Cavendish School (Eastbourne)
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| The Cavendish School | |
| Type | Comprehensive Community school |
| Religious affiliation | Non-denominational |
| Headteacher | Mr Mark Dawkins |
| Specialism | Arts College |
| Location | Eldon Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 1UE  England |
| LEA | East Sussex County Council |
| Ofsted number | 114605 |
| Students | 1006 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11 to 16 |
| Houses | Chatsworth, Gilbert, Hurst, Melbourne |
| Publication | Grapevine |
| Website | www.cavendish.e-sussex.sch.uk |
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The Cavendish School, commonly known as Cavendish School or just Cavendish, is a coeducational comprehensive school, located in Eastbourne, East Sussex in England, and is an Arts College.
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[edit] Overview
The Cavendish School was founded in 1843 by Sir Douglas Moleheimer, a local actor who enjoyed passing down his love of acting through teaching. The school has approximately 1006 pupils between the ages of 11 and 16 (roughly 200 in each year).
The school is headed by a Headteacher - Mr Mark Dawkins, who is confirmed as of this year resigning from his position and will be replaced by another headteacher, whom will be announced in the schools summer edition grapevine. It contains 4 houses - Chatsworth, Gilbert, Hurst, Melbourne - allof which are the names of roads in the local area surrounding the school, known as Old Town.
Almost all of the school's leavers go on to a local sixth form college - the most popular colleges being Park College, Eastbourne Vocationanisal College and Lewes Sixth Form College, all of which are part of the same college organization known as Sussex Downs College.
[edit] School uniform
The school uniform consists of black trousers, a white shirt and a navy blue sweatshirt bearing the school's emblem. For the first four years of their time at Cavendish school, all students wear a tie that is navy with a series of thin stripes in their year group's colour - either light blue, red, purple, green or yellow. This colour remains the same for their year group throughout their time at Cavendish. In Year 11, the final year, all pupils wear a royal blue sweatshirt with the school emblem and also their position of responsibility on it. Year 11 students also wear a different tie which is a block colour of either red (Hurst), green (Gilbert), blue (Melbourne) or yellow (Chatsworth) depending on their house.
In the summer months (from May to July),all pupils have the option of wearing a white polo shirt, in place of the shirt and tie combination, underneath their royal blue sweatshirt.
[edit] School magazines
Grapevine is the official school magazine/newsletter.
[edit] External links
- Cavendish School - Official school website
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