Worthing High School is a secondary school with academy status located in Worthing, West Sussex. It caters to academic years 7-11 (ages 11–16) and has over 950 students on roll.
| Worthing High School | |
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| Coordinates | 50°49′24″N 0°22′51″W / 50.8233°N 0.3809°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Always Pursue Excellence |
| Established | 1905, merged 1982 |
| Local authority | West Sussex County Council |
| Specialist | Business and Enterprise with Music & English college |
| Department for Education URN | 139109 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chair of Governors | A Cohen |
| Head teacher | Pan Panayiotou [1] |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Enrolment | 1000 |
| Colour(s) | Purple |
| Website | www |
History edit
The school has its origins as the Bedford Row Pupil teacher centre, a private school for girls, in January 1905. Within two years, it also took school leavers other than pupil teachers.[2] The school was taken over by the local council in 1909, moving to its current site in 1914. It operated at a girls school on this site, with a junior house in Shelly Road between 1918 and 1930,[2] apart from an evacuation to New Ollerton, Nottinghamshire in 1941,[2] until it became a girls' grammar school under the changes of the Education Act 1944. It remained as a grammar school until the local authority reorganised provision in the town along three-tier comprehensive lines in 1973, when it became a girls' comprehensive high school for students aged 12 to 16. At this time it became known as Gaisford girls' high school.[3] The school became co-educational in 1982 when it merged with West Tarring Secondary School for boys, then becoming known by its current name.[2]
In 2008, the school became a Trust school under the rules of the Education and Inspections Act 2006.[4] The school converted to academy status in December 2012. From 2015 it became a standard secondary school accepting its first cohort of Year 7 students since the 1973 reorganisation following the change in the age of transfer in Worthing.[5] The school has been rated "good" with outstanding areas on its previous OFSTED inspection in April 2016.
Notable alumni edit
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Mick Farren, Singer and founder of The Deviants -
Billy Idol, Grammy winning recording artist -
Keith Emerson, Member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer and The Nice, nicknamed "The greatest keyboarist in Rock history" -
Russ Cook, the first man to run the entire length of Africa.
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Notable Faculty edit
- Nick Hallard - English artist known for his pub signs.
References edit
- ^ "New headteacher for Worthing High".
- ^ a b c d "Worthing County High School for Girls. (later Gaisford High School for Girls) E/218". West Sussex School records. The National Archives. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ^ T P Hudson, ed. (1980). "Worthing: Education". A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 1: Bramber Rape (Southern Part). Victoria County History Series. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ "Worthing High School". EduBase website. Department for Children, Schools and Families. 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ "Worthing school places". West Sussex County Council. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
