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The Rochester Grammar School
The Rochester Grammar School
Address
	Maidstone Road; Rochester, Kent, ME1 3BY; England
Information
Type	foundation grammar
Motto	Sub umbra gladii pastoris ; ("Under the Shadow of Thy Wings")
Established	1888
Specialist	Music and Maths & computing
Department for Education URN	118917 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Mr S Gardner
Gender	Girls, mixed sixth form
Age	11 to 18
Enrollment	Over 1000
Houses	Byron , Cassidy , Fitzgerald , Hildegard Somerville and Tomlinson
Website	http://www.rochestergrammar.medway.sch.uk

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Rochester Grammar School (known as Rochester Grammar School for Girls until 2006) is a school for the education of girls between the ages of 11 and 18. It is a specialist college in music, maths and ICT. Pupils are expected to perform highly throughout the school. It is now known as just "Rochester Grammar School" following the introduction of boys into the sixth form.^[1]

Rochester Grammar School is located on Rochester Maidstone Road, opposite the Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School. Their sixth form is mixed but the rest of the school is single-sex. Last year's results moved them into the top 50 grammar schools in Kent. The school does sometimes take children who are under the age of eleven.

Subjects

The school teaches a wide variety of subjects including Art, Maths, Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics), English, Geography, History, IT, RS, PE, German, Latin, Spanish, French, Philosophy, Psychology, Product Design and Exel. All pupils aim to achieve grades of a very high standard in every subject, the school is well known for its high GCSE and A level results.

History

Rochester Grammar School was founded in 1888 and was one of the first grammar schools for girls. The original Victorian building was further down Maidstone Road, on the corner of Longley Road. When the 'new' school was built, first and second years were based there and the older girls had to walk up the road for outdoor games on the new site.

League tables

A recent BBC report ranked the school one of the best at GCSE in the south east.^{[citation needed]}

Houses

There are six school houses and colours associated with each — Byron (red), Cassidy (yellow), Fitzgerald (blue), Hildegard (black/white for 6th form), Somerville (light blue) and Tomlinson (green). They are named after famous females who have achieved great things in music, mathematics and literature. Each pupil wears a house badge above the school badge on their blazer, showing which house they belong to. Sixth form have pin badges with their house colors. Each form consists of a wide variety of different year 7-11 pupils that each belong to the same house, known as vertical tutor groups. This plan was put in place in September 2007. This system is soon to be overhauled in September 2010, with vertical tutor groups including all year groups (i.e. years 7-13). The houses compete against each other in events throughout the year, including inter-house year tournaments such as netball, dodgeball, benchball, dance and football. The current winners of sports day are Hildegard. There are also many other events, such as charity money raisers and arts day where a variety of performances ranging from solo singing to creating art in a certain time.

Sixth form

In 1999 a new sixth form block, the Peggy Saxby Suite, was opened, with a large common room, a silent study area and several classrooms. This has recently changed and the common room is now home to a large silent study, the Independent Learning Centre, and the silent study has been transformed into a music technology room. During study periods, pupils must stay in the Independent Learning Centre. The common room is now in the Mary Matthews Studio. The sixth form now includes a number of male pupils from other schools. The current year twelve has the largest number of male pupils the school has ever seen.

Sport

The school has many girls and a few boys (in sixth form) who represent the county and even the country in a range of sports, including football, skiing, sailing, netball, ice skating and athletics.

Music

The school is known for the musical abilities of its pupils. There is an orchestra, a flute choir, a main (voice) choir, a chamber choir and a year seven choir.

Notable former pupils

Evelyn Dunbar (1906–1960) War artist.
Sybil Thorndyke (1882-1976) Actress
Charlotte Parry

References

^ The Rochester Grammar School for Girls, BBC News.

[1] The Rochester Grammar School for Girls, BBC News.

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-'''The Rochester Grammar School''' (known as '''The Rochester Grammar School for Girls''' until 2006) is a school for the [[education of girls]] between the ages of 11 and 18. It is a [[Specialist school|specialist]] college in music, maths and ICT. Students are expected to perform highly throughout the school. It is now known as just "The Rochester Grammar School" following the introduction of boys into the sixth form.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/04/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/887_5445.stm The Rochester Grammar School for Girls], BBC News.</ref>
+'''Rochester Grammar School''' (known as '''Rochester Grammar School for Girls''' until 2006) is a school for the [[education of girls]] between the ages of 11 and 18. It is a [[Specialist school|specialist]] college in music, maths and ICT. Pupils are expected to perform highly throughout the school. It is now known as just "Rochester Grammar School" following the introduction of boys into the sixth form.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/04/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/887_5445.stm The Rochester Grammar School for Girls], BBC News.</ref>
-The Rochester Grammar School is located on Rochester Maidstone Road, opposite the Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School. Their Sixth Form is mixed but the rest of the school is single-sex. Last year's results moved them into the top 50 grammar schools in Kent. The school does sometimes take children who are under the age of eleven.
+Rochester Grammar School is located on Rochester Maidstone Road, opposite the Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School. Their sixth form is mixed but the rest of the school is single-sex. Last year's results moved them into the top 50 grammar schools in [[Kent]]. The school does sometimes take children who are under the age of eleven.
 ==Subjects==
-The school teaches a wide variety of subjects including Art, Maths, Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics), English, Geography, History, IT, RS, PE, German, Latin, Spanish, French, Philosophy, Psychology, Product Design and Exel. All students aim to achieve grades of a very high standard in every subject, the school is well known for its high GCSE and A level results.
+The school teaches a wide variety of subjects including Art, Maths, Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics), English, Geography, History, IT, RS, PE, German, Latin, Spanish, French, Philosophy, Psychology, Product Design and Exel. All pupils aim to achieve grades of a very high standard in every subject, the school is well known for its high GCSE and A level results.
 ==History==
-The Rochester Grammar School was founded in 1888 and was one of the first grammar schools for girls.
+Rochester Grammar School was founded in 1888 and was one of the first grammar schools for girls.
-The original Victorian building was further down Maidstone Road, on the corner of Longley Road. When the 'New' School was built, first and second years' were based there and the older girls had to walk up the road for outdoor games on the new site.
+The original Victorian building was further down Maidstone Road, on the corner of Longley Road. When the 'new' school was built, first and second years were based there and the older girls had to walk up the road for outdoor games on the new site.
 ==League tables==
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 == Houses ==
-There are six school houses and colours associated with each — Byron (red), Cassidy (yellow), Fitzgerald (blue), Hildegard (black/white for 6th form), Somerville (light blue) and Tomlinson (green). They are named after famous females who have achieved great things in music, mathematics, and literature. Each student wear's a house badge above the school badge on their blazer, showing which house they belong to. Sixth form have pin badges with their house colors. Each form consists of a wide variety of different year 7-11 pupils that each belong to the same house, known as [[vertical tutoring|vertical tutor groups]]. This plan was put in place in September 2007.  This system is soon to be overhauled in September 2010, with vertical tutor groups including '''all''' year groups (i.e. years 7-13).
+There are six school houses and colours associated with each — Byron (red), Cassidy (yellow), Fitzgerald (blue), Hildegard (black/white for 6th form), Somerville (light blue) and Tomlinson (green). They are named after famous females who have achieved great things in music, mathematics and literature. Each pupil wears a house badge above the school badge on their blazer, showing which house they belong to. Sixth form have pin badges with their house colors. Each form consists of a wide variety of different year 7-11 pupils that each belong to the same house, known as [[vertical tutoring|vertical tutor groups]]. This plan was put in place in September 2007. This system is soon to be overhauled in September 2010, with vertical tutor groups including '''all''' year groups (i.e. years 7-13).
-The houses compete against each other in events throughout the year, including inter-house year tournaments such as Netball, Dodgeball, Benchball, Dance and Football. The current winners of sports day are Hildegard. There are also many other events, such as charity money raisers and arts day where a variety of performances ranging from solo singing to creating art in a certain time.
+The houses compete against each other in events throughout the year, including inter-house year tournaments such as netball, dodgeball, benchball, dance and football. The current winners of sports day are Hildegard. There are also many other events, such as charity money raisers and arts day where a variety of performances ranging from solo singing to creating art in a certain time.
 == Sixth form ==
-In 1999 a new [[sixth form]] bollock, the Peggy Saxby Suite, was opened, with a large common room, a silent study area and several classrooms. This has recently changed and the common room is now home to a large silent study, the Independent Learning Center, and the silent study has been transformed into a Music Technology room. During study periods, students must stay in the Independent Learning Center. The common room is now in the Mary Matthews Studio. The Sixth Form now includes a number of male students from other school's. The current year twelve has the largest number of male students the school has ever seen.
+In 1999 a new [[sixth form]] block, the Peggy Saxby Suite, was opened, with a large common room, a silent study area and several classrooms. This has recently changed and the common room is now home to a large silent study, the Independent Learning Centre, and the silent study has been transformed into a music technology room. During study periods, pupils must stay in the Independent Learning Centre. The common room is now in the Mary Matthews Studio. The sixth form now includes a number of male pupils from other schools. The current year twelve has the largest number of male pupils the school has ever seen.
 == Sport ==
-The school has many girls and a few boys (in sixth Form) who represent the county and even the country in a range of sports, including football, skiing, sailing, netball, ice skating and athletics.
+The school has many girls and a few boys (in sixth form) who represent the county and even the country in a range of sports, including football, skiing, sailing, netball, ice skating and athletics.
 ==Music==
-The school is known for the musical abilities of its students. There is an [[orchestra]], a flute choir, a main (voice) choir, a chamber choir and a year seven choir.
+The school is known for the musical abilities of its pupils. There is an [[orchestra]], a flute choir, a main (voice) choir, a chamber choir and a year seven choir.
 ==Notable former pupils==