Established 1797 Headteacher Mrs D Liddicoat Ages 11–18 Founded 1797 | Type Grammar school
Academy Gender Coeducational Phone +44 1843 591074 | |
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Location Ramsgate
Kent
CT11
England Address Clarendon Gardens, Ramsgate CT11 9BB, UK Similar Dane Court Grammar School, Hartsdown Academy, Sir Roger Manwood's School, Castle Community College, Haddon Dene Preparato | ||
Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in Ramsgate, Kent, England, formed as a result of the merger of the boys-only Chatham House Grammar School and girls-only Clarendon House Grammar School in September 2013.
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History
Chatham House was officially founded in 1797 by Dr William Humble along Chatham Street, although there is some evidence of existence prior to its formal establishment. Clarendon House was founded in 1905 on the first floor of the old police station.
Pre-merger
Both schools were single-sex up to and including Year 11, while allowing boys and girls to enter in the 6th form.
Due to the close proximity of the two schools (within a few minutes' walk of each other), the two schools worked together to provide subjects, bands, and outings. Some AS and A level subjects were taught either jointly or by one school but available to students of the other.
Federation
In 2009, Chatham House and Clarendon House formed the Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School Federation. The Federation became a new converter Academy in January 2011, bringing greater control over admissions, site & buildings, curriculum development and much-needed additional income.
Expansion and status
In Spring 2011, it was announced that the schools would work together as one school. Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils would be based at Chatham House and year 10 and 11 pupils would be based at the former Clarendon House. The CCVI sixth form centre would be based on both sites with all lessons being split between them.
In this intermediate stage, Year 9 was to be moved to the lower school while the decisions about houses were being taken.
House System
As the two schools became one, the house systems needed to change as Clarendon House had 4 houses for the entire school with Chatham having 4 different houses in the lower and upper school.
As a result of student voting, from September 2011, the new houses consisted of Thomas-Shaman (TS), Rothschild-Pearce (RP), Mann-Somerville (MS) and Knight-Heath (KH), double-barrelled amalgamations of old Chatham and Clarendon house names. It was announced that the new house colours would be Red, Blue, Silver and Gold.
House Competitions
There is an annual House Competition within the school as the 4 different houses compete in competitions to increase their total score. The house with the greatest score at the end of each academic year is the winning house.
Awards System
In both Schools, as a form of award, teachers may give out rewards known as Achievement Points or Commendations. Depending on the amount which a pupil has, there are various certificates which are given, and also a prize in the form of a pin badge, which students can wear on their uniform. Below are the awards which pupils may receive, and the higher the commendations needed, usually the harder it is to obtain the specific certificate.
Note that some houses repeat the commendation certificates for a second, third or possibly fourth round if pupils gain 48 commendations - which warrants a Red Certificate No. 2. However, not all houses do this and some just keep to the standard seven certificates.
Notable Alumni
Alumni of Chatham House are known as Old Ruymians.