Hayes School
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Hayes School is a mixed secondary school
located in the village of Hayes
within the London Borough of Bromley
. The school is well renowned throughout the surrounding area for its sporting achievements, most notably in Rugby, Football and Cricket, and has produced some of the highest GCSE and A Level results in the Borough, and is therefore heavily over-subscribed. It has been a Media Arts College
Specialist School
since 2002 and has recently become a Maths and Computing Specialist School. The current Headteacher is Mr K J Osborne.
As of 2006 the school had some 1,600 students, of whom 375 were in the sixth form
.
village in 1956. At this time, the school took solely male students and consisted only of Gadsden, a Victorian Gothic mansion which now houses the present day Reception, schools offices, et cetera. Soon after its opening, the school accepted students of both sexes and was mostly relocated to what is now known as A block. Further expansion followed culminating in the opening of a new C block (containing a state of the art Library unique to London at the time) and a vastly improved Music Department in 2003, and a new L block in 2006, where the School celebrated its fiftieth Anniversary with a fair, which also acted as a Fundraising event. Now there is a newly opened block for Media Studies, Drama, the Library etc. M-Block, opened in the summer of 2010 and was developed over a short-year's period from March to September.
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...
located in the village of Hayes
Hayes, Bromley
Hayes is a place in the London Borough of Bromley, south-east London, England. It has two main areas of activity: the ancient village and suburban Hayes.-The ancient village of Nimrods :...
within the London Borough of Bromley
London Borough of Bromley
The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...
. The school is well renowned throughout the surrounding area for its sporting achievements, most notably in Rugby, Football and Cricket, and has produced some of the highest GCSE and A Level results in the Borough, and is therefore heavily over-subscribed. It has been a Media Arts College
Arts College
Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...
Specialist School
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
since 2002 and has recently become a Maths and Computing Specialist School. The current Headteacher is Mr K J Osborne.
As of 2006 the school had some 1,600 students, of whom 375 were in the sixth form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
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History
The school became independent from the local Parish school in HayesHayes, Bromley
Hayes is a place in the London Borough of Bromley, south-east London, England. It has two main areas of activity: the ancient village and suburban Hayes.-The ancient village of Nimrods :...
village in 1956. At this time, the school took solely male students and consisted only of Gadsden, a Victorian Gothic mansion which now houses the present day Reception, schools offices, et cetera. Soon after its opening, the school accepted students of both sexes and was mostly relocated to what is now known as A block. Further expansion followed culminating in the opening of a new C block (containing a state of the art Library unique to London at the time) and a vastly improved Music Department in 2003, and a new L block in 2006, where the School celebrated its fiftieth Anniversary with a fair, which also acted as a Fundraising event. Now there is a newly opened block for Media Studies, Drama, the Library etc. M-Block, opened in the summer of 2010 and was developed over a short-year's period from March to September.
School Productions
The school has a notable reputation for staging high quality Drama productions with the recent 'Oh what a lovely War' gaining the attention of the local Press.School Buildings
The school has 10 different blocks (A, B, C, D, E, G, H, L, M and S): the newest block (M) and was opened this year (2010).Notable alumni
- Andrew DavenportAndrew DavenportAndrew Davenport is an award winning British producer, writer and composer specialising in creating television and publishing for young children...
- co creator of the Teletubbies. - Richard PreddyRichard PreddyRichard Preddy is a British comedy writer and performer, most noted for working in the sketch show Smack the Pony and the sitcom Green Wing...
- comedy writer. - Daniel Oduro - Ghanaian minister for education.
- Olly Andrews - Musician (Van Susans)