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Southend High School for Girls

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The school was again attacked in December 2005 causing several thousand pounds worth of damage to the school kitchen and a number of classrooms at the front of the school. The damage was so extensive that the Christmas holiday break was extended for students of years 7 and 8. Reconstruction work took
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heritage, and a broadly average proportion is from minority ethnic backgrounds. No students are in the early stages of learning English. The proportion of students with special educational needs and/or disabilities is low and the proportion known to be entitled to free school meals is below average."
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In April 2003 the school was closed for two days following a fire in an art room started by a student. On the day of the re-opening another fire was started; eventually three students were arrested in connection with the incidents. There was also another fire started in Room 8 on the middle floor of
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By 1905, an extension was added to cope with the demand of both the day technical school and the college of art which was located in the top floor. In 1907, Essex County Council formed a new Higher Education committee, who decided that education should be split into separate boys and girls schools.
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set up the Technical Instruction Committee, and soon classes were started. They were extremely popular, and the following year the newly created Southend Corporation purchased land in Clarence Road to build a Technical Institute. In 1895 the foundation stone was laid, but prior to it opening it was
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The new building however was quickly outgrown, with 72 pupils by 1896 and to 146 by 1901, mirroring the growth of the town. The Technical Instruction Committee urged the Council to build a new school in 1896, with pupil numbers expected to grow to 400 by 1907. Unfortunately the vote by the council
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In 1912, a foundation stone was laid in Boston Avenue for a new girls school, and a year later the girls left the Day Technical School to the newly named Southend High School for Girls. The Day Technical School was renamed as Southend High School for Boys.
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the towerblock. The second fire was started in close proximity to gas pipes. In total three fires were started in the space of a single month leading to several parents withdrawing their daughters from the school.
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decided to also open a day technical school for about 20 pupils, influenced by the Bryce commission of 1894. The first headmaster was J Hitchcock from Woolwich and was supported by one assistant teacher.
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towards the cost. However by 1900, these plans fell apart and the library and town hall were dropped from the plans as estimated costs had risen to £27,000. In 1901, the foundation stone was laid by
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The school also offers other additional languages to the students, for example Chinese, Russian or Polish, but these come at a personal expense to the student themselves.
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was 10 for and 10 against. However, plans were developed to build a new school, library and town hall on land owned by the council at Victoria Circus. A design by
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students study French and German or French and Spanish (replacing Latin in 2002, which is now available as an additional subject studied off-timetable).
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almost a year whilst a new kitchen, dining room and reception area were constructed and a number of classrooms had to be fully refitted.
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In Science, Mathematics, English and Geography all students take a two-year Key Stage 3 qualification allowing them to start their
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The Technical Instruction Act of 1889 and 1891 allowed councils to provide evening classes for technical subjects. The
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and other examinations, consistently above national averages, in part because of the selective entry system.
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With future and with past : a history of Southend High School for Boys on the occasion of its centenary
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was chosen, with an estimated price of £16,350, with a grant of £5,000 provided by
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and expert in the sexual behaviour of mushrooms from 1997 to 2003
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Jill Field CBE, Matron-in-Chief of the Army and Director of
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inspection was in 2011, when it was judged Outstanding.
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Southchurch
Southend-on-Sea
Essex
Grammar school
Academy
Latin
Southend-on-Sea
Department for Education
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Tables
Ofsted
Reports
http://www.shsg.org/
academy status
Southchurch
Southend-on-Sea
local board
H. T. Hare
Essex County Council
Lord Avebury
Countess of Warwick
Ofsted
Key Stage 3
A level
GCSE
Ofsted
White British
Category:People educated at Southend High School for Girls
Lorna Casselton

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