Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School

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Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School
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Location
Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School
Ramsgate
,
Kent
,
CT11

England
Coordinates 51°20′11.61″N1°24′58.21″E / 51.3365583°N 1.4161694°E / 51.3365583; 1.4161694
Information
Type Grammar school;
Academy
Established1797;227 years ago (1797)
Local authorityKent
Department for Education URN 136382 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherD Liddicoat
GenderCoeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1470
Houses  Knight-Heath
  Mann-Somerville
  Rothschild-Pearce
  Thomas-Sharman
Website http://www.ccgrammarschool.co.uk/

Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in Ramsgate, Kent, England, formed as a result of the merger of the boys-only Chatham House Grammar School and girls-only Clarendon House Grammar School in September 2011.

Contents

Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School is based across three main sites. The Chatham House site is where Year 7, 8 and 9 students are based, whereas Year 10 and 11 are based at the Clarendon House site. The Sixth Form Centre is where the Sixth Form students are based, but regularly have lessons across all three sites.

History

Chatham House was officially founded in 1797 by William Humble along Chatham Street, although there is some evidence of existence prior to its formal establishment. [1] Clarendon House was founded in 1905 on the first floor of the old police station. [2]

Merger

The two Ramsgate schools, Clarendon House and Chatham House, had often partnered with each other for activities such as instrumental bands, choirs, an annual theatre production and field trips. Both were single sex until fifth form then allowed both boys and girls to enter in the sixth form. In the sixth form the two schools, actually within ten minutes' walk of each other, some AS and A level subjects were taught jointly by both schools, such as Music and Music Technology; or by one school. Drama that was taught at Clarendon but available to Chatham House students, while Sport Science was taught at Chatham House, but available to Clarendon House students. Clarendon House, however, was under-subscribed: Chatham House being over-subscribed.

The two schools federated in January 2011 to become a Converter Academy. [3] bringing greater control over admissions, site & buildings, curriculum development and much-needed additional income. [4] Then, in spring 2011, it was announced that the schools would work together as one school. Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils would be based at Chatham House and year 10 and 11 pupils would be based at the former Clarendon House. The sixth-form centre would be based on both sites with all lessons being split between them. In this intermediate stage, Year 9 was moved to the lower school while the decisions about the sites were being taken.[ citation needed ]

Academics

Virtually all maintained schools and academies follow the National Curriculum, and are inspected by Ofsted on how well they succeed in delivering a 'broad and balanced curriculum'. [5] Schools endeavour to get all students to achieve the English Baccalaureate (EBACC) qualification- this must include core subjects, a modern or ancient foreign language, and either History or Geography. Schools are obliged to publish the philosophy governing their curriculum on their website. [6]

Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9)

Key stage 3 is taught on the Chatham House site. Within KS3, all students study in single sex classes with some ability setting in Mathematics and within the Year 9 Science syllabus.

All students study English, Mathematics, Science, Design & Food Technology, Geography, History, Art, Computer Science, Physical Education & Games, Religion and Philosophy, Music, Drama and PSHE. In Year 7 all students study French, and students in Year 8 and 9 study French and Spanish. [6]

Key Stage 4 GCSE (Years 10-11)

This schools offers a variety of GCSE-Level qualifications. All students take core subjects, whilst also selecting others from their preference with the requirement of taking at least one language and one humanity.

Core Subjects

SubjectExam BoardNotes
English LanguagePearson Edexcel
English LiteraturePearson Edexcel
MathematicsPearson Edexcel(higher ability students will also take the AQA Level 2 Certificate in Further Mathematics)
SciencesAQA(most students take the Combined Science (Double Award), whilst the higher-ability students take all three separate sciences (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics), known as "triple science")

Option Subjects

SubjectExam Board
Art and DesignAQA
Business StudiesAQA
Computer ScienceOCR
Design and TechnologyAQA
DramaAQA
FrenchAQA
Food Preparation and NutritionEduqas
GeographyAQA
Health and Social CareAQA
HistoryAQA
Physical EducationPearson Edexcel
Product DesignAQA
Religious StudiesAQA
SpanishAQA

All students by default will take the Higher Tier option of their GCSE course, if applicable, but for struggling students the Foundation Tier option is made available to them.

When Students select their option subjects, they have four options (Language Option, Option 1, Option 2, and Option 3). The language option must be either French or Spanish, and there must be a humanity subject in Options 1 - 3 (Geography, History, or Religious Studies). Students are also able to take both French and Spanish if they wish, by indicating so in the Language Option and in one of Options 1 - 3.

Key Stage 5 (Years 12-13)

The Sixth Form at this school offers a considerably large range of subjects, with 25 A-Level courses and 6 Vocational courses. Sixth Form students generally tend to study three courses, however do have the option to take more.

QualificationQualification TypeAwarding Body
Applied ScienceLevel 3 Certificate and Extended Certificate AQA
Art and Design Advanced Level AQA
BiologyAdvanced LevelAQA
Business StudiesAdvanced Level Pearson Edexcel
Business Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Certificate Pearson Edexcel
Chemistry AAdvanced Level OCR
Computer ScienceAdvanced LevelOCR
Design and Technology: Product DesignAdvanced LevelAQA
Drama and TheatreAdvanced LevelAQA
EconomicsAdvanced LevelAQA
English LiteratureAdvanced LevelAQA
Film StudiesAdvanced LevelOCR
FrenchAdvanced LevelPearson Edexcel
Further MathematicsAdvanced LevelPearson Edexcel
GeographyAdvanced LevelAQA
Health and Social Care (2016 Suite) Level 3 Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate (360 guided learning hours)

OR

Level 3 Cambridge Technical Diploma (720 guided learning hours, known as 'double' H&SC)

OCR
HistoryAdvanced LevelPearson Edexcel
Information Technology Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Certificate

OR

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate

Pearson Edexcel
MathematicsAdvanced LevelPearson Edexcel
Media StudiesAdvanced LevelOCR
MusicAdvanced Level Eduqas
Music TechnologyAdvanced LevelPearson Edexcel
Philosophy and EthicsAdvanced LevelOCR
PhysicsAdvanced LevelOCR
PoliticsAdvanced LevelAQA
PsychologyAdvanced LevelAQA
SociologyAdvanced LevelAQA
SpanishAdvanced LevelAQA
Sport and Physical ActivityLevel 3 Cambridge Technical DiplomaOCR
Travel and Tourism Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate Pearson Edexcel

Entry requirements

In order for a student to study three or four Advanced Level subjects, they must achieve at least 5x Grade 6s at GCSE. In order for a student to study a double Level 3 Vocational course, and one or two Advanced Levels, they must achieve at least 3x Grade 5s and 2x Grade 6s a GCSE. Where relevant, a student will need a Grade 6 in a subject to study the same subject at the Sixth Form. Students are expected to continue their chosen subjects until the end of Year 13.

There are special rules or exceptions for subject options for students. It is not possible to study (Biology or Chemistry or Physics) and Applied Science. Students must achieve a Grade 7 in Mathematics at GCSE to study it at Advanced Level, and a Grade 8 in Mathematics at GCSE to study Further Mathematics at Advanced Level. [7]

Students studying Further Mathematics will normally undertake the Mathematics Advanced Level exams at the end of Year 12.

House system

As the two schools became one, the house systems needed to change as Clarendon House had four houses for the entire school with Chatham having four different houses in the lower and upper school.

As a result of student voting, from September 2011, the new houses consisted of Thomas-Sharman (TS), Rothschild-Pearce (RP), Mann-Somerville (MS) and Knight-Heath (KH), [8] double-barrelled amalgamations of old Chatham and Clarendon house names. It was announced that the new house colours would be Red, Silver, Gold and Blue.

House Competitions

There is an annual House Competition within the school as the four different houses compete in competitions to increase their total score. The house with the greatest score at the end of each academic year is the winning house.

Academic Year1st2nd3rd4th
2012 - 2013
2013 - 2014 [9] RPTSMSKH
2014 - 2015 [10] RPTSMSKH
2015 - 2016 [11] RPTSKHMS
2016 - 2017MS
2017 - 2018 [12] TSRPKHMS
2018 - 2019TSRPMSKH

Note: KH - Knight-Health, MS - Mann-Sommerville, RP - Rothschild-Pearce, TS - Thomas-Sharman

Awards system

In both Schools, as a form of award, teachers may give out rewards known as Achievement Points or Commendations. Depending on the amount which a pupil has, there are various certificates which are given, and also a prize in the form of a pin badge, which students can wear on their uniform. Below are the awards which pupils may receive, and the higher the commendations needed, usually the harder it is to obtain the specific certificate.

AwardAchievement Points
Lower SchoolRed Certificate10
Blue Certificate20
Green Certificate30
Bronze Certificate40
Silver Certificate60
Gold Certificate80
Platinum Certificate100
Lower School &

Upper School

CCGS Color Badge50
CCGS Silver Badge100
CCGS Gold Badge100 twice in key stage

Note that some houses repeat the commendation certificates for a second, third or possibly fourth round if pupils gain 100 commendations - which warrants a Red Certificate No. 2. However, not all houses do this and some just keep to the standard seven certificates.

Notable alumni

Alumni of Chatham House are known as Old Ruymians.

Former prime minister Edward Heath was an Old Ruymian Heathdod.JPG
Former prime minister Edward Heath was an Old Ruymian

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  2. ↑ http://www.ccgrammarschool.co.uk/83/clarendon-house School's website: History of Clarendon House
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