Broomfield School (Arnos Grove)

Infobox UK school
name = Broomfield School


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head = Angus Walker
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street = Wilmer Way
city = Southgate
county = London
country = England
postcode = N14 7HY
phone = 020 8368 4710
fax = 020 8368 1287
LEA = Enfield
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enrollment = 1346
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
first_year = 7
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Broomfield School is a secondary school in Wilmer Way, near the North Circular Road, in Arnos Grove in the London Borough of Enfield.

History

Arnos School was founded in 1938 at the school's current site and took on the senior pupils of Bowes School, which thus became exclusively a primary school. It later became a secondary modern school. Extensions were made to the original site in 1948, and 1957.

In 1960, Minchenden School took over the buildings in Fox Lane, Palmers Green that had been vacated by the move of Southgate County School to its current site in Sussex Way, Cockfosters.cite book |last=Dumayne |first=Alan |title=Once Upon a Time in Palmers Green |origdate= |origyear=1988 |edition=First edition |publisher=Macdermott & Chant Ltd |location=London and Welshpool |language=English |isbn=0-9512286-1-7 |pages=33 |chapter=Chapter 3: Fox Lane to The Woodman]

The Arnos School buildings were further extended in 1964, and 1966. It became a comprehensive school in 1967 with the feeder schools Bowes, Garfield, Oakthorpe, Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic, and St. Michael's Church of England primary schools, and some further extensions were made in 1967, 1969, and 1972.

In 1984, [ [http://www.enfield.gov.uk/448/Secondary%20Schools%20in%20Enfield%20A%20History.htm#P0_0 Enfield Council: Secondary Schools, a history] Accessed 4th June 2007] Arnos School and Minchenden School were merged to form a new school, located at the Arnos School premises, and named Broomfield School.

Broomfield is still a comprehensive school, and recently received designation as a specialist Humanities college.

References

External links

* [http://www.broomfieldschool.co.uk/ Broomfield School website]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/04/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/308_5401.stm League table results]
* [http://www.enfield.gov.uk/448/Enfield%20Chronology.htm Chronology of the London Borough of Enfield]
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=26945 British History Online - Edmonton Education]
* [http://www.bowes.enfield.sch.uk/ao.html The History of Bowes School]