Tanbridge House School

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Tanbridge House School
Headteacher Mr Jules White
Specialisms Science College, Maths and Computing College
Location Farthings Hill
Horsham
West Sussex
RH12 1SR
England
LEA West Sussex
Ofsted number 126064
Students 1468
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11 to 16
Website http://www.tanbridge-house-sch.co.uk
Coordinates: 51°03′53″N 0°21′04″W / 51.06472, -0.35107

The Tanbridge House School is a secondary school in Horsham, West Sussex. It is a specialist school of IT, Maths and Science. Its current head master is Mr Jules White who started in 2008. Previous heads include Neil Chapman, Dr Thomas & Maureen Johnson. The school teaches a wide variety of subjects including, Leisure and Tourism(at GCSE), Graphics(at GCSE)and 3 foreign languages, Spanish, French and German.

In fact Neil Chapman was head of the school when it moved to its existing site from the former site of the Horsham High School for Girls, and Manor House School.

Former pupils include Jamie Hewlett of Tank Girl and Gorillaz fame, and Tim Slade founder of Fat Face fashion label.

In 2004, the school achieved a 23% 5 A - C pass rate, and a 100% 5 a*-g pass rate, for subjects resulting in a GCSE qualification.

Two pupils from the school committed suicide, 11 year old Ben Vodden and 14 year old Belinda Allen. [1][2] Neither case has been closed.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Hanged boy 'was bullied on bus'", BBC News, 2007-04-19. Retrieved on 2008-02-27. 
  2. ^ "Bullying 'ruled out' over death", BBC News, 2008-01-10. Retrieved on 2008-02-27. 

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