- Clarendon House Grammar School
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Clarendon House Grammar School Motto Ex Humilbus Excelsa Established 1905 Type Grammar School, Community school Specialism Language Location Clarendon Gardens
Ramsgate
Kent
CT11 9BB
EnglandLocal authority Kent DfE URN 118809 Ofsted Reports Staff 50 Students c. 830 Gender Girls, c. 200 girls and 50 boys in the sixth form Ages 11–18 Colours Bottle green, black and white Website Clarendon House Grammar School Coordinates: 51°20′00″N 1°24′55″E / 51.3332°N 1.4154°E
Clarendon House Grammar School, or simply "Clarendon" is a grammar school for girls in Ramsgate, Kent,[1][2] opened in 1905.[3] The school was granted specialist language school status in September 2004.[4]
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Relations with Chatham House
It is often partnered with its "brother school", Chatham House Grammar School, the equivalent boys' school, for activities such as instrumental bands, choirs, an annual theatre production and field trips.
Clarendon allows both boys and girls to enter in the sixth form, as does Chatham House. Due to the close proximity of the schools (within ten minutes walk of each other) some AS and A level subjects are taught either jointly by the two schools (such as Music and Music Technology) or by one of the school (for example, Drama is taught at Clarendon, but is available for Chatham House students, while Sport science is taught at Chatham House, but is available for Clarendon House students).
Expansion
The school, federated with Chatham House, applied to become a federated Converter Academy and has been since January 2011[5].
In Spring 2011 it was announced that the schools will work together as one school. Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils will be based at Chatham House and year 10 and 11 pupils will be based at Clarendon. The CCVI sixth form centre will be based on both sites with all lessons being split between them. In this intermediate stage, Year 9 will be moved to the lower school while the decisions about houses are being taken. As the two schools are becoming one, the house system will need to change as Clarendon has 4 houses for the entire school with Chatham having 4 different houses in the lower and upper school. The naming of the new houses is currently being voted in, with options being twin Clarendon and Chatham houses, pick two "lost" houses from each school or rename them based on historic places in Ramsgate. Although it has not been decided on what will happen to the houses, It was announced that the new house colours will be Red, Blue, Silver and Gold.
Subjects
The following subjects are taught at Clarendon:[6]
Subject Years 7-9 GCSE A-Level Art & Design X X X Biology X X X Business Studies X X Chemistry X X X Classical Civilisation X Computing X Design Technology (Product Design) X Drama X X X Economics X (@ Chatham House) English X X X (Can be either joint lang & lit, or just lit) French X X X German X X X Geography X X X Government & Politics X Graphics X X X Health & Social Care x (Applied GCE Course) History X X X History of Art X Information Technology X X X Law X Leisure Studies X (@ Chatham House) Mathematics X X X Mathematics (Further) X Mathematics Statistics X X Media Studies X Music X X X Physical Education X X X Physics X X X PSE X X Psychology X Religious Studies X X X Science (Double Award) X Sociology & Citizenship X Spanish X X X Technology (Food) X X X Theatre Studies X External links
References
- ^ "Grammar School Petitions and Ballots". Department for children, schools and families. http://www.dfes.gov.uk/gsballots/s_list.shtml.
- ^ "Find a school". National Grammar Schools Association. http://www.ngsa.org.uk/map/m_kent.htm.
- ^ "School History". Clarendon House School Official Website. http://www.clarendonhouse.kent.sch.uk/about_the_school/School_History/SchoolHistory.htm.
- ^ "Clarendon House Grammar School Inspection Report". Ofsted. http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=118809.
- ^ "Information for Applicants". Chatham Clarendon Grammar School Federation Website. http://www.ccgrammarschool.co.uk/91/information-for-applicants.
- ^ "Curriculum". Clarendon House Official Website. http://www.clarendonhouse.kent.sch.uk/about_the_school/curriculum.htm.
Categories:- Grammar schools in Kent
- Language Colleges in England
- Girls' schools in Kent
- Educational institutions established in 1905
- 1905 establishments in England
- South East England school stubs
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