Why Our Schools Are Great ; What Sets a Successful School Apart? Last Week Four Schools Two Secondary, Two Primary Were Named Winners of the Pounds 20,000 Evening Standard London School Awards. Here Jacky Hyams Asks the Four Headteachers the Secret of Their Success

Evening Standard - London › March 22, 2004

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DR DAVINIA LLOYD

Dr Davinia Lloyd (below), of Coopers' Company and Coborn School, Upminster, Essex.

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Why Our Schools Are Great ; What Sets a Successful School Apart? Last Week Four Schools Two Secondary, Two Primary Were Named Winners of the Pounds 20,000 Evening Standard London School Awards. Here Jacky Hyams Asks the Four Headteachers the Secret of Their Success

WE'RE very privileged to have children here who are well motivated and supported by their parents. That's a good thing to start with for a mixed comprehensive with 1,270 students. We have an unusual status: we're a charitable foundation yet there's no funding from the charity, other than for external building work.

What we do have here, however, are incredibly experienced and stable staff who know exactly what they a...

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