Clacton County High School

Clacton County High School
Motto Higher Expectations, Raising Aspirations
Established 1928
Type Academy
Principal Mr Neil Gallagher
Location Walton Road
Clacton-on-Sea
Essex
CO15 6DZ (SAT NAV CO15 6DX)
England
51°47′58″N 1°08′31″E / 51.79936°N 1.14182°E / 51.79936; 1.14182Coordinates: 51°47′58″N 1°08′31″E / 51.79936°N 1.14182°E / 51.79936; 1.14182
DfE URN 138084 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students 1600
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–19
Website www.countyhigh.org.uk

Clacton County High School (often abbreviated to CCHS) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Clacton-on-Sea, in the county of Essex, England.

There are over 1,600 students attending the school. It specialises in the performing arts, and is situated next to Clacton Leisure Centre, east of the railway station.

The school sixth form is working in partnership with other local schools to provide post 16 years education in the Clacton area.

History

Grammar school

It was a grammar school. It was opened in September 1928, and the official opening was on 28 November 1928 by Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh (son of the Nobel Prize–winning physicist John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh).

Comprehensive

CCHS became a comprehensive school in 1973. In 1998 it became an Arts College.

In 2015 Neil Gallagher was appointed Principal and in 2016 the school formed the Sigma trust along with 5 other local schools. Former Principal Jeff Brindle was appointed to the role of trust CEO.

Academy

The school converted to academy status on 1 April 2012. On the 1 September 2016 the school formed the Sigma Trust along with 5 other schools in the locality.

Notable former pupils

References


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