The Norton Knatchbull School for Boys

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The Norton Knatchbull School for Boys' is an all boys' Grammar school situated on Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent, England. The school has been awarded the status of a language college. Today, the Norton Knatchbull school accepts boys of ages 11-18 and has recently admitted girls in the sixth form, aged 16-18.

'Knatchbull' is located close to a number of other secondary schools in the area including The North School and Highworth Grammar School for Girls. It has supported the IB Diploma Programme since April 2006.

1 History
- 1.1 Headteachers
2 Subjects Taught At The Norton Knatchbull School
3 Recent News
4 External link

[edit] History

The school was founded in approximately 1630, under the name of Ashford Grammar School, and was situated to the north of St. Mary's Church in the centre of Ashford. The school then moved to its present location on Hythe Road on 18th January 1881.

[edit] Headteachers

Mr John Speller - 1997 to date
Mr Phillip Cox - 1971 to 1997
Mr Evan Turner Mortimore - 1941 to 1971
Mr Leslie White - 1934 to 1941

[edit] Subjects Taught At The Norton Knatchbull School

Art 2D and 3D (KS3, KS4 and KS5)
Buisness Studies (KS4 and KS5)
Economics (KS5 Only)
Electronics (KS3, KS4 and KS5)
Resistant Materials (KS3, KS4 and KS5)
Graphical Design (KS3 and KS4)
Pneumatics (KS3 Only)
Drama (KS3, KS4 and KS5)
English (KS3, KS4 and KS5)
Geography (KS3, KS4 and KS5)
History (KS3, KS4 and KS5)
ICT (KS3, KS4 and KS5)
Maths (KS3, KS4 and KS5)
Music (KS3, KS4 and KS5)
Phsycology (KS5 Only)
Sociology (KS5 Only)
RE (KS3 and KS4)
Biology (KS3, KS4 and KS5)
Physics (KS3, KS4 and KS5)
Chemistry (KS3, KS4 and KS5)
Sports Studies (KS4 and KS5)
Polotics (KS5 Only)
Spanish (KS3, KS4 and KS5)
French (KS3, KS4 and KS5)
German (KS3, KS4 and KS5)
Italian (KS4 and KS5)
Japanese (KS4 and KS5)

[edit] Recent News

Class A drugs, Cocaine, was recently found at the school, one one of the set of stairs in the Brabourne Building, causing a media circus in the local area, including a front page headline in the Kentish Express, and headlines on the main 6:00 ITV Local news.