Prince Henry's High School

Prince Henry's High School
	File:Prince Henry's High School Crest - small.png
Motto	Parva Magna Crescunt
Established	c. 1376
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Dr A A L Evans
Chair	Steve Butcher
Location	Victoria Avenue; Evesham; Worcestershire; WR11 4QH; England; Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Local authority	Worcestershire
DfE number	885/5403
DfE URN	117000 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	1258
Gender	Mixed
Ages	13–18
School Song	Jerusalem
Website	PHHS

Prince Henry's High School, formerly Prince Henry's Grammar School is a secondary school with academy status in Evesham, Worcestershire, England. It is a co-educational high school, in which there are about 1260 students enrolled, aged between 13 and 18.^[1] It is situated in the north of Evesham off the A4184, near the junction with the B4624, adjacent to the north of the railway, and serves the town of Evesham and surrounding villages. A 2010 Ofsted report accorded the school a Grade 1 (outstanding)^[2]

Admissions

The predominant entry to the school is by students entering in Year 9 from one of the feeder middle schools:

Bredon Hill Middle School, in the nearby village of Ashton under Hill
St Egwin's C. of E. Middle School, also in Evesham

History

The school is over 600 years old ^[3] and was originally established as a school for the poor that was attached to Evesham's Benedictine Abbey. The school is named after Prince Henry, the brother of King Charles I. Dr Lewis Bayley had previously taught at and secured an endowment for the school from the town of Evesham through a new town charter^{[citation needed]}, which identifies the school as a "Free Grammar School of Prince Henry in Evesham". As Prince Henry's Grammar School, the school had around 500 boys and girls.

In 1973 it was renamed Prince Henry's High School, a comprehensive school. In 1993 it became a grant-maintained school then in 1999 it became a foundation school. It is now a secondary school with the specialist designation of Language College.^[1] In 2010, plans were announced to change the school into an academy in a move to improve funding, and provide more opportunities for the pupils in the school.^[4]

National Teaching School Status

In April 2014, Prince Henry’s High School was selected by the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) to become a national teaching school^[5] – an important role in raising standards. Teaching Schools take a leading role in recruiting and training new entrants to the profession, identifying leadership potential and providing support for other schools. Prince Henry’s High School was one of only 200 schools in England to be granted teaching school status in the latest designation round.

Introduced in 2011, teaching schools are all rated as “outstanding” and mark a shift towards school-centred training. They work with partner schools in an alliance, including at least one university, to ensure high quality school-led initial teacher training and professional development opportunities for teachers at all stages of their career. They raise standards through school-to-school support, engage in research and development, and ensure that the most talented school leaders are spotted and supported to become successful headteachers.

Modern Day

Prince Henry’s High School is known nationally to provide an outstanding education, and the school's sport fixtures (commonly against independent and grammar schools) are very successful.

On the 1st December 2015, a new language (MFL & English) block was officially opened - named the Grove after an Old Boy, Gordon Grove.

Buildings

Like most schools, Prince Henry's High School has many buildings containing different subjects; these include.

Abbey Block (A block) - Previously home to English, currently used as Mathematics and History.
Burlingham Block (B Block) - History, Government and Politics, Geography, Computing and Media. 2 classrooms have been refurbished to ICT suites and some history / geography classes have moved to Abbey Block.
C Block - Home Economics, Textiles and Art.
D Block - Mobile classrooms mainly used for English and Mathematics teaching.
E Block - Added onto the main building in the 1980s, the classrooms are science laboratories, mainly biology and physics.
G Block - Originally a two classroom building, G block now extends to the newly opened 'Grove' building, featuring History and Business Studies(in the original rooms), English and MFL in the new block.
M Block - The original 'main' block, now home to the library, science laboratories, offices, and computer rooms. Some labs are being refurbished as they were getting old/worn out
P Block - Two wood cabins built as temporary classrooms to house MFL whilst the Grove was being built, they are temporarily empty.
S Block - The Sixth Form block, also home to Religion, Philosophy and Ethics.
T block - The music suite, with Apple Macintosh computers and recording rooms.

The school also has a large sports hall, a gymnasium and a fitness suite - the Alex Gregory building. Adjacent to the school is the Arts Centre, available to the public and used for school assemblies. The large school hall, the Princess Royal Hall (PRH) is not used for assemblies.

Alumni