All Saints Catholic School, Dagenham

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name = All Saints Catholic School and Technology College


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established = 1992
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religion = Roman Catholic
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head_label = Headteacher
head = Mr Kevin Wilson
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specialist = Technology College
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street = Terling Road
city = Dagenham
county = Essex
country = England
postcode = RM8 1JT
LEA = London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
ofsted = 101247
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enrollment = 1205
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
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All Saints Catholic School and Technology College is a Roman Catholic secondary school located on Terling Road, Dagenham in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

tatus

With around 1100 students, it is the only Catholic voluntary aided comprehensive school in Barking and Dagenham. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/06/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/301_4703.stm "All Saints Catholic School and Technology College"] , BBC News,11 January 2007] The school is notable as a specialist college in technology, [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=251012&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\school\101\s10_101247_20030716.pdf "Ofsted Report 2003"] , 13 March 2003] one of the first in the country. [ [http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/1-schools/schools-info.cfm?id=6D24C437-D5E0-8D1C-238FA0B0AA60CB81 "All Saints RC Secondary School"] , LB of Barking and Dagenham]

History

"All Saints School" was previously an all-boys school under the name "Bishop Ward" until it joined with the "Sacred Heart" all-girls school in 1992. [http://www.schoolsnetwork.org.uk/uploads/documents/8118.pdf "From fighting and failure to shared success - Neighbouring East London schools excel together"] , Specialist Schools Trust, May 2005]

Performance

Results at Bishop Ward were poor with an atmosphere that Desmond 'Des' Smith described as "depressed and violent". Following the appointment of Smith as head teacher in 1984 [ [http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=347&id=566572006 "MP defends civil servant arrested for bartering peerages"] , Gerri Peev, The Scotsman, 14 April 2006] results steadily improved until in 2003 it was considered "the second most improved school in England". The March 2003 Ofsted report summarised the situation "The school has many very good features. Strategies adopted by the headteacher and governors have led to overall GCSE results rising faster than the national trend for some years, culminating in well above average results in 2002". However, the inspectors also said that the school's strategy led to several subjects of the National Curriculum not beingtaught to all pupils in Years 10 and 11. In addition, National Curriculum music provision remained poor.

Improvements continued and in the report of the 6 June 2007 inspection Ofsted rated the school as Grade 1 "Outstanding" saying "The school provides its students with an outstanding education. Standards are high and students achieve extremely well as a result of excellent teaching. The leaders and managers believe that each child is important and this maxim is at the heart of their decision making. There is a clearvision and a hunger for improvement building on the school's record of outstanding success." However, the school recognises the need to extend some aspects of its provision for the 14-19 age group including improving the guidance in the sixth form. [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=307626&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\school\101\s5_101247_20070627.pdf "Ofsted Report 2007"] , 6 June 2007]

Cash for Peerages

Since January 2006, while headmaster at the school, Smith has been notorious for making the indiscreet remarks that triggered the Cash for Peerages scandal. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/26/nhead26.xml 'Headmaster in cash for peerages row is banned from driving'] , Daily Telegraph, 26 July 2006.] At the end of the 2005-06 academic school year Smith retired and was replaced by the Deputy Head Teacher Kevin Wilson.

References

External links

* [http://www.asc-sc.com/ Official site]