Clacton County High School

Clacton County High School (often abbreviated to CCHS) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Clacton-on-Sea, in the county of Essex, England.

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Clacton County High School
Address
Walton Road

Clacton-on-Sea
,
Essex
,
CO15 6DZ (SAT NAV CO15 6DX)

England
Coordinates51°47′58″N 1°08′31″E
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoHigher Expectations, Raising Aspirations
Established1928
Department for Education URN138084 Tables
OfstedReports
Executive HeadteacherNeil Gallagher
Head of SchoolChris Taylor
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 19
Enrolment1700
Websitehttps://www.countyhigh.org.uk/

There are over 1,700 students attending the school. It specialises in the arts, and is situated next to Clacton Leisure Centre, east of the railway station.

The school sixth form is working in partnership with other local schools to provide post 16 years education in the Clacton area.

History

Grammar school

It was a grammar school. It was opened in September 1928, and the official opening was on 28 November 1928 by Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh (son of the Nobel Prize–winning physicist John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh).

The British-Nigerian soul singer Sade attended the school.

Comprehensive

CCHS became a comprehensive school in 1973. In 1998 it became an Arts College.

Academy

The school converted to academy status on 1 April 2012. On the 1 September 2016 the school formed the Sigma Trust along with 5 other schools in the locality.

World War II

In WW2 (World War 2), a German bomber with sea mines crashed near the school on Victoria Road on April 1940. The crew and two were civilians were killed. They also had to pay for the privilege of attending this school, twelve guineas per year (£12.60), as well as buy all their own books, materials and instruments.[2]

References
  1. "The History of the School". Clacton County High School. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. "The History of the School". Clacton County High School. Retrieved 6 December 2021.



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