Clacton County High School
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Clacton County High School | |
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Walton Road , , CO15 6DZ (SAT NAV CO15 6DX) | |
Coordinates | 51°47′58″N 1°08′31″E / 51.79936°N 1.14182°ECoordinates: 51°47′58″N 1°08′31″E / 51.79936°N 1.14182°E |
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Type | Academy |
Motto | Higher Expectations, Raising Aspirations |
Established | 1928 |
Department for Education URN | 138084 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Executive Headteacher | Neil Gallagher |
Head of School | Chris Taylor |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11 to 19 |
Enrolment | 1700 |
Website | www.countyhigh.org.uk |
Clacton County High School (often abbreviated to CCHS) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Clacton-on-Sea, in the county of Essex, England.
There are over 1,700 students attending the school. It specialises in the arts, and is situated next to Clacton Leisure Centre, east of the railway station.
The school sixth form is working in partnership with other local schools to provide post 16 years education in the Clacton area.
History[]
Grammar school[]
It was a grammar school. It was opened in September 1928, and the official opening was on 28 November 1928 by Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh (son of the Nobel Prize–winning physicist John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh).
The British-Nigerian soul singer Sade attended the school.
Comprehensive[]
CCHS became a comprehensive school in 1973. In 1998 it became an Arts College.
Academy[]
The school converted to academy status on 1 April 2012. On the 1 September 2016 the school formed the Sigma Trust along with 5 other schools in the locality.
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- Clacton-on-Sea
- Secondary schools in Essex
- Educational institutions established in 1928
- 1928 establishments in England
- Academies in Essex
- Essex school stubs