Howard of Effingham School A GSG School
- Howard of Effingham School
Lower Road
Effingham
Leatherhead
Surrey
KT24 5JR - Head: James Baker
- T 01372 453694
- F 01372 456952
- E Howard@thehoward.org
- W www.thehoward.org
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Surrey
- Pupils: 1,522; sixth formers: 333
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Open days: September and October
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Good 1
- 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Good 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 1
- 1 Full inspection 3rd December 2019
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
‘You’ll rarely see a science lab without a practical going on,’ one student told us, while another added, ‘The teachers are so supportive – you never feel you’re getting in the way if you knock on their office door and they’ll think nothing of spending an extra half hour with you if it’s needed.’ Lots to brag about when it comes to sporting successes, both from individual students and school teams – and indeed the school does...
What the school says...
Converted to an academy 2011.
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Headteacher
Since September 2021, James Baker, previously deputy head at Oxted School. Grew up in Kent, where he attended Maidstone Grammar before studying music at King’s College London, where his time was split largely between playing the oboe and rowing. Weekends, meanwhile, were spent tutoring students in Woolwich and his holidays working on residential programmes for overseas students – it was these experiences that led him down the PGCE route (IoE fast track teaching programme) and from there into his first teaching position as music teacher at Bournemouth School followed by director of music at Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester, then assistant and later deputy head with The Howard Partnership Trust at Oxted School. He has taught classic civilisation and lead a centre for visually impaired students. In 2017, he gained an MA (Ed) from...
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Interpreting catchment maps
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