-build in 2006.{{cite web | date = 27 February 2006 | title = State of the art school unveiled | url = http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/content/press/2006/february-2006/state-of-the-art-school-unveiled.en | publisher = Camden Council | access-date = 17 November 2013}}

Standards

An Ofsted inspection in 2008 resulted in a judgement of Good, and that of 2017 as requiring improvement.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} It then achieved a result of Good following a further inspection.

In 2018, 66% of students achieved a grade 4 (equivalent to the old C) in Maths and English—an improvement from the previous year's 31% result.{{Cite web|url=http://camdennewjournal.com/article/results-day-relief-for-gcse-students|title=Results day relief for GCSE students|website=Camden New Journal|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-01-23}}

Notable alumni

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.haverstock.camden.sch.uk/ }}
  • [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/oct/07/ed-miliband-haverstock-comprehensive-school "Ed Miliband's school, Haverstock, was hardly a model comprehensive"]
  • [https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tony-parsons-on-ed-miliband-i-have-seen-1362602 "Tony Parsons on Ed Miliband: I have seen his old comprehensive - and it shows why he is right to start a class war"]

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Category:Secondary schools in the London Borough of Camden

Category:Community schools in the London Borough of Camden