``'We are here tonight to
celebrate the Academy’s magnificent new buildings, but before turning to them I
think it is right to celebrate what the Academy team working extremely hard and
with great imagination, under the leadership of the headmaster, Matthew Slater, has achieved. I shall be followed by Lady Victoria Leatham, Master Draper, Sir
Nick Montagu, Chair of Queen Mary Council, Michael White, Leader of Havering
Council, Angela Watkinson MP and finally Matthew Slater.
As you all know GCSE results
showed a massive improvement this year.
We are well above national average pass rates on key subjects such as
English, Maths, History and especially Science.
No longer will a school on the Hill seen to be the bottom of the
heap. There is a lot more to do but we
are already bringing much greater opportunities than have ever been available.
Our sixth form opens this
term and promises to be a further real path of opportunity and at the same time
a celebration of learning.
Over the past year pupil
attendance has been better than the national average. Learning support is exemplary and we continue
with a policy of helping all, which means no exclusions.
But a key part of our vision
has been to make best use of this magnificent site given to us by London
Borough of Havering less than four years ago. But I hope you can agree
that Kier and their partners, especially the architects Feilden, Clegg, Bradley
have built a magnificent school set in superb grounds. It has also been built on time and to
specification with the very considerable support of LB Havering.
2012 has been a remarkable
year for London with the celebrations of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the
Olympics and the Paralympics but in a small corner of London on its eastern rim
something equally remarkable has happened.
We have started out to create a remarkable school that will be for the
benefit of all those who live on Harold Hill.'
Maj-Gen Adrian Lyons CBE, Chairman of the Board of Governors and Past Master, The Drapers Livery Company
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