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Rokeby School is an 11 - 16 comprehensive boys' school located in Stratford, East London.

The most recent OFSTED inspection stated,

"Rokeby is an improving school which provides a good quality of education for its boys in very challenging circumstances. The previous inspection showed that it was on the road to recovery. The new headteacher has galvanised the staff further and given the school a fresh momentum. She is a driving force and her high expectations for staff and boys are being met. This is tempered with encouragement and support when needed so that all feel valued and are part of a thriving community. As a result, there is a very positive response from all. Boys speak with pride about their school and the staff enthuse when discussing their contributions and plans for the future. There is a very positive ethos and relationships are good in this very diverse multicultural community. One older boy captured the sentiments of many when he said,`I did not want to come to the school but I am pleased I did. We are getting better every year.' Boys join the school with attainment that is well below average including many who come from overseas and start with little English. By the time they leave, standards are still below average. However, given their starting points achievement is good. Teaching in the school has improved significantly and is now good although not consistently so in all subjects. There has been an appropriate, strong emphasis on improving boys' numeracy and literacy skills. The good teaching in these subjects has been backed up with well-targeted additional support for boys, good curricula and good leadership. As a result, the gap with national averages is narrowing significantly. The school has vigorously tackled underachievement whenever it has been identified. This has led to improvements in all subjects. Despite strong action by senior managers, boys' information and communication technology (ICT) skills are below what they should be. The use of ICT is not coordinated well to ensure that it is used to its maximum potential to support learning in other subjects. The school makes effective use of data but analyses are not sufficiently incisive to fully identify trends in the progress of the significant number of boys who join the school after Year 7. Boys are developing into mature young people who show respect for different beliefs and cultures. This is fostered by the caring environment and the good examples set by adults. Boys' good behaviour is helping to rebuild the growing reputation of the school with parents after it was dented by the imposition of special measures. As one parent commented, ` Rokeby is a good education institution as it has improved my son's grades rapidly over the years.' Boys enjoy being at school and this is shown by their attendance which is higher than in similar schools. However, the school's efforts to improve punctuality at the start of the day have not been fully effective. Boys' interest is stimulated by a curriculum that is good in many respects. The vision and planning for the curriculum are good. However, some of the developments are at an early stage and not yet fully established. Weaknesses in the curriculum for music, ICT and geography have been addressed but have not yet resulted in the good achievement found generally. The headteacher shows excellent leadership and is supported well by an able senior leadership team and governing body. The school has improved significantly since the previous inspection as 10 demonstrated by the school's improved results and its growing confidence. The school has good self-evaluation procedures and this underpins its good capacity to improve."

Contents 1 Sporting Success 2 Alumni 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Sporting Success

• FA Charter Standard Holders
• Sports Mark Holders
• National "B" Basketball Champions (three times)
• Essex Football Champions
• London Football Champions
• Newham Champions

[edit] Alumni

• Micah Hyde
• Tresor Kandol
• Alan White
• Alexander McQueen
• Linvoy Primus
• Alton Thelwell
• Bradley Thomas

[edit] References

• Building Schools for the Future,Rokeby School transfer

[edit] External links

• Rokeby School web page
• Schoolsnet
• Foxtons
• DCSF
• Teachweb
• BBC Education
• Find My School

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