Kelmscott School

Coordinates: 51°34′32″N 0°01′41″W / 51.575556°N 0.028104°W / 51.575556; -0.028104
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Kelmscott School
Address
Map
245 Markhouse Road

, ,
E17 8DN

England
Coordinates51°34′32″N 0°01′41″W / 51.575556°N 0.028104°W / 51.575556; -0.028104
Information
TypeCommunity, Comprehensive School
Motto"Putting Learning First"
Local authorityWaltham Forest
Department for Education URN103105 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherSam Jones
GenderMixed
Age11 to 16
Enrolment900
Websitehttp://www.kelmscottschool.co.uk

Kelmscott School is a secondary comprehensive school in Walthamstow, East London, England. The school has approximately 900 pupils aged 11–16. In 2008 the school underwent an £11.2m refurbishment as part of the Building Schools for the Future program.[1] The current headteacher is Mr Sam Jones.

Kelmscott is a co-educational community school for pupils aged 11 to 16. All aspects of the school including ‘pupil achievement’, ‘behaviour’ and ‘quality of teaching’ were deemed to be very good at their last Ofsted inspection. The school's most recent Ofsted Inspection in January 2020 describes Kelmscott "continues to be a Good school" category.[2]

Notable former pupils[edit]

The professional footballer Fabrice Muamba is a former student of Kelmscott School, along with fellow alumnus Marvin McCoy who plays for League 1 side Wycombe Wanderers. [3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Waltham Forest Council Archived 2009-01-08 at the Wayback Machine - Capital projects (Kelmscott)
  2. ^ https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50144951 [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ Paul Chronnell (7 December 2005). "Muamba: Can he really be the new Vieira?". Islington Gazette. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2008.