Queens Park Community School
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Queens Park Community School (commonly abbreviated to QPCS) is a specialist Business and Enterprise
inner city comprehensive secondary school
and Sixth Form
in Queen's Park, North West London
, in the borough of Brent
, UK
.
on Salusbury Road near Brondesbury Park railway station
, which was founded by Yusuf Islam, which opened in 1983.
The school is located in a relatively middle class area of Brent, but many less affluent communities lie within its catchment area. Initially many parents held back from sending their children to the school but once the school began to achieve results heading towards the national averages, the school became heavily oversubscribed.
The school benefited from a brand new block funded through the millennium National Lottery
fund at an estimated cost of £34.3 million. The building of this block involved demolishing one of the existing buildings. The new building was officially opened by Ken Livingstone
with a plaque commemorating his visit. The school has been granted specialist school status in Business and Enterprise and also hosts a City Learning Centre (CLC) which contains state of the art ICT and music facilities. It has also secured additional funding through the government's Excellence in Cities programme, which provides resources for schools, to provide extended activities and work for gifted and talented pupils.
The QPCS City Learning Centre (CLC), as one of 105 CLCs built by the DfES throughout the country, is a separate centre built in the grounds of Queens Park Community School. It was completed in 2003. The CLC is equipped with a 'cyber centre' including ICT equipment, computer suites, video editing suite and a fully equipped recording studio.
Recently The CLC has developed a specialism in using ICT to support language acquisition for Key Stage 3 children who are new to Brent. The CLC also has an extensive out reach programme which supports learning though ICT in a range of areas at Key Stage 2 including systems and control and modern foreign languages.
bottom, with a red or black T-shirt featuring the school three trees logo,a red or black polo shirt with the three trees logo in small on the top left hand side, and a black tracksuit jumper. The design of the uniform was intended to be comfortable, attractive, practical, economical and one that students would enjoy wearing.
s in years 7-11. The letters are taken from the full name of the school. For example, year 9 would be the following:
9Q
9N
9P
9K
9C
9Y
9S
9L. The QPCS sixth form
(referred to as years 12 and 13) has less tutor groups than the rest of the school, due to having fewer students. Nevertheless, the same naming scheme is used.
.
At time of visit, Member of Parliament
for Brent East. He laid one of the key stones in the new school and also opened the new building.
Mastermind
Champion, visiting as former student.
Performance poet
through Rap
.
British politician, visited twice as a speaker to students.
Secretary of State for International Development
, Visited as a speaker to students.
Comedian
, Visited for thanking students over money raised for Comic Relief.
Lance Corporal
, Visited to tell his story to students.
with Richard and Judy
for its uniform which was seen as an 'original' idea for a uniform.
in which a retired teacher under the pseudonym 'Sylvia Thomas' returned undercover as a supply teacher after 30 years. Her stated objective was to show the 'chaos' which teachers must deal with in the modern classroom, although it is widely agreed that the main aim was simply to make a controversial and high rating television programme.
With the use of hidden cameras, she filmed chairs being thrown, pupils fighting in class and swearing at teachers and other such behaviour.
Business and Enterprise College
Business and Enterprise Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields...
inner city comprehensive secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
and Sixth Form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
in Queen's Park, North West London
London
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, in the borough of Brent
London Borough of Brent
In 1801, the civil parishes that form the modern borough had a total population of 2,022. This rose slowly throughout the 19th century, as the district became built up; reaching 5,646 in the middle of the century. When the railways arrived the rate of population growth increased...
, UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
Admissions
There are, as of January 2006, 1204 pupils aged between 11 and 19 on roll who come from a range of backgrounds. It is situated south of the A4003, in Brondesbury Park, about a mile west of Kilburn.Former schools
Kilburn Grammar School was founded by the Rev. H. G. Bonavia Hunt in 1897. The former building became the Islamia Primary SchoolIslamia Primary School
Islamia Primary School is an inner-city Islamic Faith school in Queen's Park, North West London, in the borough of Brent, UK. There are approx. 250 pupils aged between the ages of 4 and 11.-History:...
on Salusbury Road near Brondesbury Park railway station
Brondesbury Park railway station
Brondesbury Park railway station is on the North London Line in Travelcard Zone 2, between and . It is close to Queen's Park, and opened in 1908.-History:...
, which was founded by Yusuf Islam, which opened in 1983.
Merger
Opened in 1989, Queens Park Community School is the result of an amalgamation of three schools during the 1980s. The three schools that were merged were South Kilburn High School (formally Percy Road School), Aylestone Community School and Brondesbury and Kilburn High (commonly abbreviated to B&K, formerly Kilburn Grammar School). The new school's logo, an image of three trees, represents this union of the three schools. The head teacher chosen to head the new school was Ms Mary Norton. Ms Norton headed the school from its formation through to her retirement from education in 2002.The school benefited from a brand new block funded through the millennium National Lottery
National Lottery (United Kingdom)
The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.It is operated by Camelot Group, to whom the licence was granted in 1994, 2001 and again in 2007. The lottery is regulated by the National Lottery Commission, and was established by the then...
fund at an estimated cost of £34.3 million. The building of this block involved demolishing one of the existing buildings. The new building was officially opened by Ken Livingstone
Ken Livingstone
Kenneth Robert "Ken" Livingstone is an English politician who is currently a member of the centrist to centre-left Labour Party...
with a plaque commemorating his visit. The school has been granted specialist school status in Business and Enterprise and also hosts a City Learning Centre (CLC) which contains state of the art ICT and music facilities. It has also secured additional funding through the government's Excellence in Cities programme, which provides resources for schools, to provide extended activities and work for gifted and talented pupils.
The City Learning Centre
Recently The CLC has developed a specialism in using ICT to support language acquisition for Key Stage 3 children who are new to Brent. The CLC also has an extensive out reach programme which supports learning though ICT in a range of areas at Key Stage 2 including systems and control and modern foreign languages.
Uniform
Before the school opened, there was a consultation with parents about whether a uniform should be introduced or not. The vote was overwhelmingly in favour of a school uniform. The Queens Park Community School uniform was featured in the local press for its unconventional uniform, consisting of a black tracksuitTracksuit
A tracksuit is an article of clothing consisting of two parts: trousers and a jacket usually with front zipper. It was originally intended for use in sports, mainly as what athletes wore over competition clothing and would take off before competition. In modern times, it has become commonly worn...
bottom, with a red or black T-shirt featuring the school three trees logo,a red or black polo shirt with the three trees logo in small on the top left hand side, and a black tracksuit jumper. The design of the uniform was intended to be comfortable, attractive, practical, economical and one that students would enjoy wearing.
Tutor group naming
QPCS uses a lettering system to divide the eight tutor groupTutor group
A tutor group is a term used in UK schools, broadly equivalent to the United States term "homeroom". The term is most frequently used in Secondary schools where students may be taught in a number of different groupings throughout the day...
s in years 7-11. The letters are taken from the full name of the school. For example, year 9 would be the following:
9Q
9N
9P
9K
9C
9Y
9S
9L. The QPCS sixth form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
(referred to as years 12 and 13) has less tutor groups than the rest of the school, due to having fewer students. Nevertheless, the same naming scheme is used.
Awards
Two members of the QPCS teaching staff have received recognition in the National Teaching AwardsTeaching Awards
The Teaching Awards is an annual teacher awards ceremony in the United Kingdom.- Process :Every year, all schools across the UK are invited to nominate their most outstanding headteachers, teachers, teaching assistants and governors. Anyone can make a nomination. Nominations are then endorsed by...
.
- Sue Wales winner of the Lifetime Achievement Teaching Award for London and the Southeast of England in 2001
- Alison Hook came second for the prestigious Teacher of the Year Award for London for 2003.
Notable visits
- Ken LivingstoneKen LivingstoneKenneth Robert "Ken" Livingstone is an English politician who is currently a member of the centrist to centre-left Labour Party...
, 2001
At time of visit, Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Brent East. He laid one of the key stones in the new school and also opened the new building.
- Shaun WallaceShaun WallaceShaun Bartholemew Wallace is a British television personality currently active within the UK quiz scene. Wallace works as a barrister when not taking part in quizzes or game shows...
, 2004
Mastermind
Mastermind (TV series)
Mastermind is a British quiz show, well known for its challenging questions, intimidating setting and air of seriousness.Devised by Bill Wright, the basic format of Mastermind has never changed — four and in later contests five contestants face two rounds, one on a specialised subject of the...
Champion, visiting as former student.
- Shortman, 2005
Performance poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
through Rap
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
.
- Tony BennTony BennAnthony Neil Wedgwood "Tony" Benn, PC is a British Labour Party politician and a former MP and Cabinet Minister.His successful campaign to renounce his hereditary peerage was instrumental in the creation of the Peerage Act 1963...
, 2006
British politician, visited twice as a speaker to students.
- Hilary BennHilary BennHilary James Wedgwood Benn is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds Central since 1999. He served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development from 2003 to 2007 and as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
, 2007
Secretary of State for International Development
Secretary of State for International Development
In the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State for International Development is a Cabinet minister responsible for the Department for International Development and for promoting development overseas, particularly in the third world...
, Visited as a speaker to students.
- Lenny HenryLenny HenryLenworth George "Lenny" Henry, is a British actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter.- Early life :...
, 2010
Comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
, Visited for thanking students over money raised for Comic Relief.
- Johnson BeharryJohnson BeharryLance Corporal Johnson Gideon Beharry VC of the 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, is a British Army soldier who, on 18 March 2005, was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for valour in the British and Commonwealth armed forces, for twice saving members of...
Lance Corporal
Lance Corporal
Lance corporal is a military rank, used by many armed forces worldwide, and also by some police forces and other uniformed organizations. It is below the rank of corporal, and is typically the lowest non-commissioned officer, usually equivalent to the NATO Rank Grade OR-3.- Etymology :The presumed...
, Visited to tell his story to students.
This morning with Richard and Judy
QPCS was featured on This MorningThis Morning (TV series)
This Morning is a British daytime television programme broadcast on ITV. As of September 2011, its main presenters are Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, with various other presenters standing in for illness or contributing to sections of the programme.The...
with Richard and Judy
Richard and Judy
Richard and Judy is the name informally given to Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan, a married couple who are both British television presenters and columnists. Since their marriage, their television appearances have been largely made as a couple. They are best known for presenting This Morning and...
for its uniform which was seen as an 'original' idea for a uniform.
Robert Symons
QPCS was featured in the media in 2004 as the school at which Robert Symons, who left his high paid job to give back to his community, taught as a newly qualified teacher. Robert Symons was murdered in his home in October 2004 defending his family from Yousef Bouhaddaou when Yousef attempted to rob his house.Classroom Chaos
QPCS was also one of the six schools featured on the controversial 2005 Channel 5 programme Classroom ChaosClassroom Chaos
Classroom Chaos was a controversial British TV documentary programme, aired on Five, in which a retired teacher under the pseudonym "Sylvia Thomas" returned undercover as a supply teacher after a 30-year teaching gap. Her objective, other than to make a controversial and high rating television...
in which a retired teacher under the pseudonym 'Sylvia Thomas' returned undercover as a supply teacher after 30 years. Her stated objective was to show the 'chaos' which teachers must deal with in the modern classroom, although it is widely agreed that the main aim was simply to make a controversial and high rating television programme.
With the use of hidden cameras, she filmed chairs being thrown, pupils fighting in class and swearing at teachers and other such behaviour.
Trivia
- QPCS appeared in the background shot of an episode of Smack the ponySmack the PonySmack the Pony is a British sketch comedy show that ran from 1999 until 2003 on Channel 4. Its title was intended to sound like a euphemism for female masturbation; the working title was Spot the Pony. The main performers and writers on the show were Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips...
. - QPCS appeared in the 2006 film StormbreakerStormbreaker (film)Stormbreaker is a 2006 British spy film based on Anthony Horowitz's novel of the same name, the first novel in the Alex Rider series. It stars newcomer Alex Pettyfer as the teenage spy alongside actors Mickey Rourke and Bill Nighy...
during a cut scene of British schools. - QPCS appears in the background of the Ready Break & Rowntrees Randoms Adverts.
- QPCS appears as the base for James BondJames BondJames Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
in the film Casino RoyaleCasino RoyaleCasino Royale may refer to:*Casino Royale , the first James Bond novel by Ian Fleming*"Casino Royale" , a 1954 television adaptation of Fleming's novel for the series Climax!...
in 2007. - QPCS was featured on the BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
comedy Show, After You've GoneAfter You've GoneAfter You've Gone was a British comedy that aired on BBC One from 12 January 2007 to 21 December 2008. Starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, Celia Imrie, Dani Harmer and Ryan Sampson, After You've Gone was created by Fred Barron, who also created My Family. The writers include Barron, Ian Brown, Katie...
, starring Nicholas LyndhurstNicholas LyndhurstNicholas Simon Lyndhurst is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Rodney Trotter in Only Fools and Horses, Gary Sparrow in Goodnight Sweetheart, and as Adam Parkinson in Carla Lane's series Butterflies...
in the scene where he goes to pick up his very embarrassed daughter (played by Dani HarmerDani HarmerDanielle Jane "Dani" Harmer is an English television actress and singer. Harmer is best known as the title character in the UK television programme The Story of Tracy Beaker/Tracy Beaker Returns, and as Molly Venables in the BBC sitcom After You've Gone...
) from school. The show replaces QPCS's uniform with a traditional green school uniform.
Alumni
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, 2004 finalist.
Kilburn Grammar School
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(IMA) - Keith Bloomfield CMG, Ambassador to Nepal from 2002-6
- Sir Samuel BrittanSamuel BrittanSir Samuel Brittan is a British columnist for the Financial Times and an author.At Cambridge he was taught by Peter Bauer and Milton Friedman...
, economic journalist - Harold Carlton, writer and journalist.
- Prof Ronald CoaseRonald CoaseRonald Harry Coase is a British-born, American-based economist and the Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Chicago Law School. After studying with the University of London External Programme in 1927–29, Coase entered the London School of Economics, where he took...
, Chief Statistician from 1941-6, and economist - Michael CockerellMichael CockerellMichael Roger Lewis Cockerell is a British broadcaster and journalist.Educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Cockerell is the BBC's most established political documentary maker, with a long, Emmy award-winning career of political programmes spanning television and radio...
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, judge - Sir William GlanvilleWilliam GlanvilleSir William Henry Glanville CB CBE was a British civil engineer. During WWII he and the Road Research Laboratory were involved in important war work, developing temporary runways, beach analysis, and tank and aircraft design...
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- Bernard HolleyBernard HolleyBernard Holley is a British actor, whose career has spanned more than four decades.Holley attended the Rose Bruford Drama School and Kilburn Grammar School...
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OBE - Leslie Kaye, art consultant
- Laurence Keen OBE, President from 1989-2004 of the British Archaeological AssociationBritish Archaeological AssociationThe British Archaeological Association was founded in 1843; it was established by Charles Roach Smith. It is aimed at the promotion of the studies of archaeology, art and architecture and the preservation of antiquities. After disagreements arose, it was split into two organizations, the newer one...
- David Merlo, Director of Research from 1983-9 of British Telecommunications plcBT GroupBT Group plc is a global telecommunications services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is one of the largest telecommunications services companies in the world and has operations in more than 170 countries. Through its BT Global Services division it is a major supplier of...
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- Osborne Peasgood CVO, organist of Westminster AbbeyWestminster AbbeyThe Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,...
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, and Chairman from 1981-6 of the UK Council for Computing Development - Sir Guenter TreitelGuenter TreitelSir Guenter Heinz Treitel, QC, FBA, is a German-born English academic and retired Vinerian Professor of English Law.Treitel is the son of a leading Berlin lawyer and came to England on the Kindertransport...
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- Prof Brian WinstonBrian WinstonBrian Winston was the first Lincoln Chair of Communications at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom. He was a Pro Vice Chancellor for 2005-2006 and the former dean of communications....
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Brondesbury and Kilburn High School
- Margery Hurst OBE, Managing Director from 1947-76 of Brook Street Bureau
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External links
- Official QPCS Site
- Official CLC Site
- Alumni SKHS Site
- QPCS Ofsted Report
- QPCS, Ofsted Inspection report. Online posting (Pdf file). 2004.
- QPCS, BBC League Table
- QPCS at Brent.gov.uk
- EduBase