Bower Park Academy

Bower Park Academy is a secondary school with academy status, located in the Romford area of the London Borough of Havering, London, England.

Bower Park Academy
Address
Havering Road Romford, London , RM1 4YY England
Information
Type	Academy
Established	1949; 76 years ago (1949)
Department for Education URN	139307 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head Teacher	E Aylett
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	820
Houses	Moore, Rowling, King, Edison
Colour(s)	Yellow, red, blue, green
Website	http://www.bowerpark.co.uk

History

The school opened in 1949 as Chase Cross Secondary Modern. It was reorganised as a comprehensive school in 1971. In 1989 it was amalgamated with Forest Lodge School and it was renamed to its current name, Bower Park.

Bower Park was formed of two sites, with the second site being located in Lodge Lane. This site was eventually demolished and now holds a housing estate.

In 2007, the school got new sports facilities which included a new sports hall as well as an astro turf pitch. This was opened by boxing legend Frank Bruno (MBE).^[1]

In a 2009 Ofsted report the school was given the mark "Satisfactory".^[2]

In the 2014 Ofsted report the Academy was given the mark "Requires Improvement".^[3]

The school gained its specialist Arts College (media) status in 2010.

Bower Park School was converted to an academy on 1 February 2013, but continues to have media arts as a specialism.

In 2016, Academy received a mark of "Inadequate" on the Ofsted report.

In 2018, Academy received a mark of “good” on the Ofsted report. ^[4]

Departments

Departments include Creative Media, English, Humanities, ICT, Languages, Maths, Performing Arts, Physical Education, Science, Technology, Senco, TheHub and Vocational Studies.

International projects

In 2011, students from the Bower Park School Basket Ball team shadowed students from Ridge Community High School^[5] in a cultural exchange programme as part of their tour to Florida in the United States.

Notable former pupils

• John Cornwell, former Newcastle and Southend United footballer (Forest Lodge School)
• Mark Hunter, Olympic gold medallist
• Jo O'Meara, singer
• Martin Matthews writer and author.
• Rhys Stephenson BBC Television presenter

External links

• School website