Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form

Stoke Newington School (SNS) is a secondary school situated in the Stoke Newington area, in the London Borough of Hackney. History The school is an amalgamation of Clissold School and Woodberry Down School, with the new school founded in 1982 in the building of the former Clissold School. In 2002, the school's Media Arts specialism was granted by the then Department for Education and Skills (DfES). A second specialism in science was awarded by the DfES in 2005, hence the title Media Arts & Science College in use by the school since 2006. The specialist schools programme ended in 2011. The current Head Teacher of the school is Zehra Jaffer, who succeeded Annie Gammon in 2018. In the 2007 report produced by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted), Stoke Newington School was described as "an outstanding school with a culture of high expectations" and that "close attention to making sure that all students do as well as they possibly can characterises the school's leadership and management at all levels". Stoke Newington School has a sixth form which was launched in September 2006.