|
Salesian School (Chertsey)
|
Salesian School Chertsey
|
| Motto |
Serve the Lord with Gladness |
| Established |
1921 (As Salesian College) |
| Type |
Secondary School |
| Mixed |
| Headmaster |
Mr. James Kibble |
| Founder |
St. John Bosco |
| Chaplain |
Miss Ina Coles |
| Teaching staff |
> 100 |
| Location |
Guildford Road, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9LU,
Chertsey, United Kingdom |
| Website |
www.salesian.surrey.sch.uk[1] |
Salesian School is a split-site school in Chertsey, Surrey.
The two sites were originally 2 single-sex education Roman Catholic grammar schools maintained by the Salesian Fathers and Sisters. Salesian College at Highfield Road was for boys and, later, Guildford Road was for girls.
In 1971 they merged to form one comprehensive school called Salesian School but maintained the single-sex education on separate sites.
In 1983 it became a coeducational school with pupils located on a site according to their age. The school has children of all abilities from 11-18 years. Years 7 to 11 study at Guildford Road, and the Sixth Form Centre is at Highfield Road. As of 2008, all students (yr 7 - 11) are placed at the larger Guildford Road site, the Sixth Form College however, remains at Highfield Road. They also currently use a two week timetable.
Staff
Father Edward O'Shea was Headteacher from 1971 to 1977, followed by Father Gilheney up to 1990. David Cleworth was Headteacher until July 2005, when he retired, and Eric Doherty was Acting Headteacher for a year. In September 2006, James Kibble took on the post of Headteacher. Currently, there are over 100 members of staff, either working as teachers, learning and teaching assistants or associate staff.
Sixth Form
Ciran Stapleton is Head of Sixth Form with Stephen Bell and Claire Tidy supporting him as Deputy Heads of 6th Form.
Some of the many activities which the Sixth Form take part in are the Rag Parade and Show and other random days such as uniform day and pyjama day. The Sixth Form also holds many parties throughout the year, the highlight of these being the dinner dance.
The current Sixth Form President is Mark Hicks, with the Vice Presidents being Stuart Austin and Cavelle Chinchuck. The majority of the current Year 13 are in the council, where they are then split into various sub-groups such as Sports, Social, Fundraising, Common Room and the new "school e-letter".
Man Corner
In sixth form common room to the left lies Man Corner. Where Men (and Joanne) reign supreme. Recently Gary Saunders and Stephen Smith accquired a coch chair from the school hall and plonked it in Man Corner. Chocamento is the drink that saves lives. The drink can be bought for 30p from the drinks machine and is provided by Stephen Smith. Man Corner likes it's music, and not RnB (Kiss-100 is a no-go). It is well known that those who sit in the Man Corner do nothing but sit in the Man Corner. The soundtrack of man corner is "Sweet Caroline," which often rings out from the corner, as well the cries of "OLD MAN!", "Pylon" (pile on), and "Dooo meee!" *cough cough* "LOOBY!". The name 'Man Corner' was pioneered by John Hicks, and all of its members are bound to follow Man Law. Breaking any section on Man Law is punishable by being barred from the corner, losing their man status and acquiring the status of "man bitch" (recently damed upon Gregory Smart).
Man Corner is inevitably messy and full of rubbish, regardless of the amount of times it is cleaned, it remains messy. (Now recruiting staff to maintain Man Corner - no salary)
Alumni
The Fusion Project
In 2004 the Fusion Project was started to combine the two halves of the school on to one site, Guildford Road. The first stage was to build a new technology block, which was finished in October of the same year. It houses class rooms for Graphics, Food, Resistant Materials, Electronics and Textiles.
They have now also completed the second phase, which is an all-weather sports facility. They have now finished building a bigger canteen at Guildford Road, to accommodate the extra pupils. The next stage of the Fusion Project is to commence at the start of the next academic year (September 2008) when Years 7 & 8 will be permanantly scheduled to attend lessons at Guildford Road, leaving Highfield Road to Years 12 & 13.
Students
As of September 2008 there are more than 1,200 pupils at Salesian School and it is heavily over-subscribed.
Talent
The school has put on productions every other year. In early 2007, the drama department and others produced 'Sweet Charity' together. The show was received by the public positively, running for 3 nights. It starred Samantha Ivey and Ricky Zalman as 'Charity Hope Valentine' and 'Oscar Lindquist' respectively. The play was acted out by students, as well as the musical accompaniment coming from students. Jason Hall and Tony Clark directed it. The school also has an positive record in national and regional contests, and recently the school has competed in contests such as 'Young Enterprise'. As well as this, the school is involved in with the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme.
Every year, two musical venues are produced; one in the summer and the other nearing the festive season of Christmas. The Christmas concert includes traditional carols performed by the Junior & Senior Choir, the Junior & Senior Orchestra, the Clarinet Group, the Flute Group and the Jazz Band.
External links
|
