The Forest Academy
| The Forest Academy | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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Harbourer Road , , IG6 3TN England | |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Together Fostering Achievement |
| Established | 1951 |
| Local authority | Redbridge |
| Trust | Beacon Multi-Academy Trust |
| Department for Education URN | 137692 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Executive headteacher | Will Mackintosh |
| Principal | Will Mackintosh |
| Staff | 100+ |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age range | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 650 plus c. 250 in the 6th form |
| Colours | Black, Navy Blue and Green |
| Website | www |
The Forest Academy (formerly Hainault Forest High School) is a coeducational secondary school near Hainault Forest in Hainault, London, England. The school is an academy sponsored by Beacon multi-academy trust.[1] The Forest Academy is an Ofsted 'Good' school.[2]
Forest Academy has a co-located sixth form with Beal High School, where students enrolled in Beal sixth form study at either Forest Academy or Beal High School.[3] Courses offered at the Forest Academy campus sixth for include a 3-year pathway, including GCSEs English and maths and level 2 courses, A-levels and Level 3 vocational qualifications.[4]
History
The Forest Academy was founded in 1951 as Kingswood Secondary School by Yorke, Rosenberg Mardall. Under its headmaster John Westbury OBE, it was amalgamated with Grange School to form Hainault High School in 1975. Between 1985 and 1991 the school's name was changed from Hainault High School to Hainault Forest High School.
In 1991 Greg Deery became headteacher of Hainault Forest High School. On the 10th July 2003 it was announced that Hainault Forest High School had become the first school in Redbridge to be awarded Specialist School status in business and enterprise.[5]
In 2004 Tim Westrip became acting headteacher from departing headteacher Greg Deery, after the school was judged to be failing in October 2003 and was put into special measures by Ofsted.
In September 2005 Kathryn Terrell became headteacher of Hainault Forest High School from acting headteacher Tim Westrip, who left after two terms at the school.[6]
In March 2006 Hainault Forest High School escaped from special measures after Ofsted said the school had made significant progress.[7]
On the 19th May 2010 Will Thompson became the headteacher.
In 2011 Hainault Forest High School joined the Beacon Multi-Academy Trust and in 2012 was renamed to The Forest Academy.
In August 2020 Will Mackintosh became principal of the Forest Academy, replacing Will Thompson. In September 2024 Lewis Ansell and Ed Macleod were appointed co-heads of the Forest Academy. On 28 February 2025 Ansell was appointed principal.
On the 1st December 2025 it was announced that Ansell had died. Will Mackintosh was brought back as temporary principal.
Notable former pupils
- Mz Bratt - Cleopatra Humphrey, electro/grime singer[8]
- Justin Hoyte, footballer[citation needed]
Chigwell Hunstman Road High School
References
- ^ "Homepage". Beacon Academy Trust. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Forest Academy". Ofsted. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "A welcome from Mr MacLeod – Vice Principal of BSF". Beal High School. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ Gayne, Daniel (11 August 2021). "A Level results 2021: Three-quarters of Beal pupils get into first choice university". Ilford Recorder. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Specialist status for school". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. 10 July 2003. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "New headteacher is 'pleased to be here at last'". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. 15 September 2005. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "They're on their way to the top". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. 11 March 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "Mz Bratt sings praises of maths". Ilford Recorder. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
Mz Bratt is part of a new breed of intelligent young stars from London crossing over into the charts. A former Hainault Forest High School pupil, she achieved 10 A-C GCSEs, despite the pressures of her fledgling career.
- ^ "Union Bob only thinks of his men - mum". Ilford Recorder. 6 September 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
Mrs Crow recalled how her stepson was brought up in Redbridge and attended Hainault Forest High School, Harbourer Road, Hainault, before rising to the top of the union movement. She said: "He's been back there to see them in the past couple of years. "He went there - they asked him if he wanted to go and see the children."