The Sawyers Hall College of Science and Technology

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Sawyers Hall College

Motto	Making a difference
Established	1936
Type	Comprehensive
Headteacher	Stephen Capper (acting)
Location	Brentwood Essex England
LEA	Essex
Students	1,277
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11 to 18
Houses	Beagle Calypso Endeavour Golden Hind
Website	http://www.sawyershall.org.uk

The Sawyers Hall College (formerly known as The Hedley Walter High School) is a secondary school located in Brentwood, Essex, England. It is a mixed school of non denominational religion. It initially accepts students from the ages of 11 to 16, the age where they take their GCSE examinations. It then offers the best performing students places in its Sixth Form, giving students the chance to complete their A Level examinations.

1277 pupils currently attend the school. The school logo is traditionally that of a Griffin. However, when the school achieved specialist college status its motif was modernised; it is now a two panelled shield with a griffin above a diagram of an atom. (See right or the Official School Website for an example). The uniform was also changed to reflect the new school image from blue shirts and blue tie with the griffin to blue and white pin striped shirts, now just dark blue is available for shirts, to match the whole school together in uniform, as well as a blue tie with the school logo.

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The school is split into six buildings each named after someone who is related to the history of the school, plus a Sports Hall and an Astroturf pitch, which can be used in most weather conditions. An athletics track and football and rugby pitches are situated in fields across the road from the school. The original school building, circa 1936, is now known as The Jack Petchey Building.

There are separate playgrounds for the various years, with years 10 and 11 sharing the same playground. From 2006 the sixth form has its own common room and study rooms for computer use.

The main assembly hall is part of the James Redell building, in which the classes are science, technology and ICT.

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The school offers a range of extra-curricular activities, including the Duke of Edinburgh award.

The name 'Hedley Walter' was used in reference to the school's first Head of Governors.

James Nott and Jade Lawrence are the elected Head Boy and Head Girl of the school respectively for the year 2007/8.

There are four house teams which are named after ships with historical references; Golden Hind (yellow), Endeavour (red), Calypso (blue) and Beagle (green).

In January 2006 Sawyers Hall College was told that it did not offer the required learning facilities for students, and was placed in Special Measures by Ofsted. However on Wednesday 14th November 2007, the chief Inspector met with Acting Headteacher Mr S Capper and told him "Under section 13/4 of the Education and Inspections Act, Her Majesty's Inspectors deem that Sawyers Hall College no longer requires Special Measures, and that those measures be removed with immediate effect."

On 31st December 2007, the specialist status ran out, so the school name is just Sawyers Hall College. However Mr. S Capper stated that he would like to bring back specialist status in the form of Science and PE.