Westcliff High School for Boys
| Westcliff High School for Boys | |
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 Front entrance, viewed from the north | |
| Address | |
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Kenilworth Gardens , , SS0 0BP England | |
| Coordinates | 51°33′10″N 0°40′09″E / 51.5529°N 0.6693°ECoordinates: 51°33′10″N 0°40′09″E / 51.5529°N 0.6693°E |
| Information | |
| Other name | WHSB |
| Type | Selective academy |
| Motto | Fide Et Fortitudine (By faith and fortitude) |
| Established | 1920 (founded), 1926 (current premises) |
| Local authority | Southend-on-Sea Borough Council |
| Trust | Westcliff High School for Boys Limited |
| Department for Education URN | 136272 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chair | Jon Gershinson |
| Headmaster | Mike Skelly |
| Gender | Boys; co-educational sixth form |
| Age range | 11–18 |
| Enrolment | 1,156[1] |
| Capacity | 1,090[1] |
| Houses |
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| Colour(s) | Crimson (rugby), navy (football) |
| Publication | The Westcliff Diary (termly) |
| Alumni | Old Westcliffians |
| Website | www |
Westcliff High School for Boys (WHSB) is an 11–18 selective academy grammar school for boys in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England. In September 2001 the school was awarded ‘Beacon’ status[2] for its breadth of achievements and quality of work. The school was classed as a humanities college in early 2007 and received a further specialism in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) on 1 April 2009.[3] The school converted to academy status in 2010.
Headmasters[]
- 1920 - 1942, Herbert Glynne Williams
- 1943 - 1946, Eric Ayres
- 1947 - 1970, Henry Cloke
- 1970 - 1990, Peter Clarke
- 1990 - 2012, Andrew Baker[4]
- 2012 - present, Michael Skelly
Notable Old Westcliffians[]
- Eric Sams, musicologist and Shakespeare scholar[5]
- Alan Hurst, former Labour MP for Braintree (1997–2005)
- Alf Adams, professor of physics at the University of Surrey from 1987–2008
- Benjamin Grosvenor, musician
- Sir Chris Clarke, leader of Somerset County Council from 1993 to 2000
- David Nixon, magician
- Edward Greenfield, music critic working for The Guardian from 1977–93
- James O'Donnell, organist and choirmaster of Westminster Abbey 2000-
- Jon Hutton, former Labour cabinet minister, now a life peer[6]
- Joshua Hayward, musician[7]
- Stuart Jack, Governor of the Cayman Islands from 2005-9
- Wilko Johnson, rock musician, guitarist/vocalist, and songwriter, for Dr. Feelgood
- Nigel Maddox, station commander of RAF Bruggen from 1996-9
- Ian James Brackley, Bishop of Dorking 1996-
- Sir Alan Cook, physicist
- Bob Parr (producer), Emmy Award-winning television producer, SAS soldier, intelligence analyst and singlehanded transatlantic yachtsman
- Gary Brooker, lead singer of the band Procol Harum
- Jamie Reeves, two-time FA Vase winning semi-professional footballer and football pundit
- Geoffrey Crawley, photographic expert and journalist, and exposer of the Cottingley Fairies hoax
- Peter Bone, Conservative MP for Wellingborough
- Derek Wyatt, Labour Member of Parliament for Sittingbourne and Sheppey 1997–2010. Played rugby union for Oxford University and England
- Neil Harman, chief tennis correspondent, The Times
References[]
- ^ a b "Westcliff High School for Boys Academy". Get information about schools. GOV.UK. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ Westcliff High School For Boys Southend-on-Sea: Read Parent Reviews & Rankings
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Retired teaching staff member
- ^ Eric Sams, obituary, theguardian.com/news/2004/sep/22/guardianobituaries.obituaries
- ^ Profile: John Hutton, BBC News, 2005-11-03. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
- ^ "Westcliff boys set to hit the top of British music". Echo. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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