Archbishop Tenison's Church of England High School, Croydon

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Archbishop Tenison's School
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Archbishop Tenison's Church of England High School, Croydon
Selborne Road

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CR0 5JQ

Coordinates 51°22′10″N0°04′55″W / 51.36943°N 0.08191°W / 51.36943; -0.08191
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Type Voluntary aided school
MottoTenaciter
Religious affiliation(s) Church of England
Established1714;309 years ago (1714)
Founder Thomas Tenison
Local authority Croydon
Department for Education URN 101811 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsR.Mash
HeadmasterR. Parrish
Staff90
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolmentc. 800
HousesFisher (yellow), Ramsey (blue), Temple (red), Becket (green), Wood (purple)
Colour(s)Blue  
PublicationTenaciter
Principle SportsAssociation Football, Rugby Union, Netball, Basketball, Athletics
Former PupilsOld Tenisonians
Location
Website http://www.archten.croydon.sch.uk

Archbishop Tenison's Church of England High School, commonly known as Tenison's, is a co-educational 11-18, voluntary aided, school in the London Borough of Croydon, England, part of the educational provision of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark and Croydon Council. It is a specialist Mathematics and Computing College.

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History

Several schools were founded by Thomas Tenison, an educational philanthropist, in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. In 1714, Tenison, by then Archbishop of Canterbury, founded a school for some “ten poor boys and ten poor girls” on a site which is now close to Croydon’s shopping centre. Just over 300 years and three sites later, it is thought that the School is the oldest surviving mixed-sex school in the world. [1]

Due to the hostilities of the Second World War, the School was moved away from the dangers of the Blitz in South London and relocated to Craigmore Hall in the countryside near Crowborough, East Sussex, with pupils evacuated and billeted with the local populace. After the War, the School returned to Croydon and Craigmore Hall returned to private use.[ citation needed ]

The School now occupies a site established in 1959 in a residential area of Croydon – Park Hill, ten minutes' walk from East Croydon station. [2] Since 1959, the facilities have been augmented by the building of a Sixth Form Centre, an Art block, and Geography and Technology Centres.[ citation needed ]

Founder’s Day

A Tenisonian tradition is that once a year, usually the morning of the first Friday in May, the entire school gathers to celebrate the anniversary of its foundation in 1714, the life of the founder Thomas Tenison and the achievements of the past academic year. The event is attended by pupils, the governors and representatives from the Diocese of Southwark.[ citation needed ]

Houses

Pupils at Tenison's are organised in a manner typical of British schools - they are sorted into a house system. These houses determine the colour of a pupil's mitres on their school tie. Pupils are actively a part of the house system from years 7 to 10, and compete annually for the House Points Cup and the Inter-House Cup (a sporting competition). Involvement within the house system lessens in year 11; however, there have been calls to put greater emphasis on the house system, and inter-house competitions, for all year groups. [3]

The houses at Tenison's are named after famous Archbishops of Canterbury, and include:

Sport

The school has no on-site grass playing fields but has the use of nearby Lloyd Park and facilities at nearby Coombe Lodge, providing pitches for both football and cricket. In 2002 the school opened an all-weather surface on the School site which enables the provision of tennis, basketball, netball and five-a-side football, as well as four other on-site tennis courts. [4]

Sixth form

The sixth form was established jointly with St Andrew's High School, Croydon in 1978 but resides on Tenison's premises. [5]

Old Tenisonians

Notable Old Tenisonians include:

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References

  1. Holness, Margaret (9 May 2014). "Archbishop's school, 300 years later". The Church Times. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  2. "Croydon Advertiser and East Surrey Reporter". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. 13 November 1959. Retrieved 24 March 2023. QUEEN ELIZABETH the Queen Mother will be visiting Croydon next Wednesday to perform the official opening of Archbishop Tenison's School. The new school premises in Selborne Road have actually been in use since the beginning of the autumn term, when the school removed from its old premises in Selsdon Road, South Croydon —now being demolished. Tenison's now has the status of an aided Church of England grammar school and is the only one of its kind in the borough. Besides educational grants from the diocese, all the churches in the Croydon deanery have contributed to the building fund.
  3. "The House System at Archbishop Tenison's School" (PDF). Archbishop Tenison's School. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  4. Albert, Angelina (20 November 2002). "Rain will not stop play on all-weather pitches". The Sutton and Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  5. "Croydon Minster: Parish Profile" (PDF). Croydon Minster. Retrieved 27 November 2019.