Robert Clack School

Robert Clack School
Motto Forti Difficile Nihil (For the brave, nothing is difficult) Latin
Established 1955
Type Community school
Headteacher Russell Taylor
Deputy heads Steve Richardson, Steve O'Brien, Richard Spandl, Tony Roe
Location Gosfield Road (upper site); Green Lane (lower site)
Dagenham
Greater London
RM8 1JU/RM8 1AL
England
51°33′42″N 0°08′44″E / 51.5618°N 0.14565°E / 51.5618; 0.14565Coordinates: 51°33′42″N 0°08′44″E / 51.5618°N 0.14565°E / 51.5618; 0.14565
Local authority Barking and Dagenham
DfE URN 101245 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Website Robert Clack School homepage

Robert Clack School is a comprehensive school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham[1]

Russell Taylor is the Acting Headteacher of Robert Clack School. Mr Taylor is a former pupil of the school and joined the teaching staff in 2002. As the Senior Deputy Head from 2008 until August 2017, Mr Taylor worked closely with the former Headmaster, Sir Paul Grant, who took over the school in 1997 when it was a failing school with cause for concern from the LEA and the council.[2][3]

There are a number of notable people that have attended the school. These include boxing champion Nicky Cook, Bradford City striker Aaron McLean and British Eurovision singer Sandie Shaw.

The school is home to the United Kingdom's largest school council, with over 120 members who actively participate in policy making, welcoming visitors, conducting events and other aspect of school life as well as assisting senior management in making decisions. The school and its council have been rated by Ofsted as "Outstanding" for four consecutive years. In 2009 Ofsted highlighted it as one of 12 outstanding schools serving disadvantaged communities.[4]

The Robert Clack Technical School opened in 1955 and was named after the former Mayor of the borough of Dagenham who died in 1953. In 1970 it amalgamated with the Triptons Secondary Modern School and became the Robert Clack Comprehensive School. The school is split into two sites: the Lower School (formerly Triptons Secondary Modern) and the Upper School (formerly Robert Clack Technical School). The school is heavily oversubscribed accommodating just over 1,900 students. In September 2015 it was revealed that Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council were considering asking Robert Clack School to significantly expand to accommodate 2,500 pupils, which would make the Robert Clack the biggest secondary school in England.[5]

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20081121124231/http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/1-schools/right-secondary-school/robert-clack.html. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "Login". timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "BBC NEWS - UK - Honours for Lee, Faldo and Delia". bbc.co.uk.
  4. ↑ Twelve outstanding secondary schools - Excelling against the odds Archived 2011-11-28 at the Wayback Machine., Ofsted, 24 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  5. ↑ "Dagenham school with 2,500 pupils could be country's biggest". BBC News. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
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