Cornelius Vermuyden School and Arts College
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Cornelius Vermuyden School and Arts College is a Foundation, comprehensive
school for boys and girls ages 11–16 with a specialism in the arts. Located in Canvey Island
, Essex
, the school is named after the famous Dutch land engineer Sir Cornelius Vermuyden
(1595-1683) who was famous for reclaiming large areas of fenland in the UK, and for supervising the construction of the sea walls around Canvey in 1623.
The school holds the Sportsmark
award and the Specialist Schools Trust have recognised the school in their 'Most Improved Schools Club'. Pupils from the school were involved in the creation of a large mosaic on Canvey seafront in 2007. The project was funded by Essex County Council and the BP petrol company, and the results earned the praise of the chairman of Castle Point Council's environment committee.
The Karslake Centre was opened on 15 September 2005 by Paul Karslake
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Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
school for boys and girls ages 11–16 with a specialism in the arts. Located in Canvey Island
Canvey Island
Canvey Island is a civil parish and reclaimed island in the Thames estuary in England. It is separated from the mainland of south Essex by a network of creeks...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, the school is named after the famous Dutch land engineer Sir Cornelius Vermuyden
Cornelius Vermuyden
Sir Cornelius Wasterdyk Vermuyden was a Dutch engineer who introduced Dutch reclamation methods to Britain, and made the first important attempts to drain The Fens of East Anglia.-Life:...
(1595-1683) who was famous for reclaiming large areas of fenland in the UK, and for supervising the construction of the sea walls around Canvey in 1623.
The school holds the Sportsmark
Sportsmark
Sportsmark is Sport England's accreditation scheme for secondary schools. The scheme recognises a school's out of hours sports provision.Sportsmark awards are given to secondary schools for provision for sport and physical education. They are currently being reviewed along with Activemark awards...
award and the Specialist Schools Trust have recognised the school in their 'Most Improved Schools Club'. Pupils from the school were involved in the creation of a large mosaic on Canvey seafront in 2007. The project was funded by Essex County Council and the BP petrol company, and the results earned the praise of the chairman of Castle Point Council's environment committee.
The Karslake Centre was opened on 15 September 2005 by Paul Karslake
Paul Karslake
Paul Karslake FRSA is an artist, primarily a painter. He is the brother of Jo Wood, former wife of Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones. In the early 1970s Karslake was tutored by Sir Peter Scott; towards the end of that decade he met Salvador Dali during a trip to Spain...
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