Rainham Mark Grammar School
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Rainham Mark Grammar School (previously known as Gillingham Technical High School) is the only co-educational selective grammar school
in the Medway, Kent
, UK
area.
; education in Medway was re-organised in 1975.
Its longest-serving headteacher was Dr Robin Keen, who was employed from the 1960s until 1997. The current head is Simon Decker.
, Brontë
, Faraday
, Newton
, Rutherford
and Scott. Brontë is the School's newest permanent house, with the first admission of students in 1991.
In 2001, a seventh house was temporarily introduced for that year of entry only, called Pankhurst (after 1900s suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst
). This was due to massive oversubscription which lead to increased admissions in that year. This also occurred in 2006.
The sixth form is allocated into forms A-H, with an additional form 'P' for prefects.
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
in the Medway, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
area.
School Informtion
RMGS is a Secondary School with Sixth Form in Gillingham, Kent. It has over 850 students aged 11-16 and over 300 aged 16-18 taking AS and A2 levels. It aims to be a friendly, caring and stimulating community which motivates young people to enjoy learning, participate enthusiastically in wider activities and make the most of their abilities.History
The school was formerly known as Gillingham Technical High School, and before moving to its current site in Pump Lane was located in Green Street, GillinghamGillingham, Kent
Gillingham is a town in the unitary authority of Medway in South East England. It is part of the ceremonial county of Kent. The town includes the settlements of Brompton, Hempstead, Rainham, Rainham Mark and Twydall....
; education in Medway was re-organised in 1975.
Its longest-serving headteacher was Dr Robin Keen, who was employed from the 1960s until 1997. The current head is Simon Decker.
Houses
There are six houses in the school into which students in years 7-11 are sorted: AylwardGladys Aylward
Gladys May Aylward was the evangelical Christian missionary to China whose story was told in the book The Small Woman by Alan Burgess, published in 1957...
, Brontë
Brontë
The Brontës were a nineteenth-century literary family associated with Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The sisters, Charlotte , Emily , and Anne , are well-known as poets and novelists...
, Faraday
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday, FRS was an English chemist and physicist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry....
, Newton
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton PRS was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived."...
, Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson OM, FRS was a New Zealand-born British chemist and physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics...
and Scott. Brontë is the School's newest permanent house, with the first admission of students in 1991.
In 2001, a seventh house was temporarily introduced for that year of entry only, called Pankhurst (after 1900s suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement which helped women win the right to vote...
). This was due to massive oversubscription which lead to increased admissions in that year. This also occurred in 2006.
The sixth form is allocated into forms A-H, with an additional form 'P' for prefects.