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Revision as of 14:51, 4 February 2010
| Tanbridge House School | |
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Farthings Hill , , RH12 1SR | |
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| Local authority | West Sussex |
| Specialist | Science College, Maths and Computing College |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | slag |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Enrollment | 1468 |
| Website | http://www.tanbridge-house-sch.co.uk |
The 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 2008. Previous heads include Neil Chapman, Dr Peter Thomas & 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.
In 2009, the school achieved a 77% 5 A* - C pass rate, and a 99% 5 a*-g pass rate, for subjects resulting in a GCSE qualification.[1]
Tanbridge has a very strong anti-bullying system, and after the deaths of Ben Vodden and Belinda Allen, the school made a large shelter named after Ben, and made a small garden called 'Belinda's Garden' Two pupils from the school committed suicide, 11 year old Ben Vodden and 14 year old Belinda Allen. [2][3] Neither case has been closed.
On the 6th October 2009, Stephen Head, a history teacher, had a tragic car accident. At the following weekend, he died and many students and teachers were devastated.[4].
References
- ^ http://www.tanbridge-house-sch.co.uk/documents/2009KS4Results.pdf
- ^ "Hanged boy 'was bullied on bus'". BBC News. 2007-04-19. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ "Bullying 'ruled out' over death". BBC News. 2008-01-10. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
- ^ "Teacher dies following car crash". BBC News. 2009-10-12.
External links
- http://www.tanbridge-house-sch.co.uk
- Tanbridge House School Worthing Road site
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