Sheringham High School

Sheringham High School is a secondary school and sixth form located in the town of Sheringham in the English county of Norfolk. The school has around 810 students, usually including between 160 and 180 in the sixth form centre.[1][2] It shares a campus with Sheringham Primary School and Sheringham Woodfields School. The current headteacher is Dr Andrew Richardson.[1]

Sheringham High School
Address
Holt Road

Sheringham
,
Norfolk
,
NR26 8ND

England
Coordinates52°56′11″N 1°11′55″E
Information
TypeAcademy
Department for Education URN137621 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherDr Andrew Richardson[1]
Deputy HeadMrs Jane Melhuish
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18[1]
Enrolment810[1]
HousesCarter, Cavell, Nelson, Sewell
Colour(s)Burgundy and White
UniformBurgundy sweatshirt with school logo, burgundy polo shirt with school logo, black trousers or skirt
Websitehttp://www.sheringhamhigh.co.uk

The school takes students from primary schools in Sheringham, Kelling and Holt.[1] It has a specialism in the arts, and is a member of the Microsoft IT Academy programme.[3]

On 1 November 2011 the school became an academy.[4]

Sex education show VS Pornography

In Spring 2009, Sheringham High School was featured in the Channel 4 series entitled "The Sex education show VS Pornography"[5]

Ofsted Inspections

In 2012 Ofsted carried out an interim assessment of the school and confirmed the previous judgement of Good.[2]. In 2014 it was inspected again and judged Good.[6]

Houses

Sheringham High School has four houses named after famous Norfolk people. Carter house named after adventurer Howard Carter, Cavell named after nurse Edith Cavell, Nelson after Lord Admiral Nelson and Sewell after author Anna Sewell.

References
  1. School Profile, Norfolk County Council. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  2. January 2009 Ofsted Report, 2009-01-23. Retrieved: 2009-09-03
  3. School Website Archived 2010-04-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved: 2009-09-03.
  4. Sheringham High School becomes Norfolk’s latest academy, Eastern Daily Press, 2011-11-01. Retrieved: 2011-11-01.
  5. Campbell.D Porn: the new sex education, The Guardian, 2009-03-30. Retrieved: 2009-09-03.
  6. "Sheringham High School and Sixth Form Centre". Ofsted. Ofsted. 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2020.


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