Aylesbury High School

Infobox UK school
name = Aylesbury High School


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type = Community Grammar School
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head = Mr Alan Rosen
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chair = Mr Trevor Toms
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specialist = Language College
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street = Walton Road
city = Aylesbury
county = Buckinghamshire
country = England
postcode = HP21 7SX
LEA = Buckinghamshire
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enrollment = 1200
gender = Girls
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
houses = 6
colours = Navy, yellow and black
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Aylesbury High School (AHS) was founded in 1959, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, when the previously co-educational Aylesbury Grammar School became boys-only. The two schools remain on adjacent sites.

The current headteacher is Alan Rosen.

The school is a single sex female grammar school which takes about 1260 pupils. Its entry requirements are dictated by an exam taken at the age of 11. In September 2001 the school was awarded specialist school status in Languages. It is also a designated Training school.

The school takes girls from the age of 11, in what is called Year 7, through to the age of 18, in Year 13 (Upper VI). The school has its largest intakes at Year 7 followed by around 190 students into Year 12 (Lower VI). Many pupils who complete their GCSEs in year 11 go on to study A-levels at the school.

The school is often referred to by the students as "the High" or "AHS".

Houses

There are 6 school houses, named after stately homes in the area:

Each house has a house language:- Ascott, Claydon and Hughenden learn German and Missenden, Stowe and Waddesdon learn Spanish, starting from Year 8.

The House Cup

Every year, each house battles it out to win the House Cup. During in the last week of term is the concluding House Event, House Athletics. Then, on the last day of term, the winning house is announced. Now, merit marks, that the pupils earn count toward the house cup as well as house events.

There are several house events, such as:

Miscellaneous

The Aylesbury High will be celebrating its 50th Birthay soon.

On Tuesday 21 November 2006 the school broke the world record for the number of Christmas crackers pulled simultaneously. In addition to setting a new Guinness World Record of 1,217 Christmas crackers, the school pupils also raised over £2,500 in sponsorship for children's charity the NSPCC. [cite news
title=Christmas cracker at Aylesbury High School
publisher=Aylesbury Today (The Bucks Herald)
date=2006-11-22
url=http://www.aylesburytoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=789&ArticleID=1890852
accessdate=2006-11-24]

Notable alumnae

* [http://www.sophiecarlin.co.uk/ Sophie Carlin] , artist
* Lynda Bellingham, actress
* Joanna Gosling, newsreader (BBC News 24) [ [http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/friendsreunited.asp?wci=forumadd&bb_key=6&bb_type=F&school_key=140762 Friendsreunited.co.uk] ]
* Roberta Iger, actress (The Onedin Line) [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407048/ IMDb entry for Roberta Iger] ]

External links

* [http://www.ahsonline.co.uk/ Aylesbury High School website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=110494 Ofsted entry and inspection reports]
* [http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_07.pl?No=8254058&Mode=Z&Type=SC&Phase=1&Year=07&Base=b&Num=825 Department for Children, Schools and Families Performance Tables (GCSE and equivalent)]

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