Rochester Grammar School - Knowledge (XXG)

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nationally. Forty-one of their students completed the IB diploma and a third achieved a score of 40 or more, which is equivalent to four A* grades at A Level. One student achieved the maximum possible score of 45 in their International Baccalaureate examinations, which is achieved by fewer than 1% of

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in 1993, with funding directly from central government. In November 2010 the RGS became an “Academy of Excellence” under the government’s academy programme for outstanding schools, and is a combined Mathematics/ICT and Music specialist school, the first nationally. Facilities now include a sixth-form

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The first male teachers were appointed in the 1960s. In 1969 additional school buildings were opened 1.3 km south of the existing school on the outskirts of Rochester. The need for staff and pupils to commute between the two sites, overcrowding and the dilapidation of the old building eventually

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From 2020, all students entering the school's sixth form study the IB; A Levels are no longer offered. This change has neither been popular with parents nor students. The sixth-form intake fell from 147 in 2019 to 105 in 2020, with only 46% of the school’s Year 11 girls opting to stay on rather than

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In July 2017 RGS received national media coverage when it was disclosed that the History Department, when teaching pupils about the 19th-century African slave trade, had provided a worksheet that invited Year 8 pupils to take part in a fictional slave auction, using stereotypical negative qualities

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block, the Peggy Saxby Suite, was opened, with a large common room, a silent study area and several classrooms. This has been changed in the last few years and the common room is now home to a very large silent study hall, the Independent Learning Centre (ILC). The ILC has many computers and desks

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The move to the new site allowed for the school's expansion, and it has grown in size to more than 1,100 students, with almost 300 in the sixth form. Since 2004 male students have been admitted to the sixth form, resulting in a change in the school's title in 2006 to "Rochester Grammar School" –

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for students to use during study periods, and a teacher is present during lesson times to ensure the room stays silent. There is no common room, but sixth-form students have access to a separate café during break and lunch time. The sixth form accepts male pupils.

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in 1941, the main school building suffering slight damage. From 1941 an increasing number of pupils began to return to live in Rochester, and in 1942 the school was reopened, although parts of the building remained occupied by the Civil Defence until mid-1944.

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The school's subjects include Anthropology, Art, Business Studies, Computing, Classical Civilisation, Design and Technology, Drama, Economics, Film Studies, English, Geography, History, IT, Mathematics, Modern Languages (French, German, Japanese and Spanish),

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led to the decision to consolidate the school at one location, and in April 1989 work began on additional buildings on the newer southern site. The original school building was finally closed in 1990, and the site sold for housing and a health centre.

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The school has many girls and a few boys (in the sixth form) who represent the county, and sometimes the country, in a range of sports, including football, skiing, sailing, netball and athletics.

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to donate the necessary funds for a girls’ grammar school. This was seen as progressive as it pioneered education for girls. Each year the school celebrates its founding with a special service at

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In 2012 99% of students studying GCSEs attained 5 A*-C grades, including maths and English, and 99% of those studying A-levels (or equivalent qualifications) received at least three.

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to transfer to another sixth form. In the years preceding this change, A Levels had a significantly higher uptake by students than the IB.

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The school building, near the centre of Rochester, was opened in January 1889 by the Countess of Darnley. The school included a morning

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A 2010 BBC report ranked the school as having the best GCSE and second best A/AS-Level results in the South East of England.

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centre, a newly built and hi-tech teaching and training suite named after one of the school’s famous ex-students,

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to support teaching and revision. Almost all lessons will include reference to the thinking maps, CoRT1 tools,

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In June 2018 the school lost an unencrypted memory stick containing data on more than 1,000 pupils.

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about African people; the head of the History Department later apologised on behalf of the school.

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The Rochester Grammar School for Girls was established in 1888 under the powers of the

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