The Charter School

The Charter School

Established	2000
Type	Foundation School
Headteacher	David Sheppard, MA (Oxon.)
Specialism	Business and Enterprise Science (secondary)
Location	Red Post Hill London SE24 9JH  England
Local authority	Southwark
DfE URN	131812
Students	1000
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Website	www.charter.southwark.sch.uk

Coordinates: 51°27′23″N 0°05′21″W / 51.45641°N 0.08927°W / 51.45641; -0.08927

The Charter School is a coeducational secondary comprehensive school in Dulwich, within the London Borough of Southwark, south London, England. It opened in September 2000 and occupies a site on Red Post Hill next to North Dulwich railway station and nearby Herne Hill.

The site was formerly inhabited by Dulwich High School for Boys and before that William Penn Secondary School. The old buildings underwent major renovation before opening, modernising them to construct a school for the new millennium. Additions, notably the sports hall and ball courts were also made.

The Charter School was born out of a need of the local community for the government to provide a good state secondary school in the Dulwich area, due in part to the high concentration of private schools in the area (James Allen's Girls' School, or JAGS; Alleyns; and Dulwich College).^{[citation needed]}

The school was then opened in September 2000 by the first headteacher of the school, Pam Bowmaker OBE, who welcomed the first 180 students to join the school in Year 7.^{[citation needed]}

She retired as a headteacher in July 2005 when the school had received its first set of GCSE results, and was succeeded by Chris Bowler in September 2007 (who then led the school to an Outstanding grading in its 2007 Ofsted inspection), before being replaced by former Deputy Headteacher, David Sheppard in September 2008. It has received its second Outstanding Ofsted award in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

The school achieved High Performing Specialist School Status as a Business & Enterprise School in 2008.^{[citation needed]}

The school specialises in IT and sport.^{[citation needed]} A new football pitch is being built on the former sports hall site next to the new building. The school have their own football team, cheerleading squad, tennis team, and basketball team. The school has just over 1000 pupils on its roll.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of schools in Southwark

References

External links

• The Charter School website