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Type
  
Community School

DfE URN
  
100743 Tables

Ages
  
11+

Number of students
  
1,800

Chief Executive Officer
  
Julia Scannell

Ofsted
  
Reports

Phone
  
+44 20 8698 8911

Gender
  
Mixed-sex education

Location
  
Sedgehill RoadLondonSE6 3QWEngland

Address
  
Sedgehill School, Sedgehill Rd, London SE6 3QN, UK

Motto
  
Working together to build bright futures.

Local authority
  
London Borough of Lewisham

Similar
  
Sydenham School, Forest Hill School, Prenderg ‑ Hilly Fields Co, Kingsdale Foundation School, St Matthew Academy

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Sedgehill School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in south-east London, England. It was originally opened in 1957 as a flagship campus for the new comprehensive education strategy, intended to replace the existing grammar, central and secondary modern schools. Much of the interior and fittings were very avant garde and included especially designed 'Sedgehill furniture' that was later adopted by other schools run by the London County Council education department.

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In 2008, the School had over 1,800 pupils with over half from ethnic minorities. The school was re-built in 15 months (while the old school was still open) by the London Borough of Lewisham to create a state-of-the-art learning environment. The project cost £6.3M and was carried out by Costain. The students moved into the new building in January 2009.

Y11 graduation messages from sedgehill school 2013


Notable former pupils

  • Django Bates (born 1960), jazz musician
  • Nicholas Bennett (born 1949), MP for Pembrokeshire)
  • Denis Bond (born 1946), children's author
  • Jim Dowd (born 1951), MP for Lewisham West and Penge
  • Nathaniel Facey, saxophonist in Empirical
  • A*M*E (born 1994), Aminata Kabba, singer
  • Chris Kibble (born 1963), jazz musician
  • Alan Lancaster (born 1949), co-founder, bass guitarist, and vocalist in Status Quo.
  • Francis Rossi (born 1949), co-founder, lead guitarist, and vocalist in Status Quo
  • Ken Scott (born 1947), recording engineer and producer for The Beatles, David Bowie, Elton John and Supertramp)
  • Steve Sutherland, DJ
  • Leo Taylor, musician, drummer of The Invisible and session drummer for Adele and Hot Chip
  • Kieron Toner, economist and author
  • Incidents

    In 1971 the joint head of science at the school, Donnahadh O'Shea, was jailed for 12 months for possessing explosives after an explosion on a train injured a woman. He was convicted of possessing 2 lb. of nitrocellulose powder and 3,454 priming caps.

    An assistant headteacher, Patrick Stack, was found hanged in the school grounds in 2001. He had been awarded the OBE for his outstanding contribution to education in the Queen's birthday honours for 2000.

    References

    Sedgehill School Wikipedia