Steyning Grammar School

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Steyning Grammar School
Steyning School coat of arms.png
Coat of arms of the School
Address
Steyning Grammar School
Shooting Field

Steyning
,
West Sussex
,
BN44 3RX

England
Coordinates 50°53′36″N0°19′46″W / 50.89334°N 0.32936°W / 50.89334; -0.32936
Information
Type Academy
MottoEvery Person the Best they Can Be [1]
Religious affiliation(s) Church of England
Established1614;410 years ago (1614)
FounderWilliam Holland
Local authority West Sussex
Trust Bohunt Education Trust
Department for Education URN 148221 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsSusan Gearing
HeadteacherAdam Whitehead
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment2,455 pupils
Campuses3
Colour(s)
  Blue and Red
AlumniOld Grammarians
Website http://www.sgs.uk.net/

Steyning Grammar School is a coeducational day and boarding, senior school and sixth form, located in Steyning, West Sussex, England.

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The school has two lower school sites catering for Years 7 and 8. The original site was located in Church Street, Steyning, which moved to The Towers in Upper Beading in August 2022. A second site opened at Rock Road in Storrington in September 2017, on the former site of Rydon Community College. A larger upper school site at Shooting Field, Steyning caters for students in Years 9 to 11 who study the Key Stage 4 curriculum over three years. The school's Sixth Form College for students in Years 12 and 13 is also based at the Shooting Field site. The Shooting Field site is served by Brighton & Hove bus route 2 once a day each weekday morning. [2]

History

Steyning Grammar School, original gate SteyningSchool.jpg
Steyning Grammar School, original gate

Steyning Grammar School was founded and endowed as a grammar school in 1614 by William Holland, an Alderman of Chichester. In 1968, it merged with Steyning Secondary Modern School to form the current comprehensive school. The combined school shares two sites in Steyning. The original half-timbered Church Street site housed years 7 and 8 until the end of the 2021-22 academic year after which this age group ('Lower School') transferred to the Towers site in nearby Upper Beeding. The main Shooting Field site houses years 9-11 and the sixth form college. A third lower school site opened in Storrington in September 2017 following the closure of Rydon Community College. Some Physical education lessons are taught at Steyning Leisure Centre.

On 11 March 2020, after only two one-hour meetings open to the community, school governors voted to convert the 400-year-old school to an academy as part of the Bohunt Trust. A teaching union warned that the school has "nothing to gain and everything to lose" and there was talk of strike action after the plans were announced. [3] Converting Steyning Grammar School into an academy "would give Bohunt complete control over its curriculum and the hiring of teachers". [3]

Bohunt Education Trust runs eight schools in total, including secondary schools in Worthing and Horsham.

In December 2021 a viral report of a "bleak" Christmas dinner composed of "a mince pie, dry bread roll, slice of turkey, single pig in blanket, and a tiny square of stuffing" went viral, reports indicating the school apologised and the £3.50 cost of the meal was refunded. [4]

Notable alumni

Boarding

Steyning Grammar School has a boarding site located at Church Street. [11] It is opposite the Lower School and is around half a mile away from the Upper School in Shooting Field.[ citation needed ] Steyning is one of a small number of state schools with boarding facilities. [12] [ failed verification ]

Boarders can join at the beginning of Year 9 and Year 12 to follow GCSE and A-level courses respectively.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "SGS 'MOST WICKET' WIN". 18 October 2012. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Steyning Grammar School (adj)". buses.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Strike threats as 400-year-old school votes for academy plans". The Argus. Brighton. 17 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "School apology after bleak Christmas lunch photo goes viral". BBC News. 16 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Winter Graduation Ceremonies 2001" (Press release). University of Sussex. 10 January 2001. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Pell, John (PL624J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  7. ↑ "Pupil's work pays off at show". West Sussex County Times. Chichester. 20 June 2003. p. 20.
  8. ↑ "Billingshurst actor stars in new film in cinemas across the UK". West Sussex County Times. Chichester. 19 October 2018.
  9. ↑ Rose, Colin (2 April 2004). "Obituary: Ted Walker". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  10. ↑ Tomes, Jason (January 2006). "Ware, Lancelot Lionel (1915–2000)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74545 . Retrieved 9 September 2016.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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  12. ↑ "Steyning Grammar School Boarding". www.sgs.uk.net. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

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