King's Wood School
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| King's Wood School | |
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| Location | |
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Settle Road , , RM3 9XR England | |
| Coordinates | 51°36′37″N 0°14′25″E / 51.6103°N 0.2402°E |
| Information | |
| Motto | "Believing is achieving" |
| Established | 1973 |
| Closed | 2010 |
| Authority (Chair) Governor | Mr Jeff Stafford |
| Headteacher | Mrs Marian Spinks |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Enrolment | 800 (approx) |
| Website | http://www.kingswood.havering.sch.uk/ |
King's Wood School was a secondary school in Harold Hill near Romford, London Borough of Havering, England. It was a mixed school of non-denominational religion. The School's last Headteacher was Mrs Marian Spinks, who had been the Headteacher since January 2008, returning from a secondment as Senior Inspector (Performance) with Havering Inspection and Advisory Service.
The school was originally opened in 1953-54 as Harrowfield Secondary Modern School (there were separate boys' and girls' schools). Because of falling roll numbers, in 1973 Harrowfield was merged with the nearby Quarles School to form the Neave Comprehensive School; by 1976, all Quarles pupils had moved to the Harrowfield site.[1]
King's Wood School was under special measures in 2004, but with the hard work of staff and students the school came out of special measures six months ahead of schedule and became a specialist technology college September 2007. Ofsted revisited the school to monitor progress and in March 2009 reported that sustained progress had been made across the school; results had risen rapidly over the last two years and the overall progress made by students was good. This was due to the strong leadership across the school and a community team ethos which continued to drive standards upwards.
