Selhurst High School
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| Established | 1905 |
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| Closed | 2008 |
| Type | Secondary School (Community) |
| Head Teacher | Mrs J Pickering MA |
| Chair of Governors | Mr K Robinson |
| Location |
The Crescent Croydon London England  51°23′29″N 0°05′34″W / 51.3913°N 0.0928°WCoordinates: 51°23′29″N 0°05′34″W / 51.3913°N 0.0928°W |
| Local authority | Croydon |
| DfE URN | 101804 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | c.500 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Colours | black and white |
| Former Pupils | Old Croydonians (see section for more detail) |
| Website | Selhurst High School for Boys Official Website |
Selhurst High School for Boys is a name that has been given to two separate schools in England that existed at different times, but occupied the same site. The former school had been a grammar school that closed in 1988, the latter was the relaunch of a former comprehensive school, Ingram, under a different name in a different location. Thus, the current Selhurst High School for Boys is not simply an extension of the old school but rather has a more complex heritage. The school, located in the north of Croydon, is currently referred to as Selhurst Mathematics and Computing Specialist School. The school is notable not only in the eminent alumni that feature among its forerunners' former pupils, but also because of the dramatic contrasts in its academic fortunes over time.
In 1904 two schools were opened under the name Croydon Borough School, one of which was for boys, the other for girls. The Borough (renamed Selhurst in 1921) Grammar School for Boys was opened in September 1904 at the Scarbrook Road premises occupied in the evenings by Croydon Polytechnic.
The school moved into its premises in the Crescent in September 1913 but returned to Scarbrook Road in 1915 for the remainder of the First World War. In this period, the Crescent was used as a hospital. The school enjoyed a good reputation as a grammar school and remained a grammar school until it was taken into the State system in 1970 by Margaret Thatcher, the Education Secretary in Edward Heath's Conservative government. As a comprehensive, it became known as Selhurst High School for Boys. By 1977, a study of the school's population of 650 14- to 18-year-old boys, showed that the school was the most ethnically diverse in the UK, with an overall mix of 51% non-white grandparents. The school's legacy as a grammar school permeated its culture and structure even into its comprehensive era. Masters continued to wear mortar boards and it retained a two-tier prefect system, the cane, and a public school 4 house system: alpha (red; beta (green); gamma (blue); delta (yellow).
The school's proximity to Selhurst High School for Girls led to regular interaction between the two schools with regular drama productions involving both schools, and a mixed gender sixth form block and 'playground', although lessons were still attended separately.
Due to falling student numbers the school closed in 1988, as did the girls' school. The Boys school buildings went on to house Selhurst College, a tertiary sixth form college. This closed in the late 1990s and when in September 1999 Ingram School buildings were closed, this separate comprehensive was moved to the old Selhurst site and renamed as Selhurst High School for Boys.
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