- The Denes High School
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The Denes High School Type Community school Headteacher Mr M Lincoln Specialism Business & Enterprise Location Yarmouth Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR32 4AH
England
Local authority Suffolk DfE number ???/4066 DfE URN 124826 Ofsted Reports Students 789 Gender Coeducational Ages 13–18 Colours Black and White Former name Lowestoft Grammar School Website DHS Coordinates: 52°29′23″N 1°44′55″E / 52.489779°N 1.748652°E
The Denes High School is a High School located in the northern outskirts of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.
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Admissions
It has approximately 850 students aged 13 to 18 (years 9 to 13)[1]. It is also home to a sports training centre open to the public. The Head Teacher is Mick Lincoln[1].
It is situated on Yarmouth Road (A12).
History
The school was known as Lowestoft County Grammar School, and previous to that, Lowestoft Secondary School. It went comprehensive in 1971.
Specialist school
In September 2004 the school was designated by the Department for Education and Skills as a specialist school as a Business and Enterprise College.[2]
Lowestoft 6th Form
The Denes is one third of the Lowestoft sixth form consortium, the other two member schools are Benjamin Britten High School & Kirkley Community High School. However this will change with the completion of the Lowestoft Sixth Form College in September 2011.
Notable alumni
- Terry Butcher, Ipswich and England footballer
- Prof Jules Pretty OBE, Professor of Environment and Society since 2000 at the University of Essex
- Karl Theobald, actor and comedian
- Zeb Soanes, BBC Radio 4 Newsreader and Television Presenter
Lowestoft Grammar School
- Reginald Allerton CBE, President of the Institute of Housing from 1949–50 and 1960-1
- Sir Brian Bailey OBE, Chairman of Television South West (TSW) from 1980–93 and President of the Hospital Caterers Association from 1987–2004
- Maurice Baker, Managing Director of Woolworths Ltd from 1967–71
- Sir Tim Brighouse, Chief Adviser for London Schools at the DfES from 2003-7
- James Campbell, Professor of Medieval History at the University of Oxford from 1996–2002
- John Edmonds CBE, Chief Executive of Railtrack plc from 1994–97
- James Hoseason OBE, built up the Hoseasons travel company
- Andrew Marshall, screenwriter
- Maj-Gen John Milne CB, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 2001-7
- Tony Palmer, film and theatre director
- David Porter, local Conservative MP for Waveney from 1987–97, and Head of Drama at The Benjamin Britten High School from 1978–81
- Jack Strowger CBE, Managing Director of Thorn Electrical Industries from 1970-9 and Chairman of Hornby Hobbies from 1981–93
References
- ^ a b Suffolk County Council School Profile. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ "Specialist Schools Home". DfES. http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/specialistschools/. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
External links
- Website of The Denes High School
- Details from listed building database (391371) . Images of England. English Heritage.
- EduBase
Categories:- Comprehensive schools in Suffolk
- Grade II listed buildings in Suffolk
- Business and Enterprise Colleges in England
- Grade II listed educational buildings
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