Southgate School
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| Southgate School | |
| Established | 1907 |
| Headteacher | Anthony Wilde |
| Specialism | Science |
| Location | Sussex Way Southgate London EN4 0BL England |
| LEA | Enfield & Haringey |
| Ofsted number | 102047 |
| Students | 1553 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Houses | tutor groups |
| Website | http://www.southgate.enfield.sch.uk/ |
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Southgate School is a secondary school in the London Borough of Enfield. It has approximately 1600 pupils. The school has Specialist Science Status.
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[edit] History
Founded in 1907[1] as Southgate County School, the school was originally housed within Broomfield House, Palmers Green.[2] The school subsequently moved to Fox Lane (also in Palmers Green).
In 1967, the school merged with Oakwood Secondary Modern School which was located in Chase Road, Southgate. In 1960, the Fox Lane site was closed and a new site, in Sussex Way, Cockfosters, was purchased.[3] The Chase Road site became the lower school, for children in their first three years of secondary education (currently referred to as years 7, 8 and 9). In 1991, the Lower School also moved to the Sussex Way site, with the Chase Road site being sold partly for housing and partly to a private school.
[edit] Specialist status
It was awarded Specialist Science Status in September 2004, which it gained through raising £50,000 and being provided with the necessary funding for a science specialist school. It used the funding to generally improve science facilities purchasing new equipment and renewing laboratories as well as building a hanging laboratory in the middle of the East Wing building (the original Upper School building).
[edit] Centenary
Summer 2007 saw the end of the hundredth year of Southgate School. There was a celebration on 14th July to mark the occasion.
[edit] Notable former pupils
- Peter Baker (footballer born 1931)[4]
- John Bourn[4]
- Matt Di Angelo[citation needed]
- Lena Jeger, Baroness Jeger[4]
- George Mitchell[4]
- Warren Mitchell[4]
- Victoria Shalet[citation needed]
- Phil Tufnell[5]
- Stephen Twigg[6]
- Amy Winehouse[citation needed]
Eren Rifat
[edit] References
- ^ School prospectus
- ^ Enfield Council: Secondary Schools, a history
- ^ Enfield Council: Enfield Chronology
- ^ a b c d e Southgate County School notable former pupils Accessed 4th June 2007
- ^ IMDB: Biography for Phil Tufnell. Internet Movie Database. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- ^ STEPHEN TWIGG APPOINTED MINISTER FOR SCHOOL STANDARDS. Department for Children, Schools and Families. Department for Children, Schools and Families. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
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