Stanley Park High School

Stanley Park High School(SPHS)
Motto Igniting a passion for learning.
Type Community School
Religion Multi Religions allowed
President NIL
Headmaster Amit Amin
Location Damson Way
Carshalton
Greater London
SM5 3HP
England, United Kingdom
51°21′21″N 0°09′31″W / 51.35596°N 0.15858°W / 51.35596; -0.15858Coordinates: 51°21′21″N 0°09′31″W / 51.35596°N 0.15858°W / 51.35596; -0.15858
Local authority Sutton
DfE URN 103003 Tables
Students 1100
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Houses Carew, Beeches, Oaks, Wandle,
Website Stanley Park

Stanley Park High School (SPHS) is a mixed government funded school in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton, England.[1]

In 2012, the school moved to a brand new £35m state of the art building in Damson Way, having previously been located in an older building on Stanley Park. It won the 2012 London Design Award for new build at the Education Business Award.[2]

The latest OFSTED inspection, from July 2013, rates the school with 'Requires Improvement' - although teaching, leadership and behaviour were rated 'Good'.

In 2014, teachers leading a school trip were accused of "fighting in front of the children and shouting offensive comments at each other". One parent reported that "There was another girl who wasn't very well on the trip and they couldn't find the teacher who had their medication because they had gone drinking". The school claimed that it had carried out a "thorough and detailed investigation".[3]

The school was named the "Best Secondary School" in the country in the Times Educational Supplement (TES) 2016 Awards.[4] TES described the school as having achieved "remarkable outcomes for its student body by focusing on igniting their passion for learning." The judges were "impressed by the creative, ambitious and supportive culture fostered at Stanley Park". They noted: "At a time of huge pressure on schools, the submission from Stanley Park High made it obvious that the welfare and wellbeing of the children comes above anything else."[5]

However, by 2018, the school had been listed as one of "England's worst schools" in the Daily Mirror, based on Department for Education data.[6]

In this school, there is a further sub-division into 4 mini schools; Trade, Performance, World and Horizon. On entry, students are placed in one of the four mini-schools, with each one containing an equal mix of girls and boys, as well as an equal spread of pupil ability levels.[7]

The school introduced a compulsory numberplate scheme for student cyclists in September 2018 which attracted widespread criticism. Olympian Chris Boardman said that the governors should step in, while Cycling UK described it as "part of a trend of head teachers trespassing on parental responsibilities".[8]. London Cycling Campaign described the measure as “bizarre” and “disproportionate”[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Stanley Park High School, BBC News, UK, 15 January 2004.
  2. ↑ London Borough of Sutton Press Release Feb 2013
  3. ↑ Duggan, Oliver (10 June 2014). "Teachers in a 'drunken brawl' on school trip to Barcelona". The Telegraph.
  4. ↑ Sutton Guardian
  5. ↑ Times Educational Supplement Archived 2016-06-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ O'Neill, Kara (25 Jan 2018). "England's worst schools revealed". Daily Mirror.
  7. ↑ "The Four Schools - Stanley Park". www.stanleyparkhigh.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  8. ↑ "Children to be banned from cycling to school without number plates". BBC News. 25 September 2018.
  9. ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bike-number-plate-licence-cycling-london-school-carshalton-stanley-park-high-a8554456.html
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