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Herschel Grammar School

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24: 399:. The pupils in the sixth form have a common room that is used for studying as well as more general recreational and relaxing activities during non-contact time. In September 2018 the silent study room and common room were upgraded and pupils are timetabled to spend some non-lesson time in a supervised study room, as well as a study period in the exam hall. 407:
The school has a prefect system. Year 12s are able to apply to be Junior Prefects and in the latter part of Year 12, twelve prefects including a Head Boy and Head Girl are elected by the students and teachers in the Sixth Form and Year 11. The prefects occupy their positions until the end of Year 13.
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to the public when out of school hours. The sports complex includes a full-size astro-turf football, hockey pitch, four full-size tennis courts, six full-size indoor badminton courts, one full-size indoor basketball court, a dance studio and changing facilities with lockers.
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The school has a sixth form of about 325 pupils, both from the lower school and pupils who have moved from other schools.There is a sixth form block. The sixth form is a part of the
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School while the permanent buildings were refurbished after damage to the roof in the storms of 1987.
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Within its present buildings, the school has had a number of names and forms, including:
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Herschel Grammar School is part of the Schelwood Trust: an educational trust comprising
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The school was established in town centre buildings formerly occupied by
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In 2004, the school completed a sports centre, which now serves as
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Herschel Grammar School was a founding member-school of the
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in William Street (a site later occupied by the Slough
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