Chatsmore Catholic High School
| Type | Voluntary Aided School | ||
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| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||
| Religious head | Michael Madden | ||
| Religious deputy head | Anne Ward & Paul Walker | ||
| Specialism | Arts | ||
| Location | Goring Street Worthing West Sussex BN12 5AF  England |
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| Local authority | West Sussex | ||
| DfE URN | 126096 | ||
| Students | 106309999 | ||
| Gender | Coeducational | ||
| Ages | 11–16 | ||
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| Website | www.chatsmore.w-sussex.sch.uk |
Coordinates: 50°48′58″N 0°26′01″W / 50.81606°N 0.43361°W
Chatsmore Catholic High School is an 11-16, mixed comprehensive school located in Goring By Sea, Worthing, West Sussex. The school holds specialist Arts College status.
The Head Teacher is Mr Michael Madden, NPQH. There are currently 632 students on the roll.[citation needed]
The school now has a vertical system, the pupils are organised into four houses currently named Teresa, Bridget, Columba and Wilfred. The houses were named after Saints the students voted for.
Each house has a Progress Leader who deals with the 120-ish students in their house. The current progress leaders are:
- Saint Columba - Miss Archer
- Saint Teresa - Mr Kirby
- Saint Wilfrid - Mr McNaughton
- Saint Bridget - Ms Gillies
Chatsmore has a Canteen, the Learning Resource Centre (library)more commonly known as the LRC by the pupils, a food technology room, an Apple suite, which has many iMacs and Macbooks inside for more creative lessons, a wood tech room, graphics rooms, a drama department, an average sized gym, a large sports hall, tennis courts, football pitch and a very large field.
The school operates a prefect system with head boy and girl and two deputies for each post. The school also operates a House Captain system with Vice Captains aswell. The head boy and girl for 2011/2012 are Joe Mills and Annabel Collins. Their are four deputies (two male and two female) They are Bill Pierce, Chad Croot, Amy Wakeman and Haley Woods.
The School prayer is:
God be in our heads and in our understanding,
God be in our eyes and in our looking,
God be in our mouths and in our speaking,
God be in our hearts and in our caring,
God be with our friends and families,
Be with us now and always.
Amen
The school hit the news in the summer of 2008 when it banned the popular drink Red Bull as it believed that the drink had an adverse effect on the behaviour of the pupils.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Clout, Laura (6 June 2008). "School bans Red Bull after bad behaviour rise". telegraph.co.uk (Telegraph Media group). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2080618/Chatsmore-Catholic-High-School-in-Worthing-West-Sussex-bans-Red-Bull-after-rise-in-bad-behaviour.html. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
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