West Hatch High School
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| West Hatch High School | |
| Motto | The Best That I Can Be |
| Established | 1957 |
| Type | Comprehensive |
| Specialism | Business and Enterprise College |
| Location | High Road Chigwell Essex IG7 5BT England |
| LEA | Essex |
| Ofsted number | 115321 |
| Staff | 80 full time |
| Students | 1258 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Website | http://www.westhatch.essex.sch.uk/ |
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West Hatch High School is a secondary school located in Southern Essex. The area now occupied by West Hatch was previously the western gate (or hatch as it would have been known) into Epping Forest; it is from these routes that the school proudly derives its name. The day school educates 1300 students from the local catchment area and nearly 200 sixth form pupils from North West London and South Essex. Built in 1957 on Chigwell High Road the grounds have been renovated on numerous occasions developing the several hundred-acre site into 7 main teaching buildings.
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[edit] Facilities
West Hatch has been under major renovations of late with recent additions including a Music Suite (2002), Maths Dining & Drama Block (1999), Ruby Theatre (2000 built by students attaining Gold The Duke of Edinburgh Award Status), Sixth Form Centre (2000) and Business and Enterprise Block (2003) which enables a range of community courses to be run. A new English block was started in 2007 and finished in 2008. The school currently consists of seven main teaching buildings including science, technology and the 4-storey classroom block.
[edit] OFSTED Inspections
- In 2001 the OFSTED inspection stated "West Hatch School is a good school which has improved significantly since the last inspection. Good teaching enables students to do well: GCSE results overall are well above average."[1]
- In 2006 West Hatch was given grade 1 or 2 in every category, where 1 is "outstanding".[2]
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Vicki Nathan (aka Vicki Michelle) - actress, e.g. 'Allo 'Allo!
- Sally Gunnell - 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games 400m hurdles Gold Medallist
- Kate Silverton - BBC newscaster
- Jay Asforis - Member of S Club 8 (student at Sixth Form College)
- William Kauffman - Most money spent on food in the cafeteria in the history of the school
- Mark Hatt - appeared in MTV's The Virgin Diaries (student at Sixth Form College)
- Mark Wallinger - British artist
- The Very Reverend Dr Justin Francis Hutcherson DD (Cantab.) The Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, Sometime Fellow of Jesus College Cambridge and external Fellow of All Souls College Oxford
- Daniel Gold massive based in Essex Area
- Gavin Hoyte - footballer
[edit] References
- ^ Inspection Report, OFSTED, Inspection number: 223757, published March 1, 2001
- ^ Inspection Report, OFSTED, Inspection number: 279572, published March 23, 2006.
