Established c. 1944 Chair of Governors Mr C Purvis Phone +44 1403 261086 Number of students 1,100 | Headteacher Ms Siobhan Denning DfE URN 126065 Tables Motto Where Boys Learn Best Founded 1944 Staff 120 | |
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Type Boys' comprehensive secondary Location Comptons Lane
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 5NW
England Address Comptons Ln, Horsham RH13 5NT, UK Profiles | ||
The Forest School is a comprehensive secondary school for boys in Horsham, West Sussex, England. It educates 1100 boys between the ages of 11 and 16 and is a specialist Engineering and Business and Enterprise College. It is one of only three maintained boys' schools in West Sussex, and liaises closely with Millais School, the girls' school in the town. It was formerly an 11-18 secondary modern school, becoming an 11-16 comprehensive in 1976.
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History
The school began following the separation of the Oxford Road senior school into separate schools for boys and girls in the mid-1940s. The boys' school - then named Horsham Secondary Modern School for Boys - moved to its current campus in Comptons Lane in 1954. In 1958, the girls' school was relocated to a nearby site, and both schools were renamed under the Forest name, leading to the opening of the Forest secondary boys school.
In 1976, education in the town was reorganised to form three comprehensive schools and a separate sixth form college in place of the existing grammar and secondary modern structure. The Forest school was reconstituted as an 11-16 boys comprehensive, with sixth form provision moving to The College of Richard Collyer.
In 2008, the past Houses (Tudor, Stuart, Lancaster, and York) were disbanded, and new "communities" were formed (Dyson, Hawking, Branson and Marconi respectively). The school has introduced a 'Vertical Tutor Group' system, which was put into practice in June 2009.
At the end of 2009 The Forest School Radio was launched. The station is run by students, and the episodes are downloadable podcasts usually available weekly.
In April 2010 the redesigned school website was launched complete with virtual learning facilities, which are now used mostly for homework and revision material. The website was created by Cleverbox, who also designed other materials for the school, including prospectus designs and van artwork.
Campus
The school's current buildings were first opened in 1974, and many of the present buildings date from that time. Its 20-acre (81,000 m2) site also houses the Business & Enterprise Centre, which contains xix computer-equipped classrooms and a 200-seater auditorium, and is also used by local groups after school time. The building cost £1.5 million, and was opened in October 2006.
Results
The school has consistently achieved higher than the national average.
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Uniform
School uniform is black trousers, a white shirt (long or short sleeves) a black v-necked jumper (with the school's logo) and a tie with stripes the colour of the community. Prefects wear the same uniform except for the shirt, where instead of white they wear blue and a thinner-striped community-coloured tie.
Senior Prefects wear a badge stating their role. It is worn on the tie and is the Community colour. There are 20 Senior Prefects. Head Boy and Deputy Head Boy have an all black tie with a blue stripe along the bottom, also with a badge.
In 2010, a new summer uniform was introduced which consists of a black polo shirt with the school's logo and community name, instead of the usual white shirt with tie. The uniform returns to normal during the winter.
Events
In March 2012 the school put on a production of We Will Rock You (musical) with four performances over three days.