Gosford Hill School
| Established | 1932 |
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| Type | Community School |
| Specialism | Maths and Computing |
| Location | Oxford Road Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2NT  England |
| Local authority | Oxfordshire |
| DfE URN | 123241 |
| Staff | 90 |
| Students | 1200 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | www.gosford-hill.oxon.sch.uk |
Coordinates: 51°48′58″N 1°16′45″W / 51.81624°N 1.27913°W
Gosford Hill School is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school in Kidlington, Oxfordshire and a Specialist College of Mathematics and Computing; the first school in Oxfordshire to receive this award. In 2007 the school celebrated the 75th anniversary of its founding in 1932.
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[edit] History
The school, originally called the Kidlington Church of England Central School, was built to teach children over the age of 11 whose numbers had grown during the 1920s to the point where the National School in the village was not able to accommodate them. By combining the number of over-11s from Kidlington with those from the church schools in the surrounding villages of Begbroke, Cassington, Hampton Poyle, Islip, Noke, Oddington, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Thrupp and Yarnton a sufficient number was achieved to justify the cost of a new school.
The first Headteacher, when the school opened on 7 September 1932, was Herbert Chapman who had been the head of the National School[1]
The original buildings, designed by R Fielding Dodd, ARIBA and GT Gardner consisted of 4 classrooms and a Practical Studies Centre. Two more classrooms were added in 1934. The site of 4 acres (16,000 m2) had been part of Gosford Hill Farm, which itself had been turned into Oxford Zoological Gardens by Frank Gray by the time the school was built.
In 2007 the school has over 1200 students and over 90 staff. The headteacher since September 2007 is Dr Stephen Bizley. There has been major building work going on at the school and he is still there in 2010 - a new Design & Technology block and science block have been built and in use.
- For the last nine years the school has run a trip to Marlow Camp, this was started by Mr Phillips in 2003 and is a great success.
- In 2008 a narrowband radio station was set up for its students named GHS Radio.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Ford Ennals - Chief Executive Officer of Digital Radio UK
- David Rodigan - Reggae DJ and radio presenter
- Tim Supple - Theatre and opera director
- David Aston - disgraced driving instructor, currently serving 4 years for luring young girls into woodland and encouraging them to kick him in the groin.[2][3]
- Four of the founding members of the Candyskins attended Gosford Hill.
[edit] References
- ^ Tossell, T. Gosford Hill School 1932 - 2007 pp 13-14.
- ^ Oxford Mail
- ^ The Sun
[edit] External links
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