Rochester Grammar School

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Rochester Grammar School
Motto	Sub umbra alarum tuarum ("Under the Shadow of Thy Wings")
Established	1888
Type	foundation grammar
Headteacher	Ms D Shepherd
Specialisms	Music and Maths & computing
Location	Maidstone Road Rochester Kent ME1 3BY England
Ofsted number	118917
Students	Over 1000
Gender	Girls, mixed sixth form
Ages	11 to 18
Houses	Byron , Cassidy , Fitzgerald , Hildegard and Somerville
Website	official site
Coordinates: 51°22′17″N 0°30′03″E / 51.3714, 0.5009

The Rochester Grammar School (known as The Rochester Grammar School for Girls until 2006) is a school for the education of girls between the ages of 11 and 18. It is a specialist college in music, maths and ICT. Students are expected to perform highly throughout the school.^[1]

1 League Tables
2 Houses
3 Sixth form
4 Sport
5 References

[edit] League Tables

A recent BBC report ranked the school one of the best at GCSE in the south east.

[edit] Houses

There are five school houses and colours associated with each — Byron (red), Cassidy (yellow), Fitzgerald (blue), Hildegard (black/white for 6th form) and Somerville (light blue). They are named after famous females who have achieved great things in music, mathematics, and literature. Each student wears a house badge above the school badge on their blazer, showing which house they belong to. Sixth form have pin badges with their house colours. Each form consists of a wide variety of different year 7-11 pupils that each belong to the same house, knowing as vertical tutor groups. This plan was put in place in September 2007. The houses compete against each other in events throughout the year, including inter-house year tournaments and sports day of which the current winners are Cassidy

[edit] Sixth form

In 1999 a new sixth form block, the Peggy Saxby Suite, was opened, with a large common room, a silent study area and several classroms. This has recently changed and the common room is now home to a large silent study, the Independent Learning Centre, and the silent study has been transformed into a Music Technology room. The common room is now in the Mary Matthews Studio.

[edit] Sport

The school has many girls and a few boys (in sixth form) who represent the county and even the country in a range of sports, including football, skiing, sailing and athletics. The school ski team came 8th in the regional championships.