Poole High School
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Poole High School is a mixed gender high school
and sixth form
for 12-18 year olds located in the centre of Poole
, Dorset
on the South Coast of England
. The school was originally named Henry Harbin but was renamed Poole High School.
The school has been open for 67 years and currently has more than 100 members of staff and around 1650 pupils.
Poole High School has now been accepted to be a specialised school of Business and Enterprise.
) which opened in 1938. Today similarities between the two schools can still be seen despite both have been extensively modernized. The school became a mixed school for 12-16 year olds in the 1970s. The large sixth form block in front of the school was built when the leaving age was raised to 16 in the early 1970s. This building also houses the sports hall and swimming pool and a number of study areas for sixth form students.
In the late 1980s the school became a 'technical high school' and the school was renamed Poole Technical High School in the early 1990s, although is now just known as 'Poole High School'.
On the 26th April, 2011 a man was found dead on the school premises who was later named as Donald Morgan.
Poole schools will undergo a rearrangement, meaning that starting in 2015, Poole High will include Year 7 children, pushing the total number of children in attendance to over 2000, making it one of the largest schools in the country.
In every house there are two registration groups per year.
The School has 7 Houses.
High school
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and sixth form
Sixth form
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for 12-18 year olds located in the centre of Poole
Poole
Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east. The Borough of Poole was made a unitary authority in 1997, gaining administrative independence from Dorset County Council...
, Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
on the South Coast of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The school was originally named Henry Harbin but was renamed Poole High School.
The school has been open for 67 years and currently has more than 100 members of staff and around 1650 pupils.
Poole High School has now been accepted to be a specialised school of Business and Enterprise.
History
Built in 1939 as Henry Harbin Senior School, the school has expanded every decade since, most notably in the 1990s. The school was originally two separate schools (boys on the western side, girls on the eastern) and the main building was almost exactly the same as the original building at Kemp-Welch School (now Rossmore Community CollegeRossmore Community College
St Aldhelm's Academy is a 12–18 mixed specialist school with Sports College status serving the Rossmore, Parkstone, Newtown, Wallisdown and Alderney areas of Poole, United Kingdom...
) which opened in 1938. Today similarities between the two schools can still be seen despite both have been extensively modernized. The school became a mixed school for 12-16 year olds in the 1970s. The large sixth form block in front of the school was built when the leaving age was raised to 16 in the early 1970s. This building also houses the sports hall and swimming pool and a number of study areas for sixth form students.
In the late 1980s the school became a 'technical high school' and the school was renamed Poole Technical High School in the early 1990s, although is now just known as 'Poole High School'.
On the 26th April, 2011 a man was found dead on the school premises who was later named as Donald Morgan.
Recent changes and future plans
The arrival of new headteacher Chris Lewis has brought the school many new developments, including a new main school canteen, English block and Art room extension with a sixth form only upper balcony area, all reaching completion in 2010. An extension to the Science block is aiming to reach completion by Summer 2011, complete with a first floor runway connecting back to the main school.Poole schools will undergo a rearrangement, meaning that starting in 2015, Poole High will include Year 7 children, pushing the total number of children in attendance to over 2000, making it one of the largest schools in the country.
School houses
Every student is assigned to one of the seven houses at Poole High School.In every house there are two registration groups per year.
The School has 7 Houses.
- Garland (Grey) - led by Mr H Sheldon
- Harbin (Brown)- led by Mr D Park
- Jolliffe (Red) - led by Mr T Ridge
- Lester (Green) - led by Mrs M Rutledge
- Masters (Purple) - led by Mrs H Fox-Adams
- Spurrier (Yellow) - led by Mr D Price
- Thompson (Blue) - led by Mr C La Frenais
Notable alumni
- Carl Fletcher, professional Welsh football player who currently plays for Crystal PalaceCrystal Palace F.C.Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
. - Lewis PriceLewis PriceLewis Peter Price is a Welsh international goalkeeper who plays for Crystal Palace. He has previously played for Derby County and Ipswich Town-Ipswich Town:...
, Welsh international goalkeeper who currently plays for Crystal PalaceCrystal Palace F.C.Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
. - Greg LakeGreg LakeGregory Stuart "Greg" Lake is an English musician, songwriter and producer, best known as a vocalist and bassist of King Crimson, and the bassist, guitarist, vocalist, and lyricist of Emerson, Lake & Palmer.-1960s: King Crimson:...
, musician and producer of Emerson, Lake & PalmerEmerson, Lake & PalmerEmerson, Lake & Palmer, also known as ELP, are an English progressive rock supergroup. They found success in the 1970s and sold over forty million albums and headlined large stadium concerts. The band consists of Keith Emerson , Greg Lake and Carl Palmer...
. - Jamie Gleeson, English semi-professional footballer who currently plays for Dorchester Town F.C.Dorchester Town F.C.Dorchester Town Football Club are a semi-professional football club, based in Dorchester, Dorset, England, and currently playing in the Blue Square Bet South...