Highsted Grammar School

Highsted Grammar School is a state-funded selective secondary school (grammar school) for girls in Sittingbourne, Kent.

Highsted Grammar School
Address
Highsted Road

Sittingbourne
,
Kent
,
ME10 4PT

England
Coordinates51.3331°N 0.7368°E / 51.3331; 0.7368
Information
TypeAcademy (English school) Grammar school (United Kingdom)
MottoEsse quam videri
Established1904
Local authorityKent
SpecialistScience
Department for Education URN136305 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherAnne Kelly
GenderGirls
Age0 to 18
Number of students864
HousesChanel, Eliot, Franklin, Keller, Roddick, Seacole
Websitewww.highsted.kent.sch.uk

History

The school was established in 1904 in Brenchley House on Sittingbourne High Street as Sittingbourne High School for Girls.[1] It moved to its current site in Highsted Road in the late 1950s, at which time it was known as Sittingbourne Girls’ Grammar School (SGGS).

In common with many secondary schools in England, Highsted has a house system. When formed in 1904 the houses were: Briton, Cymru, Scots and Spartan. The houses now are: Chanel, Eliot, Franklin, Keller, Roddick, Seacole.

The modern school

The school, now known as Highsted Grammar School, converted to Academy status in 2011. It now takes both boys and girls into its Sixth Form. In September 2013, Anne Kelly took over the post of headteacher after the retirement of former headteacher Jennifer Payne.

A Facebook page was set up in 2014 with the aim of creating a Highsted Old Girls Association.[2]

Notable former pupils

Rachel Talalay, film and television director and producer.

Jane Shilling, journalist and author.

Hannah Tapsell

Kate Fisher

Jennie Fisher

References
  1. "Highsted Grammar School: Centenary 1904–2004" (PDF). Highsted Grammar School. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  2. Highsted Old Girls' Association School website. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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