King's Wood School

Infobox UK school
name = King's Wood School


size = 130px
motto = "Believing is achieving"
established = (In progress)
head_label = Headmaster
head = Mrs Marian Spinks
chair_label = Authority (Chair) Governor
chair = Mr Jeff Stafford
street = Settle road
city = Romford
county = Essex
country = England
postcode = RM3 9XR
enrollment = 800 (approx)
gender = Mixed
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 16
website = http://www.kingswood.havering.sch.uk/

King's Wood School is a Secondary school in Harold Hill near Romford. It is a mixed school of non-denominational religion. The School's Headmaster is Mrs Marian Spinks, who has been the Headmaster since January 2008, ending the 2 year reign of Mrs Delia Mulholland.

King's wood school was under special measures but with the hard work of staff and students the school came out of special measures and recently became a specialist technology college

History

(Article in progress)

Staff

Kings wood school is well known for having an elite staff team. With some of the best teachers in havering their team of staff is second to none.

Senior staff profiles

Mrs Marian Spinks"Headteacher"

Marian Spinks returned to King's Wood School as Headteacher in January 2008 after being deputy headteacher here for a number of years and from September 2007-December 2007 she was seconded to HIAS at the Local Authority.

Mrs Spinks is very keen and determined to showcase the Technology Status recently acquired by the school and will be working closely with links in the local community to publicise this venture and to raise the profile of the school.

Mr. Brian Mayes"Assistant Headteacher"

Mr Mayes has been at Kings Wood School for over 30 years. He is famous for his designer ties and his love of Ipswich Town Football Team.

Mr Mayes is a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and is a highly valued member of the team.

Mr Alan Warren"Head of Humanities"

Mr Warren has worked at King's Wood School since Easter 1979. He originally came to King's Wood as Head of Science. Mr Warren now teaches Religious Studies to all our students.

Mrs Annette Hazell"Teacher of Key Stage 4 ICT & Head of Year 10"

Mrs Hazell teaches KS4 ICT and is also Head of Year 10. Mrs Hazell is also our Child Protection Officer. She has worked at Kings Wood School for over 19 years now and King's Wood School is really lucky to have her!

Mrs Susan Mayes"Assistant Headteacher"

Mrs Mayes has made a huge impact on our school by introducing projects such as the Student Council and Student Voice. She is a member of Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and is a very dedicated member of staff well respected by both pupils and colleagues alike.

Mr Jose Castro "Head of Modern Foreign Language"

Mr Castro is Head of our MFL Department. He originally comes from Spain. He has worked here at King's Wood School since Sept 2004. Mr Castro teaches Spanish to all our students and he is a dedicated member of staff.

Mrs Elizabeth Cornish"Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator"

Mrs Cornish is a fantatsic member of the team. She has been working at the school for several years and has paid an important part in building a special needs department which is growing from strengh to strengh.

Mr Scott McGuinness"Deputy Headteacher."

Mr Scott McGuinness is one of the two school's deputy headteachers. He has responsibility for curriculum and timetabling, he is also a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and he also teaches maths.

Mrs Shelley Walshe"School Manager"

Mrs Walshe is the Office and Cover Manager of King's Wood School. Shelley has worked at King's Wood School since April 2006. She has worked in education for twelve years. She has four children and enjoys the challenges King's Wood brings.

Governor Profiles

Mr Jeff Stafford"Authority (Chair) Governor"

Committee member for Finance and General Purposes Committee and Premises and Health and Safety Committee. School Development Group and Pupil Discipline Committee.

PC Mike Byford"Co-opted Governor"

Mrs Lorraine Clayden"Co-Opted Governor"

Ms Carol Crouch"Examinations Officer"

Carol started work at King's Wood School in 2004.

Mrs Crouch is an extremely busy person as she is not just the school's Examinations Officer but she is also the Educational Visits Co-ordinator (EVC), the co-ordinator for Year 10 Work Experience Programme, organises careers interviews for Year 11 pupils and also helps keep the school's website up to date.

She organises all the public exams, such as GCSEs, SATs etc and also all internal exams such as mock GCSE exams.

In October 2007 Mrs Crouch was appointed Staff Governor to the school and is she is also on the Finance & General Purposes Committee.

Carol is a dedicated member of the school team and can always be relied upon as she is an extremely organised person and is the person people turn to in a crisis!

Councillor Keith Darvill"Local Authority Governor"

Committee member for School Development Group and Pupil Discipline Committee.

Mrs Debbie Harper"Parent Governor"

Debbie Harper has recently joined the governing body in the summer and has agreed to be a link governor for Humanties.

Mrs Carol Lyne"Parent Governor"

Carol has just joined the team this term and is looking forward to being part of the new improvements within the school.

Mrs Susan Mayes"Teacher Governor"

Member of the Pupil Discipline Committee and Premises and Health and Safety Committee, Out of School Hours Learning Governor. Assistant Head Teacher

Mrs Caroline O'Brien"Staff Governor"

Caroline works within the school as a home support worker. This position means that she will liase with the school and parents to solve any issues or difficulties our children may have.

Ms Julie Pocock"PR & Fundrasing Officer"

Julie Pocock is a bubbly and energetic member of the school's staff. She joined King's Wood in May 2006 her role to help raise the profile of the school and to raise much needed funds to help move the school foward.

Between January and September 2007, Julie spearheaded campagins that raised crucial funding to enable us to apply for Technology Status and also at the start of the autumn term, Julie's hard work resulted in the school obtaining a brand new mini-bus.

Julie is a character! She has lots of enthusiasm, ALWAYS has a smile on her face, she is an extremely hard working member of staff, is highly respected by all her colleagues and above all she loves a challenge!

Mrs Jeanette Sears"Parent Governor"

Mr Kelly Sims"Vice- Chair / Co-Opted Governor"

Mr Nigel Todd"Co-opted Governor"

Mr Charles Vincent"Local Authority Governor"

Sports

King's Wood School is known for its success in sports. Especially in basketball in which they are 2nd in the borough. The school has recently came joint first in the borough for outdoor hockey and 2nd in the borough for indoor hockey.

Awards

King's wood school has many awards in the school which it (and it's students) have won. Below are the awards.

- Big Lottery Fund
- Cambridge University Partnership
- Eco School Awards
- Healthy Schools
- Investors in People
- Jack Petchey Awards
- School Achievements Awards
- Specialist College Status
- Sport England
- Technology College Status