Chislehurst School for Girls

Chislehurst School for Girls
Motto Altiora Sequamur
Established 1896 (1896)
Type Academy
Headteacher K.J. Raven
Location Beaverwood Road
Chislehurst
Greater London
BR7 6HE
England
Coordinates: 51°25′07″N 0°05′21″E / 51.418617°N 0.089186°E / 51.418617; 0.089186
DfE number 305/5408
DfE URN 136467 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 1235
Gender Girls
Ages 11–18
Houses Austen, Brontë, Eliot, Knightley
Colours Navy blue, Green and Black
Website School website

Chislehurst School for Girls is a secondary school in Chislehurst, in outer South East London, England. It caters for pupils in academic years 7-11 and offers sixth form education.

History

Founded in 1896 as Sidcup High School,[1] which was a co-educational school located on the corner of Victoria Road,[2] it later became Sidcup County School for Girls before moving to the new purpose-built main school building in 1931, which was expanded twice during the 1950s. After World War II, it became Chislehurst and Sidcup County Grammar School for Girls and in the 1950s Chislehurst and Sidcup Girls' Grammar School with the initials CSGGS on the blazer badge. It was the girls' counterpart to the formerly all-boys Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, which has since moved to the London Borough of Bexley and became a coeducational selective academy. As the school was sited in Beaverwood Road the beaver was adopted as an appropriate symbol of industry and featured on the prefects' badges. When in 1982 (it was already called Beaverwood School for Girls by 1968, when it was still a grammar school), the school changed from being a grammar school to a comprehensive school the name was changed to Beaverwood School for Girls.[3] The school gained academy status on 1 March 2011. In September 2014, Beaverwood Changed its name to Chislehurst School for Girls.

Houses

In the school there are 4 houses, Knightley, Eliot (CLIC Sargent), Austen and Brontë (Demelza). The houses are paired with charities which they must fundraise for. The more money raised equals more house points.

Notable former pupils

References

  1. "Chislehurst Schools". Local Areas - Chislehurst. Curtis Haines. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  2. Corke, Margery. "The History of West Lodge School". West Lodge School. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  3. "Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, Chislehurst, 1951". Homes: A History of South-East London Suburbs - Chislehurst. Ideal Homes. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  4. "Margaret Gelling". The Daily Telegraph (London). 8 May 2009. Retrieved 6 Feb 2012.

External links

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