Appleton School
The Appleton School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Croft Road, Benfleet, Essex, England. It currently accommodates 1,600 students from school years 7 to 13, and roughly 100 teachers.
| The Appleton School | |
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| Address | |
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Croft Road , , SS7 5RN | |
| Coordinates | 51°33′48″N 0°33′11″E |
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| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Achieving Excellence |
| Established | 1965 |
| Department for Education URN | 136579 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1600 |
Buildings
The schools buildings are split into different sections, labelled as North Block/N Block, South Block/S Block, C Block, I Block, V Block, Tower Block and the Sixth Form Block. These typically have one or two subjects per section. For example, with Mathematics and Modern Foreign Languages in S Block, English in I Block, and Science in T Block floors T21-36. The Sixth Form block is mainly reserved for the students at the Sixth Form, providing them with their own IT room and eating area, however during lessons students from the main school can be taught in the classrooms there.
Overall Performance
The school generally has a positive reputation, which is reflected in the OFSTED rating of 'Good'. Additionally, the school has a positive history in their exam performance, with 80% of GCSE students receiving a grade 4 to 9, and 93% of their A-Level students receiving a grade A* to C in 2021.
The school has 100% of their Sixth Form pupils go to either Higher Education, Employment or a High-Level apprenticeship - 69% of these went to University.[1]
History
The school was built in 1962, and soon opened in 1965. The first headteacher of the school was Mr Edward Haines from its opening until his retirement in 1974. Since then there have been four other headteachers.
- William Lovegrove (1974-1991)
- Guy Naylor (1991-2004)
- Karen Kerridge (2004-2021)
- Sarah Cox (2021–Present)
The school was rated “outstanding“ in 2013 by Ofsted (a government school inspection agency) although this was later downgraded to “good” in 2019.