Fort Pitt Grammar School

Fort Pitt Grammar School

Sculpture outside Fort Pitt Grammar School
Type Grammar school;
Academy
Headteacher Mrs C Winn
Location Fort Pitt Hill
Chatham
Kent
ME4 6TJ
England Coordinates: 51°22′50″N 0°30′55″E / 51.38043°N 0.5152°E
Students 903
Gender Girls, mixed 6th form
Ages 11–18
Houses Meaden (pink)
Ryder (blue)
Somerville (white)
Westwood (red)
Website official site

Fort Pitt Grammar School is a selective girls' grammar school with academy status in Chatham, Kent, England, built on the site of Fort Pitt, a Palmerston Fort. It is situated between the A2 and the A229 and next to the Rochester Campus of the University for the Creative Arts.

History

Fort Pitt School is built upon the site of the old fort, sharing the campus with the University College for the Creative Arts (formerly KIAD). The school was Medway Girls Technical School until its abolishment (the tripartite system was replace by just secondary modern and grammar schools) in the 1970s, when it was converted to a grammar school for girls aged 11 to 18. The site has also previously been the location for the hospital Florence Nightingale worked at during the Crimean War. Some of the ward numbers can still be seen on the walls of the "West Wing" of the school, which is now a listed building.Also artefacts that have been found on the school site are displayed in the West Wing corridor for visitors and students to see.

House system

Fort Pitt has a newly introduced House system. The Houses are:

Meaden (pink) Ryder (blue) Somerville (white) Westwood (red)

The houses are all named after famous and inspirational women:

The houses all compete in a wide range of events, which include; House Arts, Sports Day, Charity Events and various Inter-House Quizzes and Academic Events.

Notable former pupils

Medway Technical School for Girls

References

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