Music At Morpeth
Morpeth Secondary School is a secondary school in east London, situated in Bethnal Green with nearly 1200 pupils.
The current headteacher is Sir Alasdair MacDonald, under whose tenure the school has undergone a renaissance. Since his arrival at the school, Morpeth's results at Key Stages Three and Four have improved substantially (most notable was the 76% A-C GCSE pass rate at the end of the last school year 2006). In the last Ofsted Inspection Report, leadership and quality of teaching were both credited as 'outstanding'.
Its students come from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds, over half are from Bangladeshi background, one-third are white British, while the remaining are from other backgrounds.
In 2009, the school was identified as one of the top 12 outstanding schools in England, according to reports by Ofsted.
Specialist Status
Morpeth is a specialist Arts College in Arts and music, but has also gained some fame in junior table tennis, and offers a wide range of extracurricular activities. Morpeth does not currently have a Sixth-Form but more buildings are being built and the Higher-Education wing of the school should be ready by Summer 2008. Its new Performing Arts building opened in October 2007, almost a month later than expected and was officially opened by Danny Boyle in May 2008.
