Patcham High School

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Patcham High School
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Address
Patcham High School
Ladies Mile Road

Brighton
,
East Sussex
,
BN1 8PB

England
Coordinates 50°51′44″N0°08′38″W / 50.86228°N 0.14398°W / 50.86228; -0.14398
Information
Type Community school
MottoOne Team, One Dream
Established1990
Local authority Brighton and Hove
Department for Education URN 114608 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherThomas Curran
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Enrolment1050
Website http://www.patchamhigh.brighton-hove.sch.uk/

Patcham High School is one of nine secondary schools in Brighton, located in the village of Patcham. It has around 1,000 pupils. The current head teacher is John McKee. [1]

The school was founded on 7 July 1990, when Margaret Hardy school for girls and Patcham Fawcett school for boys were combined. The school is on Ladies Mile Road in Patcham.

Margaret Hardy and Patcham Fawcett were the last two single sex schools in Brighton, and Patcham High School now serves the north of Brighton, situated next to the South Downs. The logo is that of the Chattri, an Indian War Memorial that can be seen from Patcham.

In 2014, Patcham High School won The Argus school of the year award. [2]

Patcham High School has undergone marked improvement in teaching standards latterly. After being assigned ‘inadequate’ in its 2006 Ofsted inspection, [3] it achieved ‘satisfactory’ status in 2007 and 2010. [4] [5] In its 2013 and 2017 inspections the school was awarded a ‘good’ rating by Ofsted. [6] The school also received a 'good' rating following its 2023 inspection. [7]

Construction of an AstroTurf pitch on the school grounds commenced in March 2021 and was completed in June 2021. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Welcome to Patcham High School
  2. ↑ "Patcham High School Wins Argus School of the Year Award". The Argus. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Patcham High School Inspection Report October 2006". Ofsted. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Patcham High School Inspection Report November 2007". Ofsted. 19 December 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Patcham High School Inspection Report September 2010". Ofsted. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Patcham High school celebrates good Ofsted rating". The Argus. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Patcham High School Inspection Report October 2023". Ofsted. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Construction of our new AstroTurf pitch". Patcham High School. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2022.



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