The first principal of the school was Michael Wilshaw, who left the school to become Chief Inspector of Schools In England and head of Ofsted in January 2012. The school opened a sixth form building in September 2009 which cost £7.7 million; they named it in memory after the late Sir Clive Bourne as the "Sir Clive Sixth Form Centre". The school has a specialism in music.[3]
Since its opening Mossbourne Community Academy has been regularly lauded as one of the top performing inner city schools in England,[4] and used as an example of the success of the academy model for schools in general.[5] As of September 2017, the current head of the Academy is Rebecca Warren.
There are 8 houses: Milton, Mandela, Malala, Moore, Blackman, Bevan, Butler and Bronte.
Mossbourne Federationedit
In September 2014 the Mossbourne Federation was established. The Federation opened a sister school near Victoria Park, Hackney named Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy which operates under similar policies to the original school. As of September 2015 the Federation opened two primary schools, one near the site of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park named Mossbourne Riverside Academy and acquired the former Brooke Community School which is currently named Mossbourne Parkside Academy in Hackney Downs.
mossbourne, community, academy, coeducational, secondary, school, sixth, form, with, academy, status, located, near, hackney, downs, a104, road, lower, clapton, area, london, borough, hackney, england, address100, downs, park, roadlower, clapton, greater, lond. Mossbourne Community Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status located near Hackney Downs off the A104 road in the Lower Clapton area of the London Borough of Hackney in England 1 Mossbourne Community AcademyAddress100 Downs Park RoadLower Clapton Greater London E5 8JYEnglandCoordinates51 33 05 N 0 03 43 W 51 55138 N 0 06193 W 51 55138 0 06193InformationTypeAcademyMotto Fulfilling Your True Potential Established2004 20 years ago 2004 FounderSir Clive BourneDepartment for Education URN134693 TablesOfstedReportsPrincipalRebecca WarrenCEOPeter HughesGenderCoeducationalAge11 to 19Enrolment1 455HousesMilton Mandela Malala Moore Blackman Butler Bevan BronteColour s Grey RedWebsitewww wbr mca wbr mossbourne wbr org Contents 1 Buildings 2 Description 3 Mossbourne Federation 4 Alumni 5 References 6 External linksBuildings editThe school was first opened in 2004 on the site of the former Hackney Downs School The site had been purchased by Sir Clive Bourne who founded the school as one of the first City Academies in England Bourne commissioned the Rogers Stirk Harbour Partners to design the new school buildings which cost 19 000 000 2 Description editThe first principal of the school was Michael Wilshaw who left the school to become Chief Inspector of Schools In England and head of Ofsted in January 2012 The school opened a sixth form building in September 2009 which cost 7 7 million they named it in memory after the late Sir Clive Bourne as the Sir Clive Sixth Form Centre The school has a specialism in music 3 Since its opening Mossbourne Community Academy has been regularly lauded as one of the top performing inner city schools in England 4 and used as an example of the success of the academy model for schools in general 5 As of September 2017 the current head of the Academy is Rebecca Warren There are 8 houses Milton Mandela Malala Moore Blackman Bevan Butler and Bronte Mossbourne Federation editIn September 2014 the Mossbourne Federation was established The Federation opened a sister school near Victoria Park Hackney named Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy which operates under similar policies to the original school As of September 2015 the Federation opened two primary schools one near the site of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park named Mossbourne Riverside Academy and acquired the former Brooke Community School which is currently named Mossbourne Parkside Academy in Hackney Downs Alumni editNahum Melvin Lambert who is a professional footballer and has played for Reading and St Patrick s Athletic studied at Mossbourne 6 References edit Mossbourne Community Academy Mca mossbourne org 8 February 2013 Retrieved 17 August 2013 Facts Mossbourne Community Academy Richardrogers co uk 9 December 2004 Retrieved 17 August 2013 Music at Mossbourne Mossbourne Community Academy Retrieved 16 January 2022 Education Mossbourne Academy A tale of high expectations and no excuses Telegraph Retrieved 17 August 2013 Geraldine Bedell 30 August 2008 Children of the revolution Education The Observer Theguardian com Retrieved 17 August 2013 The New Jamie Johnson 28 June 2015 External links editMossbourne Community Academy official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mossbourne Community Academy amp oldid 1189197601, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
