Dorothy Stringer High School
| Type | Community school |
|---|---|
| Location |
Loder Road Brighton East Sussex BN1 6PZ England United Kingdom 50°50′56″N 0°08′36″W / 50.84893°N 0.14341°WCoordinates: 50°50′56″N 0°08′36″W / 50.84893°N 0.14341°W |
| Local authority | Brighton and Hove |
| DfE URN | 114580 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 120 |
| Students | 1650 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Colours | Black and Yellow |
| Website | Dorothy Stringer School |
Dorothy Stringer School is a secondary school located in Brighton, East Sussex, England. It has around 1,650 pupils and 120 members of staff.
The secondary school, named after a 19th-century Mayoress of Brighton, opened in 1955. Dorothy Stringer is on the same campus as Balfour Primary School, Varndean Secondary School and Varndean College Sixth Form College. The campus is bounded by Surrenden Road, Loder Road, Balfour Road and Friar Crescent, with Stringer Way providing an alternative entrance via the main staff car park..
With the exception of Balfour Primary School, each of the institutions used to exist in a different educational form; Dorothy Stringer was a Secondary Modern School, whilst Varndean College and Varndean School were Boys' and Girls' grammar schools respectively.
In 2003, the school was the subject of a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) program involving several other schools (including the neighbouring Varndean Secondary School, Blatchington Mill School and Sixth Form College and what was the COMART College of Media and Arts), as well as the construction firm Jarvis. For Dorothy Stringer this involved the construction of a new sports hall and associated facilities, new music suites, art studios and some new ICT suites.
Dorothy Stringer gained the Eco-Schools Green Flag award in 2000 and has maintained its status, updating the school as rules become stricter. It was the only secondary school in Brighton to hold this award until its renewal in June 2016. In the late 1990s, the school focused on recycling and improving the look of the school grounds. Since 2000 the 'Dorothy Stringer Environmental Partnership' has focused on increasing the bio-diversity of the grounds and solar power. In 2003, a dilapidated classroom building set among the woodland was renovated into the 'Brian Foster Environment Centre', named so after a late teacher. From this base, Dorothy Stringer has become the lead environmental school in Brighton and Hove, forming international links with St Joseph's School in Le Havre for which funding from the Franco-British Council was won, and a student exchange trip is run for 1st year pupils. Dorothy Stringer is also known for its forming of links with neighbouring schools and, within the school, involving a large number of students in educational environmental activities.
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