Plumstead Manor School is a
coeducational
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secondary school
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and
sixth form
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located next to
Plumstead Common
Plumstead Common is a common and urban park in Plumstead in the Royal Borough of Greenwich ( SE18), south-east London. It is part of the South East London Green Chain.
Location and geology
Plumstead Common is bound to the north by Old Mill Roa ...
in the
Plumstead
Plumstead is an area in southeast London, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich, England. It is located east of Woolwich.
History
Plumstead has been settled since ancient times, and London's earliest timber structure has been found here. ...
area of the
Royal Borough of Greenwich
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in
London
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, England. It is a
community school administered by
Greenwich London Borough Council
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.
The school was founded as Plumstead County School for Girls in 1913. The school was later renamed Kings Warren
Grammar School
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a Latin school, school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented Se ...
. The school became
comprehensive in 1967, being renamed to Plumstead Manor School. The school was enlarged in the 1970s, and new additional buildings were opened at the school in 2013. Plumstead Manor School was a girls school until September 2018, when it started accepting both genders.
Plumstead Manor School offers
GCSEs
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a range of subjects taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, having been introduced in September 1986 and its first exams taken in 1988. State schools ...
,
BTECs and vocational courses as programmes of study for pupils. Students in the sixth form have the option of studying from a range of
A Levels
The A-level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational a ...
as well as further BTECs.
References
External links
Plumstead Manor School official website
Secondary schools in the Royal Borough of Greenwich
Educational institutions established in 1913
1913 establishments in England
Community schools in the Royal Borough of Greenwich
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