Cheney School

Cheney School
Established 1797
Type Academy
Headteacher Rupert Moreton[1]
Location Cheney Lane
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX3 7QH
England
51°45′11″N 1°13′20″W / 51.752944°N 1.222168°W / 51.752944; -1.222168Coordinates: 51°45′11″N 1°13′20″W / 51.752944°N 1.222168°W / 51.752944; -1.222168
DfE URN 139146 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students 1470
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Website www.cheney.oxon.sch.uk

Cheney School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Headington, Oxford, England. It serves the Headington and East Oxford area as a destination for students from primary schools across the city.[2] The headteacher, Rupert Moreton, was appointed in 2017, replacing Jolie Kirby who now heads the Community School Alliance Trust, the multi-academy trust that runs Cheney.[1]

History

The foundation was around 1797. It then moved to New Inn Hall Street in 1901 under the name of Oxford Central Girls School. The building it occupied at that time is now part of St Peter's College of Oxford University. Eventually the school became Cheney Girls' School. The Junior Day Department of the Oxford Technical College moved to the same site under the name Cheney School, a separate, mixed secondary technical school. For four years, between 1957 and 1961 boys only were admitted (Cheney Boys School) after which girls were again admitted from 1962. Together they were usually known as Cheney Mixed. In 1972 the two schools merged to form the new mixed comprehensive school, Cheney School. In 2003, Cheney School changed from being upper school, for children aged 13 to 18, to a secondary school serving children aged 11 to 18, in the two tier system. In January 2013, the school become an academy.

Students

The school has around 1500 pupils, aged 11–18.

Colleges

In 2009 Cheney School adopted a house system. These are called colleges.

There are five colleges (with their colours in brackets):

  • Jesse Owens college (blue)
  • Isaac Newton college (purple)
  • Marie Curie college (red)
  • Jane Austen college (green)
  • Martin Luther King Jr. college (yellow)

The school formerly had a sixth college, Rosa Parks college (orange), which was removed in January 2016.

Specialist Status

When the UK government began awarding grants to schools specialising in areas of the curriculum, Cheney School decided to become a Language College. Using the grant money, they built a language computer laboratory and added extra in-classroom IT equipment.

Cheney School was awarded a second specialism and picked Student Leadership, which enables more "Student Leaders" (mostly in sports and languages), and concentrates primarily on the student voice.

Cheney School is host to and also partner organisation for the Iris Community Classics Centre which is founded and run by The Iris Project

Cheney School became the first school in the UK to host a museum working within the Arts Council Accreditation scheme, the Rumble Museum, in May 2015 [3].

Notable former students

Buildings

  • Chadwick (English, Art, PSHE, PE Offices)
  • Wainright (Maths, Science), school library, reception and medical room
  • Lane (History, Geography, Languages, RE)
  • John Brookes (DT, ICT, Business & Enterprise)
  • Russell (Science)
  • Music (Music)
  • Sports Hall/Gymnasium (PE)
  • Brighouse (Science, Maths)
  • Music is attached to the Assembly Hall and the Community Hall

The Brighouse building was opened in November 2016, and is named after Sir Tim Brighouse.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ofsted rates Cheney School in Oxford 'good' after inspection". Oxford Mail. 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. ↑ "Cheney School catchment area" (PDF). Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14489367.Cheney_School_to_become_Oxford__39_s_newest_museum/
  4. ↑ "Biography of Danny Dorling" (PDF). Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "New science block at Cheney School will inspire next generation". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 27 February 2017.


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