Clacton County High School
| Established | 1928 |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Principal | Mr Neil Gallagher |
| Location |
Walton Road Clacton-on-Sea Essex CO15 6DZ England Coordinates: 51°47′58″N 1°08′31″E / 51.79936°N 1.14182°E |
| DfE number | 881/5444 |
| DfE URN | 138084 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1600 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Website |
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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.
There are over 1,600 students attending the school. It specialises in the performing 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).
Comprehensive
It became a comprehensive in 1973. In 1998 it became an Arts College.
In 2007 the school's Principal, John Clay retired after twenty three years in charge. He was succeeded by former Vice Principal Jeff Brindle.
In 2016 the school formed the Sigma trust and the Principal Jeff Brindle was appointed to the role of trust CEO he was succeeded by Neil Gallagher as Principal of Clacton County High School.
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.
Notable former pupils
- Jo Allen (make-up artist)
- Tom Eastman footballer
- Beth Goddard British actress
- Sir David Harrison VC University of Keele (1979–84); VC University of Exeter (1984–94); Master, Selwyn College, Cambridge (1994–2000); Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge (1997)
- Sir Curtis Keeble CMG Ambassador to Russia from 1979–82, and to the German Democratic Republic from 1974-6
- Sade Adu OBE Singer-songwriter, composer, arranger, and record producer
- H. W. F. Saggs classicist and orientalist
- Ian Westlake, footballer