Lampton School
Encyclopedia
Lampton School is a comprehensive secondary school, located in Hounslow
, Middlesex
, England
.
, Leading Edge
, and training school
which currently has around 1,350 students on roll. Lampton borders the A4 Great West Road
in Hounslow, and is next to Lampton Park and Hounslow Civic Centre. This is about one mile west of Spring Grove, and a mile south of the M4
near Heston
. Osterley Park
is a mile to the north-east.
Its ethnic mix reflects that of the local area, with most students being of Indian subcontinental
heritage. That said, the school contains a wide range of ethnicities, including (but not limited to) White British
, Pakistan
i and Somali
, and around 30% of students receive free school meals.
Lampton also offers a 6th Form for pupils aged 16 and over, which takes the majority of its intake from Lampton GCSE students, but is also open to applicants from outside the school.
The current headteacher is Dame Susan John, who received her Damehood in the 2011 New Year's Honours List
. She is supported by three deputy heads - Norman Lawrence (pastoral
), Susan Casey (curriculum
) and Ray Whyms (estates, buildings, ICT
).
The school gained its Humanities Specialist status in 2003, a designation which enabled the building of the Language and Learning Zone (LLZ), a multi-media and ICT
suite situated at the western end of the Spring Grove building.
inspection, in 2008, found the school to be "outstanding".
The school's GCSE results are broadly average, although given the local area, Contextual Value Added
at the school is exceptionally good.
The school has in recent years, achieved above average results at both GCSE and A-Level.
Hounslow
Hounslow is the principal town in the London Borough of Hounslow. It is a suburban development situated 10.6 miles west south-west of Charing Cross. It forms a post town in the TW postcode area.-Etymology:...
, Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Admissions
Lampton is a Humanities Specialist SchoolHumanities College
Humanities Colleges were introduced in 2004 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, humanities. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Humanities...
, Leading Edge
Leading Edge Partnership
The Leading Edge Partnership programme is an educational scheme organised by the Department for Children, Schools and Families in the United Kingdom. It was introduced in 2005 as a programme for High Performing Specialist Schools, a designation launched in 2004....
, and training school
Training school
For a juvenile correctional facility, see youth detention center-----A training school is an official designation, awarded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, to schools in England that provide exceptional facilities for in-service and work experience training of teachers...
which currently has around 1,350 students on roll. Lampton borders the A4 Great West Road
Great West Road
The Great West Road may refer to:*A4 road from London to Bath and Bristol, England*The Golden Mile in West London, part of the above*Great West Road, Zambia...
in Hounslow, and is next to Lampton Park and Hounslow Civic Centre. This is about one mile west of Spring Grove, and a mile south of the M4
M4 motorway
The M4 motorway links London with South Wales. It is part of the unsigned European route E30. Other major places directly accessible from M4 junctions are Reading, Swindon, Bristol, Newport, Cardiff and Swansea...
near Heston
Heston
Heston is a place in the London Borough of Hounslow, west London. It is a suburban development area, based on a former farming village west south-west of Charing Cross.-History:...
. Osterley Park
Osterley Park
Osterley Park is a mansion set in a large park of the same name. It is in the London Borough of Hounslow, part of the western suburbs of London. When the house was built it was surrounded by rural countryside. It was one of a group of large houses close to London which served as country retreats...
is a mile to the north-east.
Its ethnic mix reflects that of the local area, with most students being of Indian subcontinental
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent, also Indian Subcontinent, Indo-Pak Subcontinent or South Asian Subcontinent is a region of the Asian continent on the Indian tectonic plate from the Hindu Kush or Hindu Koh, Himalayas and including the Kuen Lun and Karakoram ranges, forming a land mass which extends...
heritage. That said, the school contains a wide range of ethnicities, including (but not limited to) White British
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i and Somali
Somali people
Somalis are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family...
, and around 30% of students receive free school meals.
Lampton also offers a 6th Form for pupils aged 16 and over, which takes the majority of its intake from Lampton GCSE students, but is also open to applicants from outside the school.
The current headteacher is Dame Susan John, who received her Damehood in the 2011 New Year's Honours List
2011 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 2011, principally for the United Kingdom but also the Commonwealth Realms, were announced on 31 December 2010 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2011....
. She is supported by three deputy heads - Norman Lawrence (pastoral
Pastoral
The adjective pastoral refers to the lifestyle of pastoralists, such as shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasturage. It also refers to a genre in literature, art or music that depicts such shepherd life in an...
), Susan Casey (curriculum
Curriculum
See also Syllabus.In formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults...
) and Ray Whyms (estates, buildings, ICT
Information and communication technologies
Information and communications technology or information and communication technology, usually abbreviated as ICT, is often used as an extended synonym for information technology , but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of...
).
History
Lampton School was formerly known as Spring Grove Grammar School, a grammar school before being converted to a comprehensive.The school gained its Humanities Specialist status in 2003, a designation which enabled the building of the Language and Learning Zone (LLZ), a multi-media and ICT
Information and communication technologies
Information and communications technology or information and communication technology, usually abbreviated as ICT, is often used as an extended synonym for information technology , but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of...
suite situated at the western end of the Spring Grove building.
Academic performance
The last OFSTEDOfsted
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, in 2008, found the school to be "outstanding".
The school's GCSE results are broadly average, although given the local area, Contextual Value Added
Contextual value added
Contextual value added is a statistic used by the government of the United Kingdom to assess the performance of schools.The statistic is intended to show the progress children have made whilst attending a particular school...
at the school is exceptionally good.
The school has in recent years, achieved above average results at both GCSE and A-Level.
Prime Minister's Global Fellowship
The school has a good record of students attaining places on the prestigious Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme. The school achieved its first student in the inaugural year of the programme, 2008, and in 2009 had 2 more successful applicants.Alumni
- Hammasa KohistaniHammasa KohistaniHammasa Kohistani is a British model, who became the first Muslim beauty contestant to be crowned Miss England in 2005. She was crowned at the age of 18, following a two-day competition at Liverpool's Olympia Theatre on 3 September 2005, and was chosen from 40 contestants...
, became Miss EnglandMiss EnglandThe Miss England competition is an annual beauty pageant targeted at young females aged 17–24 years living in England. Entrants must hold a British passport to enter....
in 2005 - Owais ShahOwais ShahOwais Alam Shah is an English cricketer. A middle-order batsman, he played for Middlesex between 1996-2010, before joining Essex CCC in the winter of 2010. He has represented England in all forms of the games.Between 2001 and 2009, he played 71 ODIs and 17 Twenty20 Internationals...
, cricketer - Steven CaulkerSteven CaulkerSteven Roy Caulker is an English under-21 international footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Swansea City on loan from Tottenham Hotspur....
, footballer - Joe MillerJoe MillerJoe Miller was an English actor, who first appeared in the cast of Sir Robert Howard's Committee at Drury Lane in 1709 as Teague....
, Labour Party officer and 2010 election representative of former Labour MP for Brentford and Isleworth, Ann Keen.
Spring Grove Grammar School
- James Hughes, Chief Executive from 1983-4 of Johnson MattheyJohnson MattheyJohnson Matthey plc is multinational chemicals and precious metals company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.-History:...
, and President from 1972-3 of the Institute of MetalsInstitute of Materials, Minerals and MiningThe Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining is a major UK engineering institution whose activities encompass the whole materials cycle, from exploration and extraction, through characterisation, processing, forming, finishing and application, to product recycling and land reuse... - Robert Gurth HughesRobert Gurth HughesRobert Gurth Hughes was a British Conservative Party politician from 1980-97.In 1980 Hughes was elected to the Greater London Council representing Croydon Central, serving until 1986....
, Conservative MP from 1987-97 for Harrow West, and Chief Executive of the Association of Optometrists, since 2005.