Ricards Lodge High School
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Ricards Lodge High School is a single sex comprehensive
secondary school, for girls aged 11 to 16, located on Lake Road in Wimbledon, London
. The school's headteacher has been Ms Alison Jerrard since 2005.
The school's motto is "Educating Successful Women of the Future", and 68% of students in 2008 achieved 5+ GCSE A*-C, Results
Plans for a new joint 6th Form with Rutlish School
are under way with the first intake scheduled for September 2010.
A new manor house was built in 1588, sitting where the Morden home park road half way down the hill. Facing north, the Morden Wimbledon park forms part of this land.
The manor was inherited again by sir Theodore Janssen in 1717 who eventfully became a baronet.
But Sir Theodore Janssen was unfortunate enough to be made scapegoat of Prime Minister sir Robert Walpole's relief plan and hence stripped of his properties.
Following the confiscation of Janssen estates some of his properties was purchased in 1725 by Sarah, Duchess of Malbourgh the Duchess having decide Wimbledon was one of her favourite spots, decided to build herself a new manor house with a northward view. To achieve this, Sarah cleared away completely the remains of the old Cecil manor house. The duchess died in 1744 and left the estate to her favourite grand son, whom gave it to his son, Earl Spencer.
John Spencer died in 1783 and was succeeded by his only son George John, on the aster Monday 1785 the house was "accidentally" set on fire and burnt down.
A new Wimbledon park house was comioned by Henry Holland and started 1795 finished 1801.
The numbers were limited to 120 girls and under the enthusiastic leadership of the first mistress, Humphrey, the school became so well known all over Surrey
that the competition for places became keen.
Humphrey died suddenly in 1930 and the following year Turnbull was appointed in her place and became the youngest Head mistress in Surrey with the smallest school.
In 1934 a one year course in secretarial work for girls was started along with plans to provide the school with better accommodation.
The plans were thwarted by the coming of war and the school was forced to move to limited accommodation in Morden Farm school then to Morden junior school, and finally to rooms in the new arts school in Merton Hall Road.
The war years were difficult ones for the school some girls left for safer areas, lessons often had to be given in the air raid shelters and some girls walked miles to get to school. The head girl walked six miles daily. At the end of the war efforts were made to relocate the school and Ricards Lodge was found.
Alterations to the school uniform had been made and the girls started wearing scarlet ties, the colour had been the schools colour from the beginning and the red P.E shirt is still worn today.
In 1965, the year of the first C.S.E examinations, Wimbledon became part of the new London Borough of Merton and Surrey county council ceased to be responsible for education in the area.
In 1975 the school moved into what is now the old part of the current school building, this includes the lodge, the current gym, Manor house and the Language department. The current technology department was added after 1975 but before the "park" block which is joined by a link and contains the current Art Music Drama and Humanities department.
The new block is composed of two floors whiles the old contains four, the two buildings are linked with one link and a pedestrian bridge that joins the second floor corridors from both sides.
The school also has a sports hall extended from the old gym, several tennis courts, an Astroturf and an open field where sports day is held.
The building of the new sixth form meant that two of the several tennis courts had to be scrapped.
Ricards Lodge is also a comprehensive arts school teaching drama, dance and Music to a competent degree. The school has hosted the regional performances of "Stand up for Shakespeare "in 2009 and the cast of "Pericles: Prince of Tyre" went on to perform at the Courtyard Theatre
in May 2009.
There are currently on average of 1200 pupils in the school, split in to 8 tutor classes: R, C, A, D, S, L, G, E within different years.
The school was last inspected by Ofsted back in 2007 , and awarded an overall grade of 2 (good) with the capacity to be 1 (outstanding). The full report is available on the school website site. In addition the RE department was inspected by Ofsted in March 2009 as part of a nationwide survey and was graded as good with good capacity to improve.
Plans are also underway for the new sixth form on the school grounds, it is estimated to be completed in the summer, this is a combined sixth form partnership with Rutlish high school for boys. Facilities are split and located at the premises of both schools; students are expected to have a schedule at both schools, with an variation of both courses. This aims to combine both the arts award at Ricards and the specialist maths and ICT skills of Rutlish to give the students a better opportunity at both subjects.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
secondary school, for girls aged 11 to 16, located on Lake Road in Wimbledon, London
Wimbledon, London
Wimbledon is a district in the south west area of London, England, located south of Wandsworth, and east of Kingston upon Thames. It is situated within Greater London. It is home to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and New Wimbledon Theatre, and contains Wimbledon Common, one of the largest areas...
. The school's headteacher has been Ms Alison Jerrard since 2005.
The school's motto is "Educating Successful Women of the Future", and 68% of students in 2008 achieved 5+ GCSE A*-C, Results
Plans for a new joint 6th Form with Rutlish School
Rutlish School
Rutlish School is a comprehensive school for boys. It is on Watery Lane, Merton Park, south-west London. It was formerly a grammar school.It is noted for caning its most famous alumnus politician, British Prime Minister Sir John Major in its grammar school period.-History:The school is named after...
are under way with the first intake scheduled for September 2010.
A brief history of Wimbledon pre 1900s
The manor of Wimbledon was presented to the archbishop of Canterbury by Edward the Confessor in the 12th century; the property remained in the possession of his successors until the reign of Henry the VIII when it was re-possessed by the crown. It was sold again by Queen Elizabeth the first to Sir Christopher Hatton, from him in turn to sir Thomas Cecil. Queen Elizabeth was not interested in the property whilst it was in her possession but was later entertain there on several occasions.A new manor house was built in 1588, sitting where the Morden home park road half way down the hill. Facing north, the Morden Wimbledon park forms part of this land.
The manor was inherited again by sir Theodore Janssen in 1717 who eventfully became a baronet.
But Sir Theodore Janssen was unfortunate enough to be made scapegoat of Prime Minister sir Robert Walpole's relief plan and hence stripped of his properties.
Following the confiscation of Janssen estates some of his properties was purchased in 1725 by Sarah, Duchess of Malbourgh the Duchess having decide Wimbledon was one of her favourite spots, decided to build herself a new manor house with a northward view. To achieve this, Sarah cleared away completely the remains of the old Cecil manor house. The duchess died in 1744 and left the estate to her favourite grand son, whom gave it to his son, Earl Spencer.
John Spencer died in 1783 and was succeeded by his only son George John, on the aster Monday 1785 the house was "accidentally" set on fire and burnt down.
A new Wimbledon park house was comioned by Henry Holland and started 1795 finished 1801.
A brief history
The Wimbledon day commercial school for girls opened in 1924 and was originally housed in the technical college in Gladstone road. Girls entered at 14 which was then the minimum school leaving age followed by a two year course in business studies and general subjects.The numbers were limited to 120 girls and under the enthusiastic leadership of the first mistress, Humphrey, the school became so well known all over Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
that the competition for places became keen.
Humphrey died suddenly in 1930 and the following year Turnbull was appointed in her place and became the youngest Head mistress in Surrey with the smallest school.
In 1934 a one year course in secretarial work for girls was started along with plans to provide the school with better accommodation.
The plans were thwarted by the coming of war and the school was forced to move to limited accommodation in Morden Farm school then to Morden junior school, and finally to rooms in the new arts school in Merton Hall Road.
The war years were difficult ones for the school some girls left for safer areas, lessons often had to be given in the air raid shelters and some girls walked miles to get to school. The head girl walked six miles daily. At the end of the war efforts were made to relocate the school and Ricards Lodge was found.
Alterations to the school uniform had been made and the girls started wearing scarlet ties, the colour had been the schools colour from the beginning and the red P.E shirt is still worn today.
In 1965, the year of the first C.S.E examinations, Wimbledon became part of the new London Borough of Merton and Surrey county council ceased to be responsible for education in the area.
In 1975 the school moved into what is now the old part of the current school building, this includes the lodge, the current gym, Manor house and the Language department. The current technology department was added after 1975 but before the "park" block which is joined by a link and contains the current Art Music Drama and Humanities department.
The new block is composed of two floors whiles the old contains four, the two buildings are linked with one link and a pedestrian bridge that joins the second floor corridors from both sides.
The school also has a sports hall extended from the old gym, several tennis courts, an Astroturf and an open field where sports day is held.
The building of the new sixth form meant that two of the several tennis courts had to be scrapped.
Ricards Lodge is also a comprehensive arts school teaching drama, dance and Music to a competent degree. The school has hosted the regional performances of "Stand up for Shakespeare "in 2009 and the cast of "Pericles: Prince of Tyre" went on to perform at the Courtyard Theatre
Courtyard Theatre
The Courtyard Theatre is a temporary 1,048 seat thrust stage theatre building in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Designed by Ian Ritchie Architects and built in 11 months, it opened in August 2006 to host performances by the Royal Shakespeare Company while its Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres...
in May 2009.
There are currently on average of 1200 pupils in the school, split in to 8 tutor classes: R, C, A, D, S, L, G, E within different years.
The school was last inspected by Ofsted back in 2007 , and awarded an overall grade of 2 (good) with the capacity to be 1 (outstanding). The full report is available on the school website site. In addition the RE department was inspected by Ofsted in March 2009 as part of a nationwide survey and was graded as good with good capacity to improve.
Plans are also underway for the new sixth form on the school grounds, it is estimated to be completed in the summer, this is a combined sixth form partnership with Rutlish high school for boys. Facilities are split and located at the premises of both schools; students are expected to have a schedule at both schools, with an variation of both courses. This aims to combine both the arts award at Ricards and the specialist maths and ICT skills of Rutlish to give the students a better opportunity at both subjects.
See also
- Ursuline High School
- Raynes Park High SchoolRaynes Park High SchoolRaynes Park High School is a co-educational comprehensive school that educates around 1150 students aged 11 to 19. It is located in Raynes Park, England.-Admissions:...