Wymondham High School is a state run co-educational school in Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

, England. It can be found near the centre of Wymondham

Wymondham

Wymondham is a historic market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It lies 9.5 miles to the south west of the city of Norwich, on the A11 road to Thetford and London.- Before The Great Fire :...

. It currently has around 1500 pupils, including sixth formers. The headmistress is Victoria Musgrave. It has 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...

 status in the Arts and Science.

House system

The House system was set up in 1975. There are currently four Houses, each named after a prominent person except Abbey, which was named after Wymondham Abbey. The other houses are Cheshire, Ellis, and Macmillan. This makes possible the care and intimacy of a small unit, combined with all the advantages in terms of resources and finance which the larger school can offer. Houses and tutor groups contain pupils from years 7 to 11 providing each pupil with the experience of being part of an extended family unit. There are 12 tutor groups in each house.

Sixth form

The Wymondham High Sixth Form is one of Norfolk's top post-GCSE educational facilities, placing second in 2008's A/AS Level league tables and consistently fetching results well above the national average. It was quoted as 'outstanding' in a recent OFSTED report.

Notable alumni

• Peter Farrar, co-founder and former Director of The Jitsu Foundation
  The Jitsu Foundation
  The Jitsu Foundation or TJF is a national-level association of jujutsu clubs headquartered in the United Kingdom, but also has affiliated organisations in other countries around the world...
  
  (1990-98)

External links

• Wymondham High School Website