Chancellor's School
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Chancellor's School in Brookmans Park
, Hertfordshire
, is a secondary school
(including sixth form). It has 1043 boys and girls aged 11-18. It is a foundation comprehensive school, specialising in maths and computing.
with which is how the school was named. Lilian Caras's history sets out the circumstances leading up to the building of the school and charts its development. The school became a specialist in mathematics and ICT 2006 with its continued investment in these areas.
Chancellors School's GCSE standards continued to rise up until 2003-2004 when it reached its record of over 73% of pupils passed GCSE with at least 5 Cs.
Brookmans Park
Brookmans Park is a village, located in the civil parish of North Mymms, in Hertfordshire, southeast England. It is well known for its varied and interesting local history, including an ancient historic estate that used to exist within its boundaries, its BBC transmitter station, and excellent...
, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, is a secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
(including sixth form). It has 1043 boys and girls aged 11-18. It is a foundation comprehensive school, specialising in maths and computing.
Headmaster
Chancellor's School is undergoing a change in headmaster. Mr. Phillips is leaving the school and a temporary headmaster has been appointed. Dr. Josephine Valentine from St Clement Danes School has been appointed while the school welcome numerous prospectus headmasters applying for the job.History
The school opened in 1964, marking the end of a campaign by parents and local residents for the village to have its own secondary school. Chancellor's was opened by the then Lord Chancellor Gerald GardinerGerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner
Gerald Austin Gardiner, Baron Gardiner, CH, QC, PC , was a British Labour politician, who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1964 to 1970 and during that time he introduced into British law as many reforms as any Lord Chancellor had done before or since...
with which is how the school was named. Lilian Caras's history sets out the circumstances leading up to the building of the school and charts its development. The school became a specialist in mathematics and ICT 2006 with its continued investment in these areas.
Chancellors School's GCSE standards continued to rise up until 2003-2004 when it reached its record of over 73% of pupils passed GCSE with at least 5 Cs.