Kenton School History
Construction on the original Kenton School started in 1958 and was opened by the Right Honourable Lord Morrison of Lambeth to pupils and staff on Friday 17 March 1961.
The development of the school continued through the addition of new buildings. East Block was the first to be built - closely followed by West Block in 1961, the plans for these buildings were submitted in 1957 and approved in 1958. South Block was added to the site in 1971, later,in 1980, a green bridge would be added to link South Block to the main school, it ran between South Block and West Block, it lost its colour and appeared grey metal colour all the way until demolition of the buildings between 2008 and 2009. In 1997 North Block was added to the rear of East Block, and finally, most notably in 1999, a new College Building was added to the campus. The College Building was officially opened by the then Schools Minister, Estelle Morris.
Following 47 years in the original school buildings, the school moved into a new state-of-the-art building in Autumn 2008 and had its official opening on Friday, 2 July 2010.
The new school was officially opened by the acclaimed film director and former Kenton School pupil, Mike Figgis.
Since opening, the school has had seven permanent and one acting Headteacher. The current Head, Mr David Pearmain, is the longest serving having been in post from 1998.
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