Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys, Greenwich

Borough: Greenwich
Address: Hutchins Road
Town: Thamesmead
Postcode: SE28 8AT
Phone: 020 8310 7000
Fax: 0208 310 6464
Email: enquiries@woolwichpoly.greenwich.sch.uk
Website: Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys
Nearest tube or station: train Station: Abbey Wood

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Since January 2001 the school has experienced massive change. We have achieved a great deal in that time and our hard work has paid off in many ways. The challenges we faced at that time were many and varied;

The first priority for us was to appoint staff to fill the 15 vacancies ( the full teaching complement at the time was around 50).
We faced a budgetary deficit of around £250k
We faced the loss of post 16 education at the school
We faced the challenge of 5 years of expansion
We faced the challenge of a major new build
We faced the challenge of raising attainment in the new inclusion context

The school is now, five and a half years on, in good shape as verified by Ofsted and others. We are fully staffed (around 100 teaching and 50 support staff) and have achieved the best exam results ever. We have managed the expansion from 850 to 1300 and retained a post 16 cohort throughout.

Having made these hard won gains the school needs to refocus on the priorities for our enlarged community.

We want the school to become outstanding for learning and teaching. It will be obvious that we will need to become far more systematic in our enlarged school where we cannot expect to communicate effectively without clear lines. These lines must be clear and the process consistently applied throughout the organisation at every level.

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