High Storrs School
| High Storrs School | |
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| Address | |
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High Storrs Road , , S11 7LH England | |
| Coordinates | 53°21′27″N 1°31′21″W / 53.3576°N 1.5224°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Community school |
| Motto | Designed for success |
| Established | 1933 |
| Local authority | City of Sheffield |
| Department for Education URN | 107139 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head teacher | Claire Tasker |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1575 |
| Houses | Crucible, Lyceum, Merlin, Montgomery |
| Colour(s) | Red, yellow, blue, green |
| Former name | High Storrs Grammar School |
| Website | www |
High Storrs School (aka the worst school ever) is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form college with academy status[1] on the south-western outskirts of Sheffield, England.
Admissions
High Storrs has a Sixth Form in Ecclesall and is a specialist Arts College in the Performing Arts, with a second specialism in Maths and Computing.
History
Central Technical School
The school opened on 10 March 1880 as the Central Higher Grade School in the centre of Sheffield and relocated to its present site at High Storrs in 1933. The Old Centralians was an association for former pupils that operated until 2015.[2]
Grammar school
The building housed two separate grammar schools from the 1940s to 1968: High Storrs Grammar School for Boys, and High Storrs Grammar School for Girls. It was administered by the Sheffield Education Committee. The buildings were improved in the early 1960s.
Comprehensive
These were merged into a single comprehensive school, starting in September 1969 with around 1,600 boys and girls.
In 1993 a 17-year-old pupil was killed by a wound form a bayonet by a pupil of Notre Dame High School in Sheffield in Endcliffe Park.[3]
Houses
In 2008 the "Key Stage" system was changed to the Vertical System, where instead of year groups, there are houses with ten forms to each house. Each form has a varied amount of pupils from Y7-11 and no sixth formers. There are 2 classes of around 30 in each house, so 8 classes. Forms 1–5 are a class and forms 6–10 are a class. This system is meant to reduce bullying and encourage friendships with pupils of different ages. The four houses are named after the main four theatres in Sheffield: Crucible, Lyceum, Merlin and Montgomery. Sixth form students are also attached to a vertical form for organisational and mentoring purposes; typically three sixth formers are attached to one form.
| House | House Colour | |
|---|---|---|
| Crucible | Red | |
| Lyceum | Yellow | |
| Merlin | Blue | |
| Montgomery | Green | |
Exam pass rate
In 2019 66.4% of pupils who took GCSE exams achieved grade 5 or above in Maths and English.[4] The average points score for AS and A2 Level students in 2008 was 675.8, below the national average of 739.8.[5]
It gets above-average GCSE results and A-levels at the England average.[citation needed]
School renovation
Almost £27 million was allocated for a complete refurbishment and remodelling of the school under the Government's Building Schools for the Future programme, with £2 million being spent on ICT equipment. Preparatory work on the field ready for the new temporary teaching rooms began in July 2008. Demolition of the 1960s extensions to the north of the school was completed in November 2008, and the project was completed in 2011.
Due to the school's Grade II listed status, only the interior of the main school building can be refurbished, with the exterior remaining almost unchanged. A new extension was built at the north end of the building to replace the old dining rooms, school hall and performing arts block, whilst a second extension was built to replace the 1960s additions at the south end of the school. This includes a modern sports hall.
Former teachers
- Veronica Hardstaff, Labour MEP 1994–1999 for Lincolnshire and Humberside South and Sheffield City Councillor 1970–1978 and 2002–2007, taught French and German at the girls' school 1963–1966.
Notable former pupils
 | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (June 2014) |
- Nick Matthew, squash player
- Jessica-Jane Clement, television presenter
- Tom Ellis, actor
- Jayne Irving, GMTV presenter
- Anna Lauren, actress
- Jack Lester, footballer
- Chloe Newsome, actress
- Jessica Ransom, actress
- Kyle Walker, Manchester City FC & England footballer
- Michael Jolley, football manager
- Steve Heighway, Ex Liverpool footballer
High Storrs Grammar School for Girls
- Judith Bingham, composer
- Janet Brown, Chief executive since 2007 of the Scottish Qualifications Authority, and managing director from 2000–7 of Scottish Enterprise
- Stella Greenall, involved in the introduction of student grants in 1962
- Tessa Bramley, Michelin-starred chef[6]
High Storrs Grammar School for Boys
- Joseph Ashton OBE, Labour MP from 1968 to 2001 for Bassetlaw
- Peter Glossop, opera singer
- Steve Heighway, footballer
- Paul Heiney, BBC reporter[7]
- Very Rev Alfred Jowett, Dean of Manchester from 1964 to 1983[8]
- Jeff Rawle, actor
References
- ^ "Minerva Learning Trust : High Storrs School". Minerva Learning Trust. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ Old Centralians website Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, History page
- ^ School violence
- ^ "High Storrs School - GOV.UK". GOV.UK. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ BBC News A Level League Tables 2008
- ^ Ms Tessa Bramley Authorised Biography | Debrett's People of Today
- ^ Times Educational Supplement, accessed 25 March 2009
- ^ The Very Reverend Alfred Jowett – Telegraph