Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School
Coordinates: 51°20′11.61″N 1°24′58.21″E / 51.3365583°N 1.4161694°E
| Established | 1797 |
|---|---|
| Type |
Grammar school Academy |
| Headteacher | Mrs D Liddicoat |
| Location |
Ramsgate Kent CT11 England |
| Local authority | Kent |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website |
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Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in Ramsgate, Kent, England, formed as a result of the merger of the boys-only Chatham House Grammar School and girls-only Clarendon House Grammar School in September 2013.
History
Chatham House was officially founded in 1797 by Dr William Humble along Chatham Street, although there is some evidence of existence prior to its formal establishment.[1] Clarendon House was founded in 1905 on the first floor of the old police station.[2]
Pre-merger
Both schools were single-sex up to and including Year 11, while allowing boys and girls to enter in the 6th form.
Due to the close proximity of the two schools (within a few minutes' walk of each other), the two schools worked together to provide subjects, bands, and outings. Some AS and A level subjects were taught either jointly or by one school but available to students of the other.
Federation
In 2009, Chatham House and Clarendon House formed the Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School Federation.[3] The Federation became a new converter Academy in January 2011,[3] bringing greater control over admissions, site & buildings, curriculum development and much-needed additional income.
Expansion and status
In Spring 2011, it was announced that the schools would work together as one school. Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils would be based at Chatham House and year 10 and 11 pupils would be based at the former Clarendon House. The CCVI sixth form centre would be based on both sites with all lessons being split between them.
In this intermediate stage, Year 9 was to be moved to the lower school while the decisions about houses were being taken.
House System
As the two schools became one, the house systems needed to change as Clarendon House had 4 houses for the entire school with Chatham having 4 different houses in the lower and upper school.
As a result of student voting, from September 2011, the new houses consisted of Thomas-Shaman (TS), Rothschild-Pearce (RP), Mann-Somerville (MS) and Knight-Heath (KH),[4] double-barrelled amalgamations of old Chatham and Clarendon house names. It was announced that the new house colours would be Red, Blue, Silver and Gold.
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.ccgrammarschool.co.uk/82/chatham-house School's website: History of Chatham House
- ↑ http://www.ccgrammarschool.co.uk/83/clarendon-house School's website: History of Clarendon House
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.ccgrammarschool.co.uk/35/about-the-federation School's website: About the school
- ↑ http://www.ccgrammarschool.co.uk/158/introduction School's website: House system - Introduction
