- Lampton School
Lampton School is a comprehensive secondary school, located in
Hounslow ,Middlesex , in theUnited Kingdom . It is a Humanities Specialist School and training school which currently has around 1,350 students on roll. Lampton borders the A4Great West Road in Hounslow, and 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 ofethnicities , including (but not limited to) White British,Pakistan i andSomali , and around 30% of students receive free school meals. The lastOFSTED inspection, in 2005, found the school to be "very good" [ [http://www.lampton.hounslow.sch.uk/pdf/ofsted.pdf OFSTED Report, Lampton School] ] .The school's
GCSE results are broadly average [ [http://www.lampton.hounslow.sch.uk/pdf/ofsted.pdf OFSTED Report, Lampton School] ] , although given the local area,Contextual Value Added at the school is exceptionally good.Lampton School was once known as Spring Grove Grammar School before being converted to a comprehensive.
It gained its Humanities Specialist status in 2003, an designation which enabled the building of the Language and Learning Zone (LLZ), a
multi-media andICT suite situated at the western end of the Spring Grove building.Lampton's motto is "Optima Tenete" [ [http://www.lampton.hounslow.sch.uk Lampton School website] ] , which translates roughly as "Hold Onto the Best". 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.Lampton is well served by
public transport .London Underground 'sPiccadilly Line provides the nearest Tube station (Hounslow Central ), and the Great West Road carries multiple bus routes. Hounslow main line rail station is around 20 minutes walk from the school.The current
headteacher is Susan John. She is supported by three deputy heads - Norman Lawrence (pastoral ), Susan Casey (curriculum ) and Les Carswell (Estates, Buildings, ICT ).References
External links
http://www.lampton.hounslow.sch.uk
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