Boston High School
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| Motto |
Non Nobis Solum (Trans: Not for ourselves alone) and Leading Learning Together |
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| Established | 1914 |
| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Andrew Fulbrook |
| Chair of Governors | Martyn Chambers |
| Location |
Spilsby Road Boston Lincolnshire PE21 9PF England 52°59′19″N 0°00′38″W / 52.98850°N 0.01053°WCoordinates: 52°59′19″N 0°00′38″W / 52.98850°N 0.01053°W |
| Local authority | Lincolnshire |
| DfE URN | 139140 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 684 pupils |
| Gender | Single Sex (Girls) |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Allan Conway Ingelow Kitwood Lindis |
| Colours | Navy blue and Emerald Green |
| Website | BHS |
Boston High School, also known as Boston High School for Girls, is a selective grammar school and sixth form college for girls aged 11 to 18 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The school's sixth form has been coeducational since 1992.
A 2014 Ofsted report assessed both the school and the sixth form provision as "good", with "outstanding" leadership and management and "outstanding" behaviour and safety.
Pupils joining in Year 7 are required, as with other selective grammar school's, to complete an 11+ verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning test. This test is carried out at the primary school, administered by the local grammar schools. The current PAN (published admission number) is 108.
Mid-year admissions applications are made through Lincolnshire County Council, who then ask the school to conduct an entry test - in the form of a Cognitive Abilities Test.
Year 11 pupils from any school can apply to join the co-educational Sixth Form as long as the general entry criteria (5 A*-C GCSE grades or equivalent including English and Maths) and subject criteria (varies by subject) are met.
On 1 January 2013, Boston High School became a converter academy, under the leadership of the then headteacher, Dr Jason Howard. No changes were made to the school uniform and the school retained its existing name. This ended the federation between Boston High School and Boston Grammar School, with both schools now having an independent governing body, budget and establishment number. However, an umbrella trust exists in order to promote, and provide a structure for, mutually-beneficial collaboration between the two schools.
Boston High School first opened on 19 January 1914 at Allan House on Carlton Road, Boston. There was a headmistress and seven teachers, with 112 girls on the roll. Due to increasing pupil numbers additional classrooms were built in 1922. The school's first headmistress was Miss F.M. Knipe, who served from 1914 until 1927, and there have been a further eight headteachers in the history of the school.
The school was moved to the current Spilsby Road location on the northern rim of Boston during the autumn of 1938. However, the official opening ceremony did not take place until 1939, the year that the Second World War started. The school was declared open by Alderman Kitwood, who later would have a house named after him. During the war girls from Hull were enrolled into the school, having been evacuated from their own city in anticipation of strategic bombing raids by the Luftwaffe.
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