Tanbridge House School
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Tanbridge House School is a secondary school in Horsham
, West Sussex
. It is a specialist school of IT
, Maths and Science
. Its current head master is Mr Jules White who started in January 2008. Previous heads include Ms Ball, Mr Neil Chapman, Dr Peter Thomas & Ms Maureen Johnson. The school teaches a wide variety of subjects including, Leisure and Tourism (at GCSE), Graphics (at GCSE) and 3 foreign languages, Spanish
, French
and German
.
Neil Chapman was head of the school when it moved to its existing site from the former site of the Horsham High School for Girls, and Manor House School. Horsham High School for Girls was built in 1887.
In 2011, the school achieved a 90% 5 A* - C pass rate. In addition, there was a 99% 5 A* - G pass rate, for subjects resulting in a GCSE qualification.
66% of students achieved an A* - C grade in English
and Mathematics
.
Since 2008, the school has had a Virtual Learning Environment
and uses the SIMS Learning Gateway software.
Two pupils from the school committed suicide in 2007 and 2008, 11-year old Ben Vodden and 14-year old Belinda Allen. Neither case has been closed.
In October 2009, Stephen Head, a history teacher at the school, had a tragic car accident. He died the following weekend devastating many teachers and students alike.
Robin Goodridge, Jamie Hewlett and Rob Leggatt have all been nominated for Grammy Awards (an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the USA to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry) in the last twenty years.
Horsham
Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester...
, West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
. It is a specialist school of IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
, Maths and Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
. Its current head master is Mr Jules White who started in January 2008. Previous heads include Ms Ball, Mr Neil Chapman, Dr Peter Thomas & Ms Maureen Johnson. The school teaches a wide variety of subjects including, Leisure and Tourism (at GCSE), Graphics (at GCSE) and 3 foreign languages, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
.
Neil Chapman was head of the school when it moved to its existing site from the former site of the Horsham High School for Girls, and Manor House School. Horsham High School for Girls was built in 1887.
In 2011, the school achieved a 90% 5 A* - C pass rate. In addition, there was a 99% 5 A* - G pass rate, for subjects resulting in a GCSE qualification.
66% of students achieved an A* - C grade in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
.
Since 2008, the school has had a Virtual Learning Environment
Virtual learning environment
Defined largely by usage, the term virtual learning environment has most, if not all, of the following salient properties:* It is Web-based* It uses Web 2.0 tools for rich 2-way interaction* It includes a content management system...
and uses the SIMS Learning Gateway software.
Two pupils from the school committed suicide in 2007 and 2008, 11-year old Ben Vodden and 14-year old Belinda Allen. Neither case has been closed.
In October 2009, Stephen Head, a history teacher at the school, had a tragic car accident. He died the following weekend devastating many teachers and students alike.
School timeline
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Date Notes 1627 Original site built by Richard Nye Richard NyeRichard Nye is an instrumental and choral composer born 1967 in Gloucester, England.His first published work, Three Pyrotechnics for Solo Clarinet is now included as part of the Trinity College Advanced Clarinet repertoire. Nye was a chorister at Gloucester Cathedral under John Sanders and began...1887 The second site was built by Thomas Oliver. It was one of the first houses with electricity in Horsham and was an example of neo-Jacobean architecture. It is the building in Worthing Road and is still existent today. 1920 Thomas Oliver dies; the building was sold to the county council for £7000 1924 The building becomes the Horsham High School for Girls 1968 The building was described as "a fine example of the revived Wealden WealdenFor the stone, see Wealden GroupWealden is a local government district in East Sussex, England: its name comes from the Weald, the area of high land which occupies the centre of its area.-History:...
tradition"1976 The High School site is merged with the site at Manor House school and becomes Tanbridge House School, a mixed comprehensive. The former school buildings from the Manor House site were demolished and is now a supermarket. 1988 The school was due to be demolished but Audrey Robinson; a teacher at the school launched a successful campaign to save the building 1994 The current school site is built, adjacent to the A24 road (England).
Notable alumni
- Vincent Moss - Political Editor of the Sunday MirrorSunday MirrorThe Sunday Mirror is the Sunday sister paper of the Daily Mirror. It began life in 1915 as the Sunday Pictorial and was renamed the Sunday Mirror in 1963. Trinity Mirror also owns The People...
- Tim Slade - co-founder of fashion label Fat FaceFat FaceFat Face is a chain of clothing retailers selling its own branded products. The company has over 190 stores in the United Kingdom, with international stores in Singapore, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Ireland, France, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar. The chain sells clothes aimed at men, women and...
- Robin GoodridgeRobin GoodridgeRobin Goodridge is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the rock band Bush.-Biography:...
- drummer in rock band Bush - Jamie HewlettJamie HewlettJamie Christopher Hewlett is an English comic book artist and designer. He is known for being the co-creator of the comic Tank Girl and co-creator of the virtual band Gorillaz.-Biography:...
- artist/cartoonist & developer of the comic strip Tank GirlTank GirlTank Girl is a British comic created by Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin. Originally drawn by Jamie Hewlett, it has also been drawn by Rufus Dayglo, Ashley Wood, and Mike McMahon.The eponymous character Tank Girl drives a tank, which is also her home...
(manufactured into Hollywood pic around 1995) & co-owner of the band GorillazGorillazGorillaz is an English musical project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. This project consists of Gorillaz music itself and an extensive fictional universe depicting a "virtual band" of cartoon characters... - Rob Leggatt, originative Director at Blue Source (he was nominated for the Grammy in 2003)
Robin Goodridge, Jamie Hewlett and Rob Leggatt have all been nominated for Grammy Awards (an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the USA to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry) in the last twenty years.
External links
- http://www.tanbridge-house-sch.co.uk
- Tanbridge House School Worthing Road site