The Hertfordshire and Essex High School
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| Motto | SIC ITUR AD ASTRA ("Thus you shall go to the Stars") |
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| Established | 1909 |
| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Mrs. Cathy Tooze |
| Location |
Warwick Road Bishop's Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5NJ England Coordinates: 51°52′04″N 0°10′16″E / 51.8677°N 0.1711°E |
| Local authority | Hertfordshire |
| DfE number | 919/5420 |
| DfE URN | 140786 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1150 |
| Gender | Girls (Sixth Form is Coeducational) |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Astra (new 2014), Ford (historical now ceased), Castle, Forest, Lea, Seaxe, Hart |
| Website | www |
The Hertfordshire and Essex High School and since 2004 named as The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College, commonly referred as Herts and Essex is a secondary level comprehensive single-sex school and a mixed-sex sixth form on Warwick Road in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England.
It was opened as The Bishop's Stortford Secondary School for Girls in 1910, the school was built to have an intake of around 120 fee-paying students, at the time of opening it was run by both the counties of Hertfordshire and Essex and therefore it later changed its name to the Hertfordshire and Essex Girls' High School. It then became a comprehensive in the 1970s when the school was renamed again to its current name The Hertfordshire and Essex High School.
When the outbreak of The Second World War in 1939, thousands of London children were evacuated to the relative safety of the countryside, many finding themselves in Bishop’s Stortford. Pupils from Clapton County Secondary School for Girls in Hackney, East London, were specifically sent here to be educated at this school. But with few teachers and little space, local children were taught in the mornings and London children in the afternoons.
During its 100-year history the school has changed significantly with many new buildings being added to the original Edwardian School House to allow for just under 10 times the number of students it had in 1910. Between 2000 and 2004 the school benefited from a substantial redevelopment which included new IT suites, refectory, sports facilities, dance studio and Sixth Form Common Room. The project involved the refurbishment of the Edwardian schoolhouse, plus a new build teaching block and sports facilities. The school converted to academy status in April 2014.
The school does a lot of fund raising, for many different charities. Its partner school is Eden High School in Uganda.
The uniform for girls in years 7 to 11 (introduced in 2013) is a knee length brown skirt, a yellow blouse and a brown blazer. Previously, from 2010 to 2016 the uniform was a cream and brown stripped blouse, a pleated knee length skirt and a brown blazer. Before that, the skirts were ankle length, as was common at the time to schools in Bishop's Stortford. All Sixth Form students are required to adhere to a dress code of business wear.
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