Durrington High School

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Durrington High School
Established	1973
Type	Community Secondary school
Headteacher	Sue Marooney[1]
Chair of Governors	Angus Watts[1]
Specialism	Business and Enterprise College
Location	The Boulevard Worthing West Sussex BN13 1JX England
LEA	West Sussex[1]
Ofsted number	126083
Students	1344[1]
Gender	Mixed
Ages	12 to 16
Houses	Coubertin, Da Vinci, Franklin, Mercator, Roddick & Shelley
Website	www.durringtonhigh.w-sussex.sch.uk
Coordinates: 50°49′37″N 0°24′32″W / 50.827, -0.409

Durrington High School is a community Secondary school located in Worthing, West Sussex. The school has operated as a high school since 1973, and as of 2008 serves around 1350 pupils aged 12 to 16 across four year groups as part of Worthing's three-tier provision. It is a Business and Enterprise College.

Contents 1 History 2 Campus 3 Curriculum 4 Companies 5 Notable alumni 6 References 7 External links

[edit] History

The school was opened as Worthing Junior Technical School for Building in 1949 at Union Place, Worthing. It moved to its location on The Boulevard in 1957 being renamed as Worthing Technical High School. In 1973 the school merged with the county secondary girls' school which had previously been housed at Ringer Road since before World War Two. At this stage it took on its current name.^[2]

[edit] Campus

The school shares a campus with Oak Grove College Special School. The building is purpose-built, offering facilities for all subjects, including science labs, technology suites and a music department.

[edit] Curriculum

Student join the school in Year 8 from local middle schools. ^[1] The school is a Business and Enterprise College, so Business Studies is a compulsory exam for all students in their final year.

[edit] Companies

Durrington High School pupils are divided into six equally-sized companies, Roddick, Shelley, Franklin, Mercator, Courbetin, and Da Vinci. There are tie colours to show which pupil belongs to which company. The colours are blue, purple, green, white, yellow and red. There is a weekly assembly for each company. The purpose of the companies is to allow the younger and older students to bond together. The weekly company assembles include pupils from all years; replacing the traditional year group meetings.^[3]

[edit] Notable alumni

• Billy Idol, musician, who grew up in Goring-by-Sea.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Durrington High School website

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