Chichester High School For Boys

Chichester High School for Boys
Mottoes Abeunt Studia in Mores
(Latin: "Studies build one's character")
Established 1971
Type Academy
Headteacher Gavin Salvesen-Sawh
Location Chichester
West Sussex
England Coordinates: 50°49′51″N 0°46′35″W / 50.8308°N 0.7763°W
DfE number 938/4000
DfE URN 140106 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Staff c. 100 (full time)
Students 1,241
Gender Boys (Mixed 6th form)
Ages 11–19
Colours
                   
Publication The Martlet
Former pupils Old Cicestrians
Website www.chsb.org.uk

Chichester High School for Boys, often referred to as CHSB, is a boys' secondary school with academy status, located in the city of Chichester, West Sussex, England. It was formed in 1971 during the schools reformation act of the 1970s by the amalgamation of two well established schools; The Lancastrian School (established 1895) and the High School for Boys (established 1935).

Uniform

Dress at Chichester consists of a white shirt, green and white tie, grey/black trousers, black shoes, grey pullover and a blazer (the green uniform jacket). Variations include various society ties worn to meetings of the respective societies.

Campus

The campus is divided into three buildings. The Kingsham Building (1929) is the oldest part of the school. This building houses SEN, The Inclusion Centre, Drama, Law, Music, Reprographics, Attendance Office, Data Office, Examinations Office and General Administration. The Lancastrian Building is the main part of the school and houses all other Departments, except PE/Sport and Modern Foreign Languages. The third part of the school is the impressive Tim Peake Sports and Conference Centre, which was opened in July 2009 by Major Tim Peake, a former student of the school. This building houses Modern Foreign Languages on the first floor.

The school's buildings and facilities were expanded in the 2000s to include a science block, a learning resources centre, an administrative and reception area, an Astroturf pitch, and a new sports hall. The South Downs Planetarium, supported by local resident Sir Patrick Moore, was opened on the site on 5 April 2002.

Sports

The school's sporting facilities include an international-standard irrigated all-weather hockey pitch, large sports hall, tennis courts and extensive grounds for a whole range of competitive sports such as: rugby, cricket, hockey, tennis, squash, athletics, basketball, football, badminton, etc. A separate sports centre was completed in 2009.

Sixth form

The Sixth Form is divided into Year 12 and Year 13. It is jointly led and managed by both CHSB and CHSG. It currently has about 400 students and achieved A-Level results of 43% A* - B grades in the June 2012 examinations. Sixth Formers enjoy a number of privileges, including their own common room, reading room and kitchen. Members of the Sixth Form are permitted to not wear school uniform. The Sixth Form is currently headed by Mr. Nick Brown (CHSB) and Mrs. Jo McKeown (CHSG).

Combined Cadet Force

The school operates a Combined Cadet Force Its Army section is affiliated with the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment and an RAF section but no Navy section due to an agreement at the time of the formation with the local Sea Cadets. The Army section regularly goes to Longmoor for training exercises and the RAF section makes forays to MOD Boscombe Down and other local airbases for Air Experience Flying. The contingent uses the L98A2 Cadet GP Rifle, and the L86 LSW.

Inspections

OfSTED inspections (Section 5) in 2007 and 2010 classed the school with Grade 3 (satisfactory). In September 2011, the school had a Section 8 monitoring Inspection (of 40% of Satisfactory schools), which deemed that CHSB had Good capacity to make improvements. In January 2012, OfSTED visited for a themed Inspection of its Specialism: Business & Enterprise. The school was deemed Good with Outstanding features. In November 2012, OfSTED (Section 5) graded the school Grade 3 overall, but it was graded 2 (Good) for Leadership & Management and also Behaviour & Safety.

Old Cicestrians

The school has an alumni society named the Old Cicestrians. For some time it was called the Chichester High and Lancastrian Old Boys, or CHALOBs, but reverted to the original name in 2007. In former times a magazine "The Martlet" was issued to all boys at the end of each school year as well as a full school photograph. Before converting to a comprehensive system there were eight houses: King, Story, Wilfred, Richards, Andrews, Lake, Bell and Sherborne at the grammar school, each based on a geographical area.

Headteachers

Sports centre

The sports centre includes basketball hoops, cricket nets, and other sports equipment. It is named the Tim Peake Sport and Conference centre after the British astronaut who attended the school.

Houses, Communities and Colours.

Formerly each house was named after a former Bishop of Chichester, These are: Blake (Yellow), Cawley (Green), Howard' (Grey), Lancaster (White), Montgomery (Red), Norfolk (Purple), Richmond (Orange), Sherborne (Dark Blue), and Whitby (Sky Blue). A tenth house, known as "Osbourne", briefly existed during the 1960s.

Since the start of the term in 2011, the houses were renamed 'communities' after people who have an affiliation to the local area (West Sussex). There are now 5 communities, which include Canute - Blue, Henry 1st - Red, Story - Yellow, Friar - Green, Bishop - Purple.

Notable former pupils

Arts

Armed forces

Education

Sport

Politics

References

  1. ↑ http://www.oldthorntoniansclapham.org.uk/page20.htm
  2. ↑ "Player profile: Sean Heather". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

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