Broomfield School (Arnos Grove)
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History
Broomfield was originally named Arnos School was founded in 1938 at the school's current site and took on the senior pupils of Bowes School, which thus became exclusively a primary school. It later became a secondary modern schoolSecondary modern school
A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s, under the Tripartite System, and was designed for the majority of pupils - those who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination...
. Extensions were made to the original site in 1948, and 1957.
In 1960, Minchenden School took over the buildings in Fox Lane, Palmers Green
Palmers Green
Palmers Green is a place in the London Borough of Enfield. It is a suburban area situated 7.6 miles north of Charing Cross. Postally, it is in London N13...
that had been vacated by the move of Southgate County School
Southgate School
Southgate School is a state comprehensive secondary school in the London Borough of Enfield. It has approximately 1574 pupils.The school has Specialist Science Status. The school is situated just east of the Cat Hill roundabout of the A111 and A110, between Cockfosters and Oakwood tube stations...
to its current site in Sussex Way, Cockfosters
Cockfosters
Cockfosters is a suburb of North London, lying partly in the London Borough of Enfield and partly in the London Borough of Barnet. The counties of Hertfordshire and Middlesex respectively are still used in postal addresses.The name has been recorded as far back as 1524, and is thought to be either...
.
The Arnos School buildings were further extended in 1964, and 1966. It became a comprehensive school in 1967 with the feeder schools Bowes
Bowes Primary School
Bowes Primary School is a primary school with a nursery and a reception located between Stanley Road and Highworth Road on the North Circular Road section of Bowes Road in New Southgate in the London Borough of Enfield in North London.-History:...
, Garfield, Oakthorpe, Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic
Our Lady of Lourdes School (Arnos Grove)
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School is a primary school in The Limes Avenue, near Bowes Road, in Arnos Grove in the London Borough of Enfield. The school opened in 1971 . An ICT suite was built at the school in 2001, and the school won achievement awards from the DfES in 2001, 2002...
, and St. Michael's Church of England primary schools, and some further extensions were made in 1967, 1969, and 1972.
Broomfield School
In 1984, Arnos School and Minchenden School were merged to form a new school, located at the Arnos School premises, and named Broomfield School.Broomfield is still a comprehensive school
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
, and in 2008 received designation as a specialist Humanities college.
Since that time, Broomfield has grown into one of the largest Secondary Schools in the Borough of Enfield. One of the reasons for this is its location near the borders of the neighbouring boroughs of Haringey and Barnet.
In the OFSTED
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
inspection of October 2011 the school was judged to be inadequate and placed into special measures
Special measures
Special measures is a status applied by Ofsted and Estyn, the schools inspection agencies, to schools in England and Wales, respectively, when it considers that they fail to supply an acceptable level of education and appear to lack the leadership capacity necessary to secure improvements...
as the current school leadership and governors are deemed to not have the capacity to sufficiently improve it.