Howard of Effingham School

The Howard of Effingham School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form with academy status. It is located in the village of Effingham, Surrey, to the west of Little Bookham. The school is part of the Howard Partnership Trust, a Multi-Academy Trust which includes four secondary and five primary schools.

Howard of Effingham School
Address
Lower Road

Effingham, Leatherhead
,
Surrey
,
KT24 5JR

England
Coordinates51.2732°N 0.3953°W / 51.2732; -0.3953
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoBringing Out The Best
Established1940
Local authoritySurrey
SpecialistScience
Department for Education URN136833 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair of governorsMark Swyny
Head of schoolHelen Pennington
Executive headRhona Barnfield
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1544
HousesCromwell, Howard, Raleigh, Sheridan
Colour(s)black and white   
Websitewww.thehoward.org

The school is named after Charles Howard the second Baron Howard of Effingham of the Howard Family who was commander of the English forces during the battles against the Spanish Armada in 1588 and was chiefly responsible after Francis Drake for the victory that saved England from invasion by the Spanish Empire.

The Howard Partnership Trust is currently led by its chief executive officer, Rhona Barnfield CBE, and the school's headteacher is Helen Pennington. The school was judged in 2009 to be Outstanding by Ofsted.

History

The school opened in 1940 and over the years has expanded to include a community sports centre, a purpose-built sixth form block and new specialist science facilities which were built after the school was designated as a science college. The school was originally built for 240 pupils but this has now increased to around 1,500.

The school converted to Academy status in 2012 and is now part of the Howard Partnership Trust. The trust includes three other Surrey secondary schools (Thomas Knyvett College, Oxted School and Three Rivers Academy) and four primary schools (Kenyngton Manor Primary School, Cuddington Community Primary School, Eastwick Infant and Eastwick Junior Schools, St Lawrence Primary School) and The Howard Nursery School.[1] Rhona Barnfield, the trust's CEO was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) CBE for services to Education in the New Years Honours of 2016.[2]

Curriculum and academic performance

The school curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and the school has achieved notable academic success.[3][4] In 2015 the school was the 30th most successful comprehensive school in the country for GCSE results according to The Daily Telegraph.[5] The school's most recent Ofsted inspection in 2009 found that the school was 'Outstanding' overall with the following breakdown;

  • Overall effectiveness – Outstanding
  • Achievement and standards – Outstanding
  • Personal development and well-being – Outstanding
  • The quality of provision – Outstanding for 16–19. Good for whole school
  • Leadership & management – Outstanding[6][7]

House system

There is a well established House system. All students are allocated to one of the four houses when they start at the school.

The houses are named after historical figures with local links;

  • Cromwell (green) after Thomas Cromwell (c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), the English lawyer and statesman who was born in Putney then a part of Surrey.
  • Howard (red) after Charles Howard (c.1536 – 14 December 1624), the second Baron Howard of Effingham.
  • Raleigh (blue) after Sir Walter Raleigh (c.1554 – 29 October 1618) the politician and explorer. Raleigh's son Carew lived in nearby West Horsley and Sir Walter's head is rumoured to be buried in the local church.[8]
  • Sheridan (yellow) after Richard Brinsley Sheridan (30 October 1751 – 7 July 1816) the Irish playwright who lived at nearby Polesden Lacey.[9]

Sport

The school has achieved some notable successes particularly in rugby union and, unusually for a school in Surrey, in rugby league

On 5 May 2002, Howard of Effingham's year 8 boys' rugby union team won the Daily Telegraph Emerging Schools National Tournament. They played at the half time interval between the Army and Navy at Twickenham Stadium where they were easy winners and claimed the best year 8 schools rugby team 2002 title.[10]

In August 2012, Howard of Effingham's Year 7 boys' rugby league team became the first team from the south of England to win the Carnegie Champion Schools competition, beating Castleford Academy 24-22.[11]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Our Schools". Publisher=The Howard Partnership Trust.
  2. "New Year's Honours list 2016". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. "A level results: Schools in Guildford and Waverley delighted with 'ambitious and determined' students". Get Surrey. 19 August 2016.
  4. "GCSE results by school: Outstanding grades celebrated in Guildford, Godalming, Cranleigh and Mole Valley". Get Surrey. 25 August 2016.
  5. "GCSE results 2015: state school results". The Daily Telegraph.
  6. "Howard of Effingham School : URN 136883". Ofsted.
  7. "Howard Ofsted report 2009" (PDF). Howard of Effingham School.
  8. "Two churches, one delicate question: Who has the head of Sir Walter Raleigh?". The Baltimore Sun. 3 April 1993.
  9. "Polesden Lacey". About Britain.
  10. "Howard of Effingham rugby players win young sports team of the year award", This is Surrey
  11. Richard Spiller, "Howard of Effingham break Rugby League barrier", Get Surrey, 2 July 2013
  12. Tom Felton at IMDb
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