The Sweyne Park School
Essex, United Kingdom
About The Sweyne Park School
The Sweyne Park School is a co-educational, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form, situated in Rayleigh, Essex. There are 1,269 students on the school roll, aged 11-16. The town of Rayleigh has a population of 32,500 and is located between Chelmsford and Southend.
The Sweyne Park School was formed in 1997 as the result of a merger between Sweyne and Park schools; it has held academy status since 2013. The road the school is based on is named for the 16th-century explorer Sir Walter Raleigh.
Interim Headteacher
Katharine Dines
Values and vision
The Sweyne Park School prides itself on being a safe and happy environment for pupils. Central to the school is a belief in respect for students, staff and the environment. This focus on respect leads to high expectations and excellent discipline, which in turn deliver the highest possible achievement for each individual pupil.
The secondary school has taken its first steps towards becoming a UNICEF Rights Respecting School – its work so far has been recognised with UNICEF's Recognition of Commitment award. Sweyne Park's Rights Respecting Group represents pupils from each year, who work to make sure that everybody associated with the school – staff and parents included – knows about the rights of children and the importance of respecting these rights.
Ofsted report
"This is an outstanding school where extremely strong leadership ensures that very well-thought-out strategies for improvement have a positive impact on provision and, in turn, on outcomes for pupils. The school engenders a very strong ethos of respect and care for others."
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