Southend High School for Girls | |
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SHSG School crest | |
Address | |
Southchurch Boulevard , , SS2 4UZ England | |
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Type | Grammar school Academy |
Motto | Latin: Ad Dei Gloriam (Glory to God) |
Established | 1913 |
Local authority | Southend-on-Sea |
Department for Education URN | 136444 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Chair of Governors | Alan Bacon |
Headteacher | Jason Carey |
Gender | Girls |
Age | 11to 18 |
Houses | Artemis Hermes Hera Athene Aphrodite Aurora |
Colour(s) | Green and white |
Website | http://www.shsg.org/ |
Southend High School for Girls is a grammar school with academy status situated on Southchurch Boulevard in the east of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. It caters for students from the age of 11 through to 18 years old.
As of 2022, the school's most recent Ofsted inspection was in 2011, when it was judged Outstanding. [1]
The school has a specialism in languages. All Key Stage 3 students study French and German or French and Spanish (replacing Latin in 2002, which is now available as an additional subject studied off-timetable).[ citation needed ]
The school also offers other additional languages to the students, for example Chinese, Russian or Polish, but these come at a personal expense to the student themselves.
The school achieves excellent results at A level and other examinations, consistently above national averages, in part because of the selective entry system. [2]
In Science, Mathematics, English and Geography all students take a two-year Key Stage 3 qualification allowing them to start their GCSE studies early.[ citation needed ]
According to the school's most recent Ofsted report:
"Most students are from a White British heritage, and a broadly average proportion is from minority ethnic backgrounds. No students are in the early stages of learning English. The proportion of students with special educational needs and/or disabilities is low and the proportion known to be entitled to free school meals is below average." [3]
In April 2003 the school was closed for two days following a fire in an art room started by a student. [7] [8] On the day of the re-opening another fire was started; eventually three students were arrested in connection with the incidents. [9] There was also another fire started in Room 8 on the middle floor of the towerblock. The second fire was started in close proximity to gas pipes. In total three fires were started in the space of a single month leading to several parents withdrawing their daughters from the school. [10]
The school was again attacked in December 2005 causing several thousand pounds worth of damage to the school kitchen and a number of classrooms at the front of the school. The damage was so extensive that the Christmas holiday break was extended for students of years 7 and 8. [11] [12] Reconstruction work took almost a year whilst a new kitchen, dining room and reception area were constructed and a number of classrooms had to be fully refitted. [12] [13]
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