Brentwood County High School

Brentwood County High School (colloquially referred to as BCHS) is a state-funded academy (formerly a grammar school) located in the town of Brentwood, Essex. The school receives support from and is a member of the Osborne Co-Operative Academies Trust and educates around 1,200 students from North East London and South West Essex. On 1 September 2017, the school was re-opened, as a member of the Osborne Co-Operative Academy Trust. In an Ofsted report, on 22 June 2017, the school was rated as 'Requires Improvement'.[2]

Not to be confused with Brentwood School or Brentwood High School.

Brentwood County High School
BCHS
Address
Shenfield Common, Seven Arches Road

Brentwood
,
Essex
,
CM14 4JF

England
Coordinates51.6161°N 0.3082°E / 51.6161; 0.3082
Information
TypeAcademy
Established1913
Local authorityEssex
Department for Education URN145474 Tables
OfstedReports
Head of SchoolMiss M Ryan
Staffapprox. 90[1]
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolmentapprox. 1400[1]
Houses  Athenians
  Corinthians
  Romans
  Spartans
  Trojans
Colour(s)  Navy Blue
  Royal Blue
  Platinum
Websitehttp://www.bchs.essex.sch.uk/

The School

The school is on a single site consisting of grammar school buildings originally built in 1927. After the school's conversion from a girls' grammar school in 1972 a linking extension was added where science, art and design and technology are taught. Facilities include a drama hall, sports hall, gymnasium, fitness suite, library, sports field and indoor swimming pool.

History
Brentwood County High School, Seven Arches Road site in 1927

In 1913, a private school for girls which originally opened in 1876, was taken over by Essex County Council opening with only fifty four students as a girls' grammar school.

In 1927, the school moved from Queen's Road, Brentwood to its current site at Seven Arches Road Brentwood. Extensions were added by 1937 to provide accommodation for 450 girls. During the grammar school era of the 1960s and early 1970s, it was the female counterpart of Brentwood School, which was a boys' direct grant grammar school at that time.

The school celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1963 and then in 1965 plans were laid to convert it from a girls' grammar school into a co-educational school which, after extensive building works, happened in September 1978.[1]

In 2013, the school celebrated its centenary year, and became a voluntary aided school by converting to foundation school status forming the Brentwood Community Learning Trust.

From 2017, the school has been part of the Osborne Co-Operative Academy Trust. The trust is based around a group of schools in Thurrock, including St Clere's secondary school. st Clere's was the original school in the trust which has now expanded to include two secondary schools and four primary schools.

Brentwood County High School will be undergoing a major rebuilding and refurbishment programme from the summer of 2018 onwards, funded by the Education and Schools Funding Agency (part of the Department for Education). The building works are planned to include the construction of a new science, art and technology block to replace the blue 1970s block which will be knocked down. The rest of the school will be completely refurbished. The building programme is expected to take three years to complete.

Sport

The school's rugby teams compete at a national level, winning the Carnegie Cup in 2008, and coming as runners-up in 2009.[3][4] The school also has successful football, netball, swimming and water polo teams which compete at a regional level.

As well as this, BCHS has been partnered with the West Ham United Foundation, as a hub school, since 2016.

Awards

Brentwood County High School has achieved Eco-School status by being awarded four Green Flags[5] and an Energy Award[5] by Keep Britain Tidy. The school is one of only 23 schools to be awarded four Green Flags.[6]

The school also holds National Healthy School Status (NHSS) and has won awards for the school's education of English and Humanities from the Prince's Institute of Teaching and the Geographical Association, as well as the Sportsmark award for the provision of physical education.

Sixth Form
Main article: Brentwood County High School Sixth Form

The sixth form at BCHS has around 230 students studying A-Levels and Level 3 BTECs. Students attending the sixth form are a mixture of students who attended BCHS up to year 11, and a number who join the school for year 12.

Notable former pupils

Pixie Lott
Pixie Lott performing at the school in 2010.

References
  1. "History - Brentwood County High School". www.bchs.essex.sch.uk.
  2. https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/140982
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Fourth Green Flag for School! - Latest News - Brentwood County High School". www.bchs.essex.sch.uk.
  7. "Pixie Lott heads back to school". 5 February 2010 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  8. "Pixie Lott goes back to school to wow the Boys And Girls".
  9. Green, Thomas H. (3 November 2010). "Pixie puts pop in the classroom" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
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