Aylesbury High School

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Aylesbury High School
Established	1959
School type	Girls' Grammar School
Headteacher	Mr Alan Rosen
Location	Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Students	1,260
Colours	Navy, black and grey
Email	office@ahs.bucks.sch.uk
Website	www.ahsonline.co.uk

Aylesbury High School (AHS) was founded in 1959, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, when the previously co-educational Aylesbury Grammar School became boys-only. The two schools remain on adjacent sites.

The current headteacher is Alan Rosen.

The school is a single sex female grammar school which takes about 1260 pupils. Its entry requirements are dictated by an exam taken at the age of 11. In September 2001 the school was awarded specialist school status in Languages.

The school takes girls from the age of 11, in what is called Year 7, through to the age of 18, in Year 13 (Upper VI). The school has its largest intakes at Year 7 followed by around 190 students into Year 12 (Lower VI). Many pupils who complete their GCSEs in year 11 go on to study A-levels at the school.

1 Houses
2 Miscellaneous
3 Notable alumnae
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Houses

There are 6 school houses, named after stately homes in the area:

House	Colour
Ascott	Blue
Claydon	Yellow
Hughenden	Purple
Missenden	Green
Stowe	Red
Waddesdon	Orange

Each house has a house language:- Ascott, Claydon and Hughenden learn German and Missenden, Stowe and Waddesdon learn Spanish, starting from Year 8.

[edit] Miscellaneous

On Tuesday 21st November 2006 the school broke the world record for the number of Christmas crackers pulled simultaneously. In addition to setting a new Guinness World Record of 1,217 crackers, the school pupils also raised over £2,500 in sponsorship for children's charity the NSPCC.^[1]