Great Baddow High School
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| Type | Academy |
|---|---|
| Headteacher | C. Lynch |
| Specialism | Sports College |
| Location | Duffield Road Chelmsford Essex CM2 9RZ England |
| Local authority |  England |
| DfE URN | 115223 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1390 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | www.greatbaddow.com |
Coordinates: 51°42′49″N 0°29′10″E / 51.71355°N 0.48606°E
Great Baddow High School is a secondary school in Chelmsford, Essex, England. The ages of pupils range from 11 to 16 years old, and students in sixth form ages from 16 onwards. In September 2002, the school was awarded specialist Sports College status, where children benefit from a wide range of sports. Thus, the school has just recently paid out a lot of money on a new physical education department, which was needed, because the old department was outdated, needing new facilities for the growing number of students.
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[edit] Facilities
As a Sports College, Great Baddow High School offers a range of varying sporting facilities.
The school has a heated indoor swimming pool for sports such as swimming and water polo. The pool also has its own male and female changing rooms with cubicles. The school also has three large playing fields for sports such as rugby, cricket and football.
There is an indoor gymnasium which can be used for trampolining, and also has equipment such as climbing ropes and wall bars. They also have a large indoor sports hall, which is primarily used for the school's basketball teams.
[edit] Sport
Great Baddow has enjoyed much sporting success since becoming a Specialist Sports College, notably their basketball teams. In 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 the girls basketball team won the National Schools Basketball competition, announcing them the best girls basketball team in England. The netball teams have also enjoyed much success at a national level, by regularly reaching the top ten in the country.
[edit] Houses
When entering the school, the students are divided into one of four houses. The purpose of these are for sporting competitions, such as sports day and social competitive activities such as quizzes.
Each of the houses have their specific colours, which can be used for teams in inter-house sports competitions such as a tennis tournament. The houses and their colours can be seen below:
- North - Blue
- South - Yellow
- East - Red
- West - Green
Throughout the year, students will gain awards such as bronze, silver (10 bronze awards) and gold awards (5 silver awards) for years seven to nine, and then credits in years 10 and 11. The person with the most awards receives a prize at the end of the year.
