Tanbridge House School

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Tanbridge House School
Address
Tanbridge House School
Farthings Hill

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RH12 1SR

England
Coordinates 51°03′53″N0°21′04″W / 51.06472°N 0.35107°W / 51.06472; -0.35107
Information
Type Community school
Motto"Exceptional everyday"
Established1976 (current site built in 1994)
Local authority West Sussex
Department for Education URN 126064 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherMark Sheridan
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Enrolment1268+
HousesRedgrave, Radcliffe, Wilkinson
Colour(s)   
Website http://www.tanbridge-house-sch.co.uk

Tanbridge House School, formerly Horsham High School for Girls, is a coeducational secondary school located in Horsham, West Sussex, England. Its current head master is Mr Sheridan who started in 2022. The school teaches a variety of subjects across the curriculum. In 2012 95.7% of students achieved A*-C grades at GCSE. Of those, 79% achieved 5 A*-C including English and Maths.

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In November 2012, and again in June 2024, the school achieved and maintained an 'Outstanding' Ofsted rating in all four key areas of inspection. This placed it in the top three per cent of secondary schools in the country and made it one of only seven 'Outstanding' secondary schools in the county. [1]

School Information

There is a 'Student Voice' at Tanbridge which involves over 100 student representatives, who are involved in interviewing potential staff, leading on environmental and charitable issues and helping pupils make the transition from primary to secondary school.[ citation needed ]

There are SMART Boards in every classroom, nine IT suites and another five computer areas and iPads. [2] Since 2008, the school has had a Virtual Learning Environment and Moodle. The school has its own Learning Resource Centre.

The school theatre production is held every summer at The Capitol Theatre in Horsham, and has included West Side Story (2008) Sweeney Todd (2009) Les Misérables (2010), Evita (2011), The Phantom of the Opera (2012), Miss Saigon (2013), Jekyll and Hyde (2017), Made in Dagenham (2018), High School Musical (2022) and Sister Act (2023).

In 1971, pupils at the school, then Horsham High School for Girls, put on the play Antigone by Jean Anouilh jointly with Christ's Hospital school. [3]

School Timeline

DateNotes
1627The original Tanbridge House built by Richard Nye.
1887Tanbridge House rebuilt by Thomas Oliver in neo-Jacobean style. It is one of the first houses with electricity in Horsham. The building on Worthing Road is still extant today.
1904The pupil-teacher centre which later became Horsham High School for Girls opened, originally in the Wesleyan Hall in London Road. [4]
1920Thomas Oliver dies; Tanbridge House is sold to West Sussex County Council for £7,000.
1924The building becomes the Horsham High School for Girls. [4]
1968Tanbridge House described as "a fine example of the revived Wealden tradition".
1976Horsham High School for Girls is merged with nearby Manor House School and becomes Tanbridge House School, a mixed comprehensive. [4]
1988Tanbridge House faces demolition but Audrey Robinson, a teacher at the school, launches a successful campaign to save the building.
1993Foundation Stone for new school buildings off Guilford Road, adjacent to the A24 road (England) is laid by Sir Philip Ward. The new school had been planned by Chairman of Governors David Radbourne and Headmaster Neil Chapman.
1994The new school site is opened. The former school buildings on the Manor House site are demolished (to be replaced by Sainsbury's supermarket), and Tanbridge House is sold for conversion to apartments.
2009The school obtains the all-weather pitch from Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre.
2012Housing developments begin around the school. It is agreed that Tanbridge House School will be given more sports pitches once the developments are completed.
2016Extensions to current school site completed.

Notable former pupils

Horsham High School for Girls

Tanbridge House School

References

  1. Ofsted Communications Team (5 November 2010). "Find an inspection report". www.ofsted.gov.uk.
  2. http://www.tanbridge-house-sch.co.uk/ipadsenhancelearning.shtml [ dead link ]
  3. "Celebrating a visit from Dr Trevor Hoskins (PrepB, ColB 40-50)". Christ's Hospital. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Horsham: Education". British History Online. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  5. Blain, Virginia; Clements, Patricia; Grundy, Isobel (1990). The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Batsford. ISBN   978-0-7134-5848-0 . Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  6. Lavelle, Ryan; Langlands, Alexander (2020). "Introduction". The Land of the English Kin. Brill. ISBN   978-90-04-42189-9 . Retrieved 1 January 2025.

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