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The students at THS achieve to the best of there ability. The school students gaining A* and other Grades. Making Howard the best bi-latersl school in the south-east. The school grammar stream is also improving. The School in 2008,2009,2010,2012- was the highest performing all boys bilateral school in Medway & Kent. Pupils of the Howard make there way to the world's best |
The students at THS achieve to the best of there ability. The school students gaining A* and other Grades. Making Howard the best bi-latersl school in the south-east. The school grammar stream is also improving. The School in 2008,2009,2010,2012- was the highest performing all boys bilateral school in Medway & Kent. Pupils of the Howard make there way to the world's best universities. '''Including Oxford, Cambridge & Imerial College London''' |
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==School Ambassadors== |
==School Ambassadors== |
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| The Howard School | |
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Derwent Way , , ME8 0BX | |
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| Type | Bi-lateral with Sixth Form foundation school |
| Motto | To Strive And Achieve Is To Succeed[citation needed] |
| Established | 1975 |
| Local authority | Medway |
| Specialist | Sports and IT |
| Department for Education URN | 118929 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Mr Paul Morris [1] |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 1352 |
| Houses | Rochester, Bodium, Leeds, Upnor, Heaver |
| Website | http://www.thehowardschool.co.uk |
The Howard School in Rainham is the only Bi-lateral school in Kent and one of only five bi-laterals in the whole of the United Kingdom. The school holds Sports College status. The School is also known as The Howard Grammar High School
Admissions
A bi-lateral school is one where admission to the grammar school section is by 11 plus selection and admission to the high school section is non-selective. The school has approximately 1500 pupils, between the ages of 11 and 18. It is located in Derwent Way, Rainham. It is close to the A2, not far from the A278 roundabout. The school has Sports College status, but currently makes no use of its SC status. It is a foundation school, but this hasn't always been the case. The current Principal is Paul Morris who has been the school's principal since 2007. The school, a male-only school, is adjacent to Rainham School for Girls, a female-only school.
Principals
Since opening there have been five principals.
- John Hicks: 1975 - 1987
- Alan Jarrett: 1987 - 1997
- Maurice Barry: 1997 - 2001
- David Smith: 2002 - 2007
- Paul Morris: 2007–present
History
The school was named after Dorothy Howard who played a major part in the local community and was established in 1975 by amalgamating Rainham Boys' Secondary School and Gillingham Boys' Grammar School to form a bi-lateral school.
The Howard School became a grant maintained School in 1994 when it left the control of Kent County Council. Following a change of Central Government it became a Foundation School in 1998. Although a Foundation School, the school works very closely with Medway Council who, since being set up in 1998 a Unitary Authority, control education in the Medway Towns. The school became a Specialist Sports College in 2007. In 2008 it received a "good" rating from Ofsted inspectors. This is a change since 2002, when Ofsted inspectors gave a "Serious weaknesses" rating.[citation needed]
Student achievements
The students at THS achieve to the best of there ability. The school students gaining A* and other Grades. Making Howard the best bi-latersl school in the south-east. The school grammar stream is also improving. The School in 2008,2009,2010,2012- was the highest performing all boys bilateral school in Medway & Kent. Pupils of the Howard make there way to the world's best universities. Including Oxford, Cambridge & Imerial College London
School Ambassadors
People from year 7-11 are chosen to be an Ambassador, to become an ambassador they must have a good school Report and well mannered, the school students are all well educated and mannered and it can be hard to choose a hand full so they are elected by the Head Ambassador who will pick about 30 peoples each year, Via an interview. The people who worth the interview and they have a good school report are then chosen as an Ambassador. They get a different color tie.
RRSA Rights Respecting School Award
The Howard is working very hard to acheive the RSS Award. The School has created a Steering Group (Student Voice) selected people work hard to get there school the RSS Award. The RSSA Co-ordinator is Mr C Grabski .
Houses
The school have 5 houses named after local castles.
- Rochester
- Bodium
- Upnor
- Leeds
- Heaver
There is a Festival of Sports (Winter & Summer) where these 5 houses compete against each other.
Buildings
The school comprises several buildings, recently adding a new building to it's 36 acre campus. The new building opened in September 2011- The building consist of Food Technologies & Library. There are other several building around the school which are older than 40 years and are in a good condition. The L Block, being the biggest building of Howard is also the main building containing the receptions and all the senior staff office including the Principal. The School also have a Student Services Building (M Block)
Sports College status
The school has achieved Sports College status. Since gaining the Sports College status, the school has developed its sporting facilities, including:
- Building a "5 a side" football complex in partnership with playfootball.com
- Building a Library and improving its ICT facilities
- Renovating the sports blocks, changing facilities and sports halls.
- Developing a world class table tennis complex at the top of the school grounds.
- Developing a centre for "Kids With Wheels" to maintain sporting activity
- Partnering with Rainham School For Girls to provide an interracial sports squad[citation needed]
Media
The BBC has visited The Howard on many occasions, but most recently about their GCSE results, in which 91% of students got C-A in English.
Academic performance
The school gets GCSE results way below the England average. At A level, results are well above average, the best for non-grammar schools and independent schools in Kent.[citation needed] Only two schools in Medway LEA do not have sixth forms, and both of these are secondary modern schools.
Gifted and Talented
The school offers a "gifted and talented" programme for students with exceptional educational achievement.
Alumni
 | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (November 2011) |
Gillingham Grammar School
- Sir David Frost OBE
- Neil Cunningham, actor in My Beautiful Launderette, The Draughtsman's Contract, Letter to Brezhnev, Victor Victoria and others.
Rainham Boys Secondary School
- Gary Rhodes, chef
- Steve Grant, dancer and singer with 1980s pop group Tight Fit
See also
- Gillingham School (also former Gillingham Grammar School) in Gillingham, Dorset
