- Chatham Grammar School for Girls
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Chatham Grammar School for Girls Motto Honour before Honours Established 1907 Type Foundation grammar school Headteacher Mrs Christine Probin Specialism Technology, Languages Location Rainham Road
Gillingham/Chatham
Kent
ME5 7EH
EnglandLocal authority Medway DfE number ???/5429 DfE URN 118901 Ofsted Reports Staff 64 Students 950 Gender Girls Ages 11–18 Website CGSG Coordinates: 51°22′26″N 0°32′54″E / 51.37382°N 0.54842°E
Chatham Grammar School for Girls ("CGSG") is an all-girls grammar school in Medway in southeast England.
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Admissions
There are currently around 1000 pupils on roll, including 240 in the mixed sixth form, and 64 teaching staff, however, the number of pupils has dropped over the last three years so the school will have around 900 pupils at the beginning of September 2010. The current Headmistress of the school is Mrs Christine Probin as of September 2010, taking over from Mr David Gundry.
It is situated on Rainham Road (A2), it is just inside the parish of St Augustine, Gillingham. Every Christmas, the school has a Christmas service in the St Augustine Church which is just across the road from the school.
History
The school was opened in January 1907, by Miss Constance Wakeman. The centenary was celebrated in 2006-2007 by the release of 1000 balloons and a school fete, however, there were many over smaller events all throughout the year from September 2006 to The end of June 2007. The school is very proud of its history, and photographs of all the headteachers are displayed within the school hall.
Academic performance
The school has been rated Outstanding by Ofsted. In 2008, the school's Spanish Department won 'Spanish School of the Year' from the UK Spanish Embassy. The school also has an excellent GCSE and A-Level results record, in particular within its English Department, which consistently has achieved some of the best results in the country.
Alumni
- Lisa Andreas, came joint-fifth (with Sweden) in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, representing Cyprus (received 12 points from Greece and Monaco, and 10 points from the UK and the Netherlands), singing Stronger Every Minute, aged 16
- Prof Phyllis Deane, Professor of Economic History at the University of Cambridge from 1981-3, President of the Royal Economic Society from 1980-2
- Sally Dickinson, Chief Executive of the Magistrates’ Association since 1994
- Helen Rappaport, historian
- Jacki Rodikis, author
- Diana Skingle, High Commissioner to the Seychelles from 2004-7
- Dr Lorna Wing OBE, psychiatrist
Former teachers
- Peter January, Ambassador to Albania from 1999-2001 (taught History from 1975–80)
References
External links
News items
Categories:- Girls' schools in Kent
- Grammar schools in Kent
- Education in Medway
- Educational institutions established in 1907
- Technology Colleges in England
- Language Colleges in England
- 1907 establishments in England
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