Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School

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**Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School**
School type	Grammar school
Location	Sidcup, London, United Kingdom

Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School is a mixed gender grammar school located in Hurst Road, Sidcup in the London Borough of Bexley, United Kingdom.The school is well known in the local area for its distinctive purple blazers and reputation for high standards of education. In the 1960's the school was ranked third in the country.

[edit] History

The school was founded as an all boys grammar school in the 1930s. It then moved to differant locations twice before staying in it's current place in 1954. As a grammar school, it only allowed pupils who passed their Eleven Plus exams, and therefore commanded high achieving results. In the 1960s, it was ranked as the 3rd school in the country in the league tables. It later became a mixed school for both genders.

In recent years standards have slipped, the school was for a period of time not top of the local league tables and moves were made in the sports area. The school gained a Sports College status which is a boost to the grammar schools of Bexley since no other schools have sports college status which are sports colleges. In 2005, Dr J. Vitagliano took over the position of headmaster, introducing tougher penalties and increasing grade boundaries. The 2005/6 GCSE Results though brought the school up the league tables with nearly 98% of the school getting passes.

In 2004, a Jubillee sports pavillion was built. In the near future a new art & technology block will be completed, and named after Quentin Blake, a former pupil at the school.

[edit] Trivia

Quentin Blake, the famous illustrator, went to Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School.
The school has sport college status. It has a joint sports college status with neighbouring Hurstmere Comprehensive.
Each year group are split into houses named after the founders of the school - D,E,L,S,T and W (Davies, Edlmann, Leicester, Staff, Townsend and Williams).
Amanda King, famous for her novel "Scream Blue Murder" attended this school
A book, Past purple was written about the history of the school.
In 1973 the compulsory wearing of the school cap was abolished, and nobody has worn one at the school since.
In January 1983 the school featured on the front pages of all the national tabloids. Excessive drinking at the 1982 Sixth Form Christmas Party resulted in the suspension of the entire sixth form for one day. The story was reported by all national newspapers. The Sun nicknamed the school "Sozzlehurst and Hiccup". In 1983 any celebration of Christmas was banned by the school.