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Ofsted report praises
school and predicts bright future
Streatham Guardian 9
February 2006 |
Dunraven "one of the new stars" says
The BBC published a table (autumn 2005)of the 102 state secondary schools in
England which have most improved their 5 A*-C GCSE-level performance on
the new measure which includes English and maths. Dunraven comes in second
place nationally, with a rise of 29 percentage points over
the past four years.
Read more on
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Dunraven becomes a Pathfinder school
Dunraven has been chosen as one of 32 schools nationally to take part in "a
ground-breaking £4m project to create the classroom of the 21st century". This
exciting initiative, which runs until July 2003, will explore new ways of working to
tackle workload, in order to free teachers to teach and raise standards in the
classroom. "Government sources said there had been massive interest from
prospective participants, with the first stage of the scheme over-subscribed approximately
20-fold."
The schools will receive a package of support to tackle workload issues that will
include:-
 | a laptop for every teacher,
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| additional teaching assistants, bursarial staff
and administrative support staff |
| increased time for teachers to free them up for
lesson planning, marking, professional development and school planning activities.
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For further details:
DfES
TES
report June 2002
Guardian April
2002
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Dunraven a beacon school
 Dunraven
School joined the new wave of beacon schools, announced on 27 May 2002. Minister for
Young People, Ivan Lewis, announced 166 new beacon schools – comprising 105
primaries, 44 secondaries, 11 special and 6 nurseries.
Beacon schools play a vital role raising standards by sharing good ideas and best
practice with other schools in their area.
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Dunraven received a school achievement award in March 2003, the
second year running it has received this award. Awards were given to schools "where pupils' results in 2002 were
substantially better than in 1999 or where results in 2002 were better than most schools
in similar circumstances in that year".
Details from DfES
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 Dunraven was inspected in 2005 and its Investors in
People status was renewed. This award is a national standard, which in July 1999 only 7%
of schools were found to have achieved with a further 9% working towards recognition. We
are therefore very proud of this achievement. |
| "I am delighted to tell you that Dunraven School has been selected as a
winner of an Evening Standard London Award. We have chosen four schools (two primary, two
secondary) which represent the very best state education that is available in London.
"Dunraven School has been chosen because of your record of
outstanding achievement.....The Education Secretary, The Rt Hon David Blunkett, has agreed
to present the Awards.....In addition to the Award, your school will receive a cheque for
£7,000 from the Evening Standard to spend on a project which will benefit your pupils...
No greater issue faces London and London parents than that of making
our schools better places, where our children learn more. Inspection and examination
evidence have clearly demonstrated your efforts".
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| Press cuttings
PM
praise for south London school
from the 10 Downing Street website 20 Oct 2005
BBC website
Yahoo news (France)
Question Time for PM (South
London Press)
Streatham Guardian
Banding at Dunraven (BBC website - Mon 24 Oct05)
Arts for
inner city schools (BBC)
ITN: Most improved schools -
London
Local London: Schools get top reports
Evening Standard website, 6 February.
Evening Standard website, 20 February
Success breeds success, says winning head - Evening Standard 20
February
Streatham Guardian 15 Feb large
TES 9 February
Letter from Keith Hill MP
Letter from Mike Tomlinson, OFSTED chief inspector
OFSTED
chief inspector's report (schools)
Guardian:
"Inspectors name outstanding schools"
Telegraph: Gold star schools
Guardian: The long and short of OFSTED
'Class acts win our honours' Evening standard, 10 March
2001)
Quality of teaching is key to success' Evening
standard, 10 March 2001)
Praise for school high flyers (SLP Feb 2001)
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Dunraven "particularly successful school" says OFSTED
The Chief Inspector of Schools, Mike Tomlinson, in his annual report
published on 6 February 2001, has named Dunraven in his list of particularly successful
schools. In his letter to Mr Townsend, Principal, he wrote:
"My warmest congratulations to you, your staff, governors and, of course, the
pupils."
Full list of praised
Inner London schools
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Dunraven in the
Spanish press
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 "HM
Inspector of Schools has made a selection of schools that
excelled in 2001.
The good news for our community is that several of
them are centres with a number of Latin-American pupils:
Clapham Manor, Notre Dame (Southwark), Corpus Christi
(Brixton) and Dunraven (Streatham).
The last two have also been awarded the Evening
Standard award as two of the most outstanding schools in
London." |
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Dunraven wins Evening Standard award for
outstanding achievement February 2001
"Success breeds
success, says winning head"
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"The
two secondary school winners
(Woodford County High School and Dunraven) could not be further apart in terms of the intake of their pupils. Their
great similarity is the dedication of their staff in getting the most from their pupils
and giving them the best possible chance in life... We applaud the winning schools
and everyone who works in them."
Evening Standard 10 March 2001 |
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