Falmer High School

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Falmer High School
Established	1957
Closed	2010
Type	Community school
Location	Lewes Road Brighton East Sussex BN1 9PW England Coordinates: 50°51′32″N 0°05′28″W / 50.859°N 0.091°W / 50.859; -0.091
Local authority	Brighton and Hove
DfE number	???/4022
DfE URN	114583 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	657
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–16
Former name	Westlain Grammar School
Former pupils	Old Westlainians

Falmer High School was a community mixed-sex non-denominational comprehensive school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Brighton, East Sussex, England. It closed on 31 August 2010 and was replaced by Brighton Aldridge Community Academy on the same site, sponsored by Rod Aldridge.

History

Grammar school

It was Westlain Grammar School and administered by the Brighton Education Committee. It opened as the Westlain Mixed Grammar School in 1957.

Comprehensive

It became a bi-lateral school in 1973 for ages 12–18 with 1,200 boys and girls, when it joined with Stanmer Secondary Modern School. It became administered by East Sussex Education Committee. By the late 1970s it was a comprehensive school. It became a school many parents from Brighton suburbs tried to avoid in the 1980s, as it served the council estates along Lewes Road, with some parents even going to court to stop their children attending the school.

Falmer School was awarded the Artsmark Silver in 2001 and Healthy School Status in March 2008.

Closure

Falmer High School was closed on 31 August 2010, replaced by the Brighton Aldridge Community Academy on the same site, sponsored by Rod Aldridge.

Academic performance

Most of Brighton and Hove's schools are below average at GCSE, and Falmer High School was joint bottom with results below the government minimum with Portslade Community College.

Alumni

Westlain Grammar School

Dave Hill professor and Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition PPC for Brighton Kemptown)^[1]
Jenny Jones, Green Member of the London Assembly

Former teachers

David Lepper, Labour MP since 1997 for Brighton Pavilion (taught from 1968–96)

References

↑ Professor Hill

External links

News items

v t e Schools in East Sussex

Primary	Bourne County Primary School

Secondary	ARK William Parker Academy Beacon Academy Bexhill High School Bishop Bell School Blatchington Mill School Brighton Aldridge Community Academy Cardinal Newman Catholic School The Causeway School Cavendish School Chailey School Claverham Community College Dorothy Stringer High School The Eastbourne Academy Hailsham Community College Hastings Academy Heathfield Community College Helenswood Academy Hove Park School King's School Longhill High School Patcham High School Peacehaven Community School Portslade Aldridge Community Academy Priory School Ratton School Ringmer Community College Robertsbridge Community College Rye College The St Leonards Academy St Richard's Catholic College Seaford Head School Tideway School Uckfield Community Technology College Uplands Community College Varndean School Willingdon Community School

Special	Chailey Heritage School

Independent (senior)	Battle Abbey School Brighton College Brighton and Hove High School Buckswood School Lewes Old Grammar School Eastbourne College Greenfields School Moira House Girls School Roedean School St Bede's School St Leonards-Mayfield School

Independent (preparatory)	The Dharma School Brighton College Preparatory School Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School St Aubyns School St Bede's Preparatory School Vinehall School

Sixth form colleges	Bexhill Brighton Hove & Sussex (BHSVIC) Varndean

Further Education colleges	Brighton & Hove (City) Hastings (Sussex Coast) Plumpton Lewes and Eastbourne (Sussex Downs)

Former	Ascham St Vincent's School Bodiam Manor School Falmer High School Jameah Islameah School Ladycross School Ovingdean Hall School Queenwood Ladies' College St Cyprian's School St Peter's School Southover Manor School

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