William de Ferrers School

William de Ferrers School

Established	1982 (1982)
Type	Academy
Trust	William de Ferrers School
Headteacher	Mr N McGowan
Location	Trinity Square South Woodham Ferrers Essex CM3 5JU England
Local authority	Essex
DfE number	881/5427
DfE URN	136605 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Capacity	2076
Students	Approx. 1750 as of January 2015
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–18
Website	www.williamdeferrers.essex.sch.uk

William de Ferrers School is a Co-educational British secondary school in the town of South Woodham Ferrers, in the English county of Essex. It is an academy school and has 1,902 pupils on roll, aged between 11 and 18. It is a high performing specialist school has been awarded specialist sports, maths and computing college status. In 2011, it won the BBC Essex best sports school award.^[1]

History

William de Ferrers was founded in 1982 by Dennis Parry and was opened in 1983 by Sir Keith Joseph (Secretary of State for Education and Science). The school bears the ancestral name of Thomas W.Ferrers Walker, a descendant of the Norman Knight De Ferrers who was granted the land of the local area for his role in the Norman Conquest and the badge is De Ferrers's shield.

The school has had 3 Headmasters since its creation with Mr Neal McGowan being the current Headmaster, having been appointed in January 2013.^[2] Before Mr McGowan the school had been overseen by Mr Russell Ayling from 2007 and Mr Dennis Parry from 1982 to his retirement in 2007. Mr Parry is the original headmaster who founded the school and still plays an active role in the school, attending Open Evenings and Presentation Evenings.^[3]

Accommodation

The School has houses that are purpose-built that opened 1982, which has been upgraded over the years. The school houses have been built to look traditional in order to blend in with the residential and commercial buildings in the town that have been also built to look characterful and old. The newest addition to the school to date is the new Sixth Form Block which was completed in 2011 and officially opened in September 2011 by important guests including the mayor and mayoress of Chelmsford ^[4]

Extracurricular Activities

The school has been praised for providing several extracurricular activities by Ofsted saying "Provision is greatly enhanced by extra-curricular activities, especially in sport. A major success through excellent care, guidance and support systems"

The school prides itself for providing a number of Extracurricular activities for all its students from years 7-13. Activities range from the Duke of Edinburgh Award,Sports, music, dance and drama. The school also offers a number of trips away both in the UK and within Europe with more recently trips to South America, China and Iceland being organised.

References

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Schools in Essex

Primary	Farnham CE Primary School Roydon County Primary School St Thomas of Canterbury CE Junior School

Secondary	Alec Hunter Academy Anglo European School The Appleton School Basildon Academies Beauchamps High School Becket Keys CE School The Billericay School The Boswells School Brentwood County High School Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School Bromfords School Burnt Mill Academy Castle View School Chelmer Valley High School Clacton Coastal Academy Clacton County High School Colbayns High School Colchester Academy The Colne Community School Cornelius Vermuyden School Davenant Foundation School De La Salle School The Deanes School Debden Park High School Epping St John's FitzWimarc School Forest Hall School Gilberd School Great Baddow High School Greensward Academy Harwich and Dovercourt High School Hedingham School Helena Romanes School Honywood Community Science School Hylands School James Hornsby School Joyce Frankland Academy King Edmund School King Harold Academy The King John School Maltings Academy Manningtree High School Mark Hall Academy Mayflower High School Moulsham High School New Rickstones Academy Notley High School Ormiston Rivers Academy Passmores Academy Philip Morant School Plume School The Ramsey Academy Roding Valley High School Saffron Walden County High School Sandon School Shenfield High School Sir Charles Kao UTC St Benedict's RC College St Helena School St John Payne RC School St Mark's West Essex RC School St Martin's School The Stanway School Stewards Academy Sweyne Park School Tabor Academy Tendring Enterprise Studio School Tendring Technology College Thomas Lord Audley School Thurstable School West Hatch High School William de Ferrers School Woodlands School

Grammar	Chelmsford County High School for Girls Colchester County High School for Girls Colchester Royal Grammar School King Edward VI Grammar School

Independent	Braeside School Brentwood School Chigwell School The Christian School Colchester High School Felsted School Friends' School Gosfield School Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College New Hall School Peniel Academy St Mary's School St John's School St Nicholas School

Special	St John's RC School Yellow House School

Sixth form & FE colleges	Braintree College Braintree Sixth Form Chelmsford College Colchester Institute Debden House Colchester Sixth Form College Epping Forest College Harlow College SEEVIC College Masters Performing Arts College

Defunct	Alderman Blaxill School Barstable School Bishops Park College Buckhurst Hill County High School Chalvedon School Donyland Lodge Earls Colne Grammar School Fryerns Comprehensive School Furtherwick Park School Laindon High Road School Sawyers Hall College St Peter's College

Coordinates: 51°38′46″N 0°37′12″E / 51.6461°N 0.6199°E / 51.6461; 0.6199

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