Steyning Grammar School

Steyning Grammar School is a coeducational day and boarding, Senior school and sixth form. Located in Steyning, West Sussex, England.

Steyning Grammar School
Coat of arms of the School
Address
Shooting Field

Steyning
,
West Sussex
,
BN44 3RX

England
Coordinates50°53′36″N 0°19′46″W
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoEvery Person the Best they Can Be[1]
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1614 (1614)
FounderWilliam Holland
Local authorityWest Sussex
TrustBohunt Education Trust
Department for Education URN148221 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair of GovernorsSusan Gearing
Co-HeadteachersMr Noel Kennedy and Mrs Nat Nicol
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment2,455 pupils
Campuses3
Colour(s)
  Blue and Red
AlumniOld Grammarians
Websitehttp://www.sgs.uk.net/

The school has two lower school sites catering for Years 7 and 8. The original site is located in Church Street (Which is soon to be sold), Steyning whilst a second site opened at Rock Road in Storrington in September 2017(Former site of Rydon Community College). A larger upper school site at Shooting Field, Steyning caters for students in Years 9 to 11 who study the Key Stage 4 curriculum over three years. The school's Sixth Form College for students in Years 12 and 13 is also based at the Shooting Field site (Soon to be moved to the towers site).

History
Steyning Grammar School, original gate

Steyning Grammar School was founded and endowed as a grammar school in 1614 by William Holland, an Alderman of Chichester. In 1968, it merged with Steyning Secondary Modern School to form the current comprehensive school. The combined school shares two sites in Steyning: Church Street, which houses years 7 and 8, and Shooting Field, which houses years 9-11 and the sixth form college. A third lower school site opened in Storrington in September 2017 following the closure of Rydon Community College. Some Physical education lessons are taught at Steyning Leisure Centre.

On 11 March 2020, after only two 1-hour meetings open to the community, school governors voted to convert the 400 year old school to an academy as part of the Bohunt Trust. A teaching union warned that the school has “nothing to gain and everything to lose” and there was talk of strike action after the plans were announced.[2] Converting Steyning Grammar School into an academy "would give Bohunt complete control over its curriculum and the hiring of teachers".[2]

Bohunt Education Trust runs eight schools in total, including secondary schools in Worthing and Horsham.

Notable alumni

Boarding

Steyning Grammar School has a boarding site located at Church Street. It is opposite the Lower School and is around half a mile away from the Upper School in Shooting Field. It is one of the only public state schools with boarding facilities.[8]

Boarders can join at the beginning of Year 9 and Year 12 to follow GCSE and A-level courses respectively.

References
  1. "SGS 'MOST WICKET' WIN". 18 October 2012. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014.
  2. https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18308357.strike-threats-steyning-grammar-school-academy-vote
  3. "Winter Graduation Ceremonies 2001" (Press release). University of Sussex Media Release. 10 January 2001. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  4. "Pell, John (PL624J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. "Pupil's work pays off at show". West Sussex County Times. 20 June 2003. p. 20.
  6. Colin Rose (2 April 2004). "Obituary: Ted Walker". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  7. Jason Tomes, ‘Ware, Lancelot Lionel (1915–2000)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2006 accessed 9 September 2016
  8. "Steyning Grammar School Boarding". www.sgs.uk.net. Retrieved 23 January 2021.


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