Cavendish School, Hemel Hempstead
| headteacher | Susan Forde |
|---|---|
| Location | Warners End Road Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 3DW England Coordinates: 51°45′27″N 0°29′00″W / 51.75761°N 0.48328°W |
| Local authority | Hertfordshire |
| DfE URN | 117528 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1198 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | www.cavendish.herts.sch.uk |
Cavendish School is a secondary school in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. The school has specialist Sports College status. The Head Teacher is Susan Forde.
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History [edit]
The school was officially opened in 1962 [1] as one of the first of the new breed of post-war technical grammar schools. Initially it was run along very traditional lines by the founding Headmaster, Mr. Arthur Hayward.
In 1968 the school pioneered a system of learning away from traditional subject structure: the new intake that year studied 'Inter-disciplinary Enquiry' (IDE) for the first two years in place of English, Geography, History and Science. Maths and languages were taught separately. IDE was very quickly seen as a 'conspicuous failure'.[2]
The 1969 intake was the last grammar year, and from 1970 the school became a comprehensive. Arthur Hayward moved to Bodmin School the following year.
Arthur Hayward died in June 2010 and tributes were published in the local paper [3]
Forms [edit]
Year 7-10 pupils are divided into 4 houses, each named after famous scientists from The Cavendish Laboratories at the University of Cambridge, UK as follows:
- Rayleigh
- Maxwell
- Rutherford
- Thompson
- Bragg was added as a house after the school went comprehensive and needed 5 form intake.
The forms are used for administrative purposes, for competitions such as sports day and to work out which form has best attendance. As of 2010, the form system was changed to a house system. Year 7-13 are divided into four houses, still named after scientists. These include:
- Bragg
- Maxwell
- Rutherford
- Thompson
Each house has a colour, the students display a strip of material in their house colour on their blazers, below the Cavendish logo
Uniform [edit]
Girls: black trousers or skirt; white blouse; blazer (originally purple); and a purple, black and gold tie with the Cavendish crest on it.
Boys: black trousers; white shirt; blazer(originally purple); and a purple, black and gold tie with the Cavendish crest on it.
Sport [edit]
In 2003, the year 7 rugby team reached the quarter finals of the Powergen Rugby League Cup - Losing to the Welsh Champions - 32-12
Notable alumni [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Hemel Hempstead Gazette Abstract
- ^ Bull, G.B.G. (1968) 'Inter-Disciplinary Enquiry: A Geography Teacher's Assessment'
- ^ Newspaper tributes to Arthur Hayward
External links [edit]
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