Sawyers Hall College

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name = Sawyers Hall College


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established = 1936
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type = Comprehensive
religion =Multicultural
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head = Stephen Capper (September 2008 to Present)
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chair = Mrs. Jane Needham
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Applying to become Sports & Science
street = Sawyers Hall Lane
city = Brentwood
county = Essex
country = England
postcode = CM15 9DA
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enrollment = 1,277
gender = Mixed
lower_age = 11 (16 for Sixth Form)
upper_age = 16 (18 for Sixth Form)
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houses = color box|green Beagle
color box|blue Calypso
color box|red Endeavour
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website = http://www.sawyershall.org.uk
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Sawyers Hall College (formerly known as The Hedley Walter High School, then Sawyers Hall College of Science & Technology (or SHC)) is a secondary school located in Brentwood, Essex, England. It is a mixed school of non denominational religion. It initially accepts students from the ages of 11 to 16, the age where they take their GCSE examinations. It then offers the best performing students places in its Sixth Form, giving students the chance to complete their A Level examinations.

1,277 pupils currently attend the school. The school logo is traditionally that of a Griffin. However, when the school achieved specialist college status its motif was modernised; it is now a two panelled shield with a griffin above a diagram of an atom. (See right or the [http://www.sawyershall.org.uk/ Official School Website] for an example). The uniform was also changed to reflect the new school image from blue shirts and blue tie with the griffin to blue and white pin striped shirts, now just dark blue is available for shirts, to match the whole school together in uniform, as well as a blue tie with the school logo.

History

Sawyers Hall College opened in 1936 as a single block mixed school known as Hedley Walter High School. However, genders were separated during school hours. Later in life, the school expanded and genders were allowed to mix. In the last decade around 2003, The school's iconic name was changed to Sawyers Hall College ("College" reflecting the school's sixth form facilities). The original school building, circa 1936, is now known as The Jack Petchey Building, or simply Block 4.

School layout

The school is split into six buildings each named after someone who is related to the history of the school, plus a Sports Hall and an Astroturf pitch, which can be used in most weather conditions. An athletics track and football and rugby pitches are situated in fields across the road from the school.There are separate playgrounds for the various years, with years 10 and 11 sharing the same playground. From 2006 the sixth form has its own common room and study rooms for computer use.

The main assembly hall is part of the James Redell building, in which the classes are science, technology and ICT.

Subjects

Sawyers Hall College offers a variety of subjects in both GCSE years and Sixth Form including:

• Accountancy (AAS2 only)
• Archaeology (AS2 only)
• Art
• Business (GCSE only)
• Construction
• Drama
• English (Compulsory GCSE)
• Food Studies
• General Studies
• Geography
• History
• ICT (Compulsory half course GCSE)
• Law (AS2 only)
• Mathematics (Compulsory GCSE)
• Media Studies (GCSE/AS2 only)
• Modern Foreign Languages
• Music
• Philosophy and Ethics (GCSE/AS2 only)
• Photography (AS2 only)
• Physical Education
• Product Design
• Psychology (AS2 only)
• Religious Education(Compulsory half course GCSE)
• Science (Compulsory GCSE (Additional, Applied, Triple))
• Textiles

Other information

The school offers a range of extra-curricular activities, including the Duke of Edinburgh award.

The name 'Hedley Walter' was used in reference to the school's first Head of Governors.

James Nott and Jade Lawrence are the elected Head Boy and Head Girl of the school respectively for the year 2007/8.

There are four house teams which are named after ships with historical references; Golden Hind (yellow), Endeavour (red), Calypso (blue) and Beagle (green).

In January 2006 Sawyers Hall College was told that it did not offer the required learning facilities for students, and was placed in Special Measures by Ofsted. However on Wednesday 14th November 2007, the chief Inspector met with Acting Headteacher Mr S Capper and told him "Under section 13/4 of the Education and Inspections Act, Her Majesty's Inspectors deem that Sawyers Hall College no longer requires Special Measures, and that those measures be removed with immediate effect." Following his success in retrieving the school from Special Measures, Mr S Capper was appointed Headmaster with effect from 1 September, 2008. [ [http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/education/article-231467-details/article.html] Local news report]

"We are a proud school!"
Mr S. Capper, September 2007

On 31 December 2007, the specialist status ran out, so the school name is just Sawyers Hall College. However Mr. S Capper stated that he would like to bring back the science specialist status and combine it with a PE status.

External links

* [http://www.sawyershall.org.uk/ Official School Website]
* [http://www.sawyershall.org.uk/Prospectus/Main/prospectus1.html Prospectus]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=115341 Ofsted Reports]
* [http://www.sawyershall.org/News/aut2007/ofsted.html The Schools version of the Ofsted Report]