Sedgehill School
| Motto | Working together to build bright futures. |
|---|---|
| Type | Community School |
| Chief Executive Officer | Julia Scannell |
| Location |
Sedgehill Road London SE6 3QW England Coordinates: 51°25′22″N 0°01′23″W / 51.42269°N 0.02303°W |
| Local authority | Lewisham |
| DfE URN | 100743 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1800 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11+ |
| Website | Sedgehill School |
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.
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.
Notable former pupils
- Django Bates (born 1960), jazz musician[1]
- Nicholas Bennett (born 1949), MP for Pembrokeshire)[2]
- Denis Bond (born 1946), children's author
- Jim Dowd (born 1951), MP for Lewisham West and Penge[3]
- Nathaniel Facey, saxophonist in Empirical
- A*M*E (born 1994), Aminata Kabba, singer
- Chris Kibble (born 1963), jazz musician
- Francis Rossi (born 1949), lead vocalist and guitarist in Status Quo)[4]
- 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[5][6]
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.[7][8][9]
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.[10]
References
- ↑ "Before NEC Residency, Django Bates Writes Own Biography". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ↑ "AIM25 collection description". Aim25.ac.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ↑ Archived December 8, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Archived December 6, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ https://www.econbiz.de/Record/a-comparative-analysis-of-the-incentive-effects-for-investment-of-irish-and-uk-policies-toner-kieron/10001554243
- ↑ Toner, Kieron, The Cart Before the Horse: Australian Exchange Rate Policy and Economic Reform in the 1980s, Earlybrave Publications, 2000.
- ↑ 'Train blast denial by science master', The Times (26 January 1971), p. 3.
- ↑ 'Teacher cleared of throwing bomb from train', The Times (2 February 1971), p. 4.
- ↑ 'Teacher jailed over explosives', The Times (4 February 1971), p. 4.
- ↑ Liz Lightfoot (26 Jan 2001). "Teacher's body found hanging at school". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-03-26.