Rainham Mark Grammar School
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| Rainham Mark Grammar School | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Kent, England | |
| Information | |
| Locale | Rainham |
| Headteacher | Simon 'Desmond' Decker |
| Students | approximately 1200 |
| Type | Selective grammar with Sixth Form |
| Homepage | http://www.rainhammark.medway.sch.uk |
Rainham Mark Grammar School (previously known as Gillingham Technical High School) is the only co-educational selective grammar school in the Medway, Kent, UK. The school has around 1200 pupils, between the ages of 11-18. It is located in Pump Lane, Rainham, and backs onto Thames View Infant School. The school has science schools status and is a foundation school. The site occupied by Rainham Mark Grammar School is estimated at 14 acres, much of which is taken up by fields containing 3 football pitches, a softball pitch, a rounders pitch, and all weather cricket pitch. A new Sports Hall is planned for completion in 2008.
[edit] History
The school was formerly known as Gillingham Technical High School, and before moving to its current site in Pump Lane was located in Gillingham in Green Street. Its longest serving headteacher was Dr. Robin Keen, who was employed from the 1960s until 1997. When appointed he was, according to school legend, the youngest headteacher in the UK. The current headmaster is Simon Decker.
[edit] Houses
There are six houses in the school into which students in years 7-11 are sorted: Aylewood, Brontë, Faraday, Newton, Rutherford and Scott. Brontë was the School's newest house, with the first admission of students to the house in 1991.
In 2001, a seventh house was introduced for that entry year only, 'Pankhurst' (after 1900s suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst) due to massive oversubscribing leading to an increased allowance for that year only. This occurred again in 2006.
The sixth form is allocated into alphabetical forms A through H, with an additional form 'P' for the Prefects.
