Burnham Grammar School

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Burnham Grammar School

Established	1960
Type	Academy Grammar School
Headteacher	Andrew J Gillespie
Specialisms	Science, Maths and Languages
Location	Hogfair Lane Burnham Buckinghamshire SL1 7HG England Coordinates: 51°31′56″N 0°39′08″W / 51.5323°N 0.6522°W / 51.5323; -0.6522
Local authority	Academy
DfE URN	137564 Tables
Ofsted	Pre-academy reports
Students	923
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–18
Houses	Redgrave Curie Angelou Tenzing Brunel
Colours	Yellow, Red, Blue, Green and Black (respectively)
Website	Burnham Grammar School

Burnham Grammar School (BGS) is a co-educational grammar school in Burnham, Buckinghamshire. In October 2011 the school became an Academy.^[1] It takes students aged 11–18 with approximately 900 on roll.^[2]

The school has an all weather full sized tiger-turf sports pitch that the Wycombe Wanderers first team occasionally train on.

In September 2004 the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) awarded the school specialist school status as a Science College.^[3]

In May 2011 the school applied for academy status in order to be released from Local Education Authority (LEA) control.

Students are split into five houses:

Redgrave - After Steve Redgrave (Form A)
Curie - After Marie Curie (Form B)
Angelou - After Maya Angelou (Form C)
Tenzing - After Tenzing Norgay (Form D)
Brunel - After Isambard Kingdom Brunel (Form E)

The current headteacher is Dr Andrew Gillespie who took over from Catherine Long in January 2008.

For the last seven years, Burnham Grammar School has been the location of "Lighthouse Burnham".^[4] Lighthouse is a holiday week for children run by Christians from many local churches.

Notable alumni

Mike Ashley, entrepreneur
Ellie Barker, presenter of ITV News West Country
Jimmy Carr, comedian
David Connolly, professional footballer
Ulrika Jonsson, television presenter
Jon Potter, England and GB hockey player, Gold and Bronze medallist
Tracey Ullman, actress and comedienne

References

↑ "Open academies map and schools submitting applications". Department for Education. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
↑ "Burnham Grammar School". Ofsted. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
↑ "Specialist Schools Home". DfES. July 2006.
↑ Burnham Lighthouse

External links

Department for Education Performance Tables 2011

v t e Schools in Buckinghamshire

Primary	Ash Hill Primary School Claytons Primary School Elangeni School Hawridge and Cholesbury CofE School Little Kingshill School Manor Farm Junior School St Michael's Catholic School

Non-selective secondary	Amersham School The Aylesbury Vale Academy The Beaconsfield School Buckingham School Buckinghamshire UTC Chalfonts Community College Chiltern Hills Academy The Cottesloe School Cressex Community School E-ACT Burnham Park Academy The Grange School Great Marlow School Highcrest Academy Holmer Green Senior School John Colet School Mandeville Upper School The Misbourne School Princes Risborough School St Michael's Catholic School Sir Thomas Fremantle School Sir William Ramsay School Waddesdon Church of England School Wye Valley School

Grammar	Aylesbury Grammar School Aylesbury High School Beaconsfield High School Burnham Grammar School Chesham Grammar School Dr Challoner's Grammar School Dr Challoner's High School John Hampden Grammar School Royal Grammar School Royal Latin School Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Wycombe High School

Independent	Akeley Wood School Pipers Corner School Stowe School Wycombe Abbey

Special	Alfriston School Furze Down School MacIntyre School Pebble Brook School Stocklake Park Community School Wendover House School

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