Tanbridge House School
| Motto | "Taking Learning Further" |
|---|---|
| Established | 1976 |
| Headteacher | Mr Jules White |
| Specialisms | Science College, Maths and Computing College |
| Location | Farthings Hill Horsham West Sussex RH12 1SR England |
| Local authority | West Sussex |
| DfE URN | 126064 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | Approx 170 |
| Students | 1468 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Houses | Redgrave, Radcliffe, Wilkinson |
| Colours | |
| Website | www.tanbridge-house-sch.co.uk |
Coordinates: 51°03′53″N 0°21′04″W / 51.06472°N 0.35107°W
Tanbridge House School is a secondary school in Horsham, West Sussex. It is a specialist school of IT, Maths and Science. Its current head master is Mr Jules White who started in January 2008. Previous heads include Ms Ball, Mr Neil Chapman, Dr Peter Thomas & Ms Maureen Johnson. The school teaches a wide variety of subjects including, Leisure and Tourism (at GCSE), Graphics (at GCSE) and 3 foreign languages, Spanish, French and German.
Neil Chapman was head of the school when it moved to its existing site from the former site of the Horsham High School for Girls, and Manor House School. Horsham High School for Girls was built in 1887.
In 2011, the school achieved a 90% 5 A* - C pass rate. In addition, there was a 99% 5 A* - G pass rate, for subjects resulting in a GCSE qualification.[1]
66% of students achieved an A* - C grade in English and Mathematics.
Since 2008, the school has had a Virtual Learning Environment and uses the SIMS Learning Gateway software.
Two pupils from the school committed suicide in 2007 and 2008, 11-year old Ben Vodden and 14-year old Belinda Allen.[2][3] Neither case has been closed.
In October 2009, Stephen Head, a history teacher at the school, had a tragic car accident. He died the following weekend devastating many teachers and students alike.[4]
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[edit] School timeline
| Date | Notes |
|---|---|
| 1627 | Original site built by Richard Nye |
| 1887 | The second site was built by Thomas Oliver. It was one of the first houses with electricity in Horsham and was an example of neo-Jacobean architecture. It is the building in Worthing Road and is still existent today. |
| 1920 | Thomas Oliver dies; the building was sold to the county council for £7000 |
| 1924 | The building becomes the Horsham High School for Girls |
| 1968 | The building was described as "a fine example of the revived Wealden tradition" |
| 1976 | The High School site is merged with the site at Manor House school and becomes Tanbridge House School, a mixed comprehensive. The former school buildings from the Manor House site were demolished and is now a supermarket. |
| 1988 | The school was due to be demolished but Audrey Robinson; a teacher at the school launched a successful campaign to save the building |
| 1994 | The current school site is built, adjacent to the A24 road (England). |
[edit] Notable alumni
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This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability or notability policies. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources cited within this article showing they are notable and alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (May 2011) |
- Vincent Moss - Political Editor of the Sunday Mirror
- Tim Slade - co-founder of fashion label Fat Face
- Robin Goodridge - drummer in rock band Bush
- Jamie Hewlett - artist/cartoonist & developer of the comic strip Tank Girl (manufactured into Hollywood pic around 1995) & co-owner of the band Gorillaz
- Rob Leggatt, originative Director at Blue Source (he was nominated for the Grammy in 2003)
Robin Goodridge, Jamie Hewlett and Rob Leggatt have all been nominated for Grammy Awards (an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the USA to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry) in the last twenty years.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.tanbridge-house-sch.co.uk/documents/2010KS4Results.pdf
- ^ "Hanged boy 'was bullied on bus'". BBC News. 2007-04-19.
- ^ "Bullying 'ruled out' over death". BBC News. 2008-01-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7182078.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ "Teacher dies following car crash". BBC News. 2009-10-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8303548.stm.
[edit] External links
- http://www.tanbridge-house-sch.co.uk
- Tanbridge House School Worthing Road site
