Southend High School for Girls

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type = All-female secondary grammar Yr 7 - 11 (mixed sixth form)
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head of school = Mrs. A.D. Clewlow
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colours = Green, green and green
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location = Southchurch, Essex
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website = http://www.shsg.org

Southend High School for Girls is a grammar school situated on "Southchurch Boulevard" in the east of Southend-on-Sea, England. It has students from the ages 11 through to 18 years old. The current headteacher is Mrs A.D. Clewlow.

Academics

The school achieved Grade 1 (outstanding) in the recent Ofsted report.

It became a language college in 2002, and all Key Stage 3 students study two languages - French, German or Spanish. Students entering the school don't have a choice of which subject to study.

Similar to other Southend on Sea district grammar school, it achieves excellent results at A level and various other examinations.
*SATs this year have been brought forward to year eight, instead of year nine.

Subjects taught at AS/A2 include
*Biology
*Chemistry
*Physics
*Maths
*Further Maths
*History
*Geography
*Religious Studies
*English Literature
*English Languguage
*Business and Economics
*German
*French
*Spanish
*Government & Politics
*Applied IT
*Media Studies
*Music Technology
*Photography
*Product Design
*Psychology
*Sociology
*Textiles
*Art
*Food Technology

Physical Education

Southend High School for Girls are also famous for their P.E. success. School always joined different P.E. competition, such as, football, cross-country, etc. Sports day is a chance for the athletic girls to win the sports day winning title. Each house competes in a range of events, such as shot putt, javelin, sprint etc.

House System

Until recently the houses were assigned to students at random, unless the new student had a sibling previously at the school, in which case they were placed in the same house.

*Artemis (red)
*Athene (purple)
*Hera (yellow)
*Hermes (blue)

This was changed in 2003 to match the number of classes per year. The new house was chosen by the students.

*Artemis (red)
*Athene (purple)
*Aphrodite (white)
*Hera (yellow)
*Hermes (blue)

In September 2008, the House Cup was re-introduced. House points are awarded for various achievements.

Traditions

This school celebrates its birthday at the end of October, where each form group, sixth form, old girls association, governors etc. buy presents for the school. Two hymns are also sung during the course of the birthday assembly. On this day, students are encouraged to enjoy themselves and take part in various activities which have been planned. Every year, year 13 puts on a pantomime for the rest of the school.

External links

* [http://www.shsg.org Official website]
* [http://www.edubase.gov.uk/EstablishmentView.aspx?EstablishmentID=15329 EduBase]

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