Southend High School for Boys
The School crest
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| Motto |
Forti nihil difficile (Latin) 'To the determined, nothing is difficult' (English translation) |
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| Established | 1895 (founded), 1939 (moved to current premises) |
| Type | Secondary Grammar school |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Headteacher | Dr Robin M. Bevan |
| Deputy Headteacher | Mr Alan Gardner, Mrs Elizabeth Smith |
| Founder | Joseph Hitchcock |
| Location |
Prittlewell Chase Southend-on-Sea Essex SS0 0RG England |
| DfE number | 882/5446 |
| DfE URN | 136443 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | Approximately 900-1000 |
| Gender | Boys (with mixed-gender sixth form) |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Troy, Athens, Sparta, Tuscany |
| Colours | Green and White |
| Publication | SHSBulletin (fortnightly, formerly weekly), Excel newsletter, Old Southendian Association magazine (annually) |
| Sports played | Athletics, Rugby union, football, cricket, rounders, basketball, badminton, tennis, cross country |
| Website | Southend High School for Boys website |
Southend High School for Boys, also known by its initialism SHSB, is a selective secondary Grammar school situated along Prittlewell Chase in Prittlewell, in the north-west of Southend-on-Sea, England, south-west of the roundabout of the A127 and A1159. It teaches students from the age of 11 through to 18 years old, and admission to the school is dependent upon their performance in selective 11+ tests set by the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE). It converted to Academy status on 1 February 2011, and has autonomous control over itself. Student numbers have been increasing over recent years. As of academic year 2008-2009, there are just over 1,150 students on roll, with over 230 of them in the Sixth Form, 20 to 30 of which come from other schools, including girls.
The school consistently achieves over 95% of its students attaining 5 GCSEs grade A*–C each year, and was one of the few schools in the country to achieve "outstanding" in the latest Ofsted inspection.
The current Headteacher is Dr Robin M. Bevan, who has a doctorate in education and was appointed in September 2007, and the previous headmaster was Michael D Frampton, a History teacher who served as Headmaster from 1988 to 2007. The current deputy heads are Mr A Gardner, Mrs E Smith, Mrs R Worth and Mrs C Bates.
Former pupils, teachers, and other members of the school are known as Old Southendians, and are entitled to join the Old Southendian Association (OSA) of past members and alumni, to keep in touch and network with other former pupils at social, sporting, and musical events, and on trips and meals. The OSA has the motto "sustaining friendships", and is one of the oldest and largest Boys Associations in the country, with 2,470 members as of October 2011. The school also has a Parents' Association (PA), which is a registered charity, and associated PA Committee.
The school was founded in 1895 on a site in Victoria Circus, and provided the first secondary education within the Borough of Southend-on-Sea. It moved to its present larger site, along Prittlewell Chase, in 1939. In 1940 the school was evacuated to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire but the boys returned before the end of the war. Until 1974 it was administered by the County Borough of Southend-on-Sea Education Committee, then Essex County Council, and then the Unitary Authority of Southend-on-Sea from 1998.
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