Howard of Effingham School

Howard of Effingham School

Established	1940
Type	Academy
Head of school	Mrs. Pennington
Executive Head	Mrs. Barnfield
Chair of Governors	Mr. Swyny
Location	Lower Road Effingham, Leatherhead Surrey KT24 5JR England Coordinates: 51°16′24″N 0°23′43″W / 51.2732°N 0.3953°W / 51.2732; -0.3953
Local authority	Surrey
DfE URN	125247 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	1544
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–18
Houses	Cromwell , Howard , Raleigh , Sheridan
Colours	Black & White
Website	www.howard-of-effingham.surrey.sch.uk

The Howard of Effingham School is an academy school for boys and girls aged 11–18.

Admissions

It is located in Effingham, near Leatherhead in Surrey, England. There are around 1500 students on roll.^[1]

The school holds the following awards: Artsmark Gold (2002); Sportsmark Gold; Investor in People status; DfES achievement award (2002).^[2] The Howard of Effingham school achieved an outstanding rating from the Ofsted report.^[3]

It is east of the village of Effingham, next to the sports centre, accessed from the A246, the Guildford to Leatherhead road, and is west of Leatherhead and Fetcham. The school is overseen by the Howard Partnership, who also run Thomas Knyvett College in Twickenham. The Howard Of Effingham also leads the Effingham Learning partnership with the local Primary schools.

History

The school first opened in 1940 and since then 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 name of the school comes from the Earl of Effingham family, and the Second Lord Howard of Effingham (Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham) who commanded the HMS Ark Royal (1587). The school was originally build for 240 pupils but over the years has expanded to hold 1500.

It became a specialist school in 2002. However lost this status when specialist school status was removed to all schools by the Coalition in 2010.

On 5 May 2012, 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 Rugby Stadium where they ran out easy winners and claimed the best year 8 schools rugby team 2012.^[4]^[5]^[6]

In May 2012, Howard of Effingham's year 7 boys Rugby League team beat St Cuthberts (St Helens) 20-10 in the National Champions Schools semi-final in Leeds to book a place at Wembley stadium on August 25, 2012 in the Final which was against Castleford High School (Wakefield) and was played before the 2012 Carnegie Challenge Cup final. Howard of Effingham won 24-22 and claimed the title of "Years 7 Schools Rugby League Champions of the UK".

Notable alumni

Tom Felton,^[7] played Draco Malfoy
Tom Shanklin, Rugby Union
Emelia Gorecka, Athlete
Dan Gallagher, Footballer

References

External links

News items

Teacher suspended in October 2010

Schools in Surrey

Primary

South Farnham School

Secondary

Special

Pond Meadow School

Sixth Form College

Independent

ACS International School The American School In England Box Hill School Caterham School Charterhouse School City of London Freemen's School Claremont Fan Court School Cranleigh School Dunottar School Epsom College Ewell Castle School Frensham Heights School Greenacre School for Girls Guildford High School Halliford School Hurtwood House King Edward's School Lingfield Notre Dame School Notre Dame School Prior's Field School Reed's School Reigate Grammar School Royal Grammar School Royal School Haslemere St Catherine's School St George's College St James Independent Schools St John's School St Teresa's School Sir William Perkins's School Tormead School Woldingham School Yehudi Menuhin School

Preparatory	Aberdour School Aldro Amesbury School Barfield School Barrow Hills School Belmont Preparatory School Bishopsgate School Chinthurst School Danes Hill School Downsend School Edgeborough School Feltonfleet School Hazelwood School Kingswood House School Lanesborough School Milbourne Lodge School Oakhyrst Grange School Priory Preparatory School Ripley Court School Rydes Hill Preparatory School St Edmund's School

Special	Burys Court School Knowl Hill School St Dominic's School

Former

Category
Commons
List

Borough of Guildford

Towns, villages, most notable neighbourhoods and hamlets	Albury Artington Ash Ash Vale Burntcommon Burpham Chilworth Compton East Clandon East Horsley Effingham Fairlands Farley Green Gomshall Guildford Holmbury St Mary Jacobs Well Merrow Normandy Ockham Peaslake Pirbright Puttenham Ripley St Martha Seale Send Shackleford Shalford Shere Stoughton Tongham Wanborough West Clandon West Horsley Wisley Wood Street Village Worplesdon

Parks and public woodlands	Albury Park Clandon Park Hatchlands Park On the Greensand Ridge The Hurtmoor Winterfold Forest Ockham Park Puttenham & Crooksbury Commons Seale Chalk Pit Silent Pool On the North Downs Newlands Corner St. Martha's Hill wooded slopes of the Hog's Back Stoke Park Sutton Place Wanborough Grange RHS Garden, Wisley

Places of worship	Old St Peter and St Paul's Church, Albury St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth Guildford Cathedral Holy Trinity Church, Guildford St Nicolas' Church, Guildford St Mary's Church, Guildford Watts Mortuary Chapel

Education	Academy of Contemporary Music Ash Manor School Christ's College, Guildford George Abbot School Guildford College Guildford County School Guildford High School Guildford School of Acting Howard of Effingham School King's College, Guildford Knowl Hill School Lanesborough School Merrist Wood College Ripley Court Preparatory School Royal Grammar School Rydes Hill Preparatory School St. Peter's School Tormead School University for the Creative Arts The University of Law University of Surrey

Transport	Ash railway station Ash Vale railway station Chilworth railway station Clandon railway station Effingham Junction railway station Gomshall railway station Guildford railway station Horsley railway station London Road railway station Shalford railway station Tongham railway station Wanborough railway station Worplesdon railway station

Buildings and structures	Chilworth Manor Electric Theatre G Live Guildford Castle Guildford Guildhall Guildford House Guildford Museum Guildford Spectrum GuilFest Hogs Back Brewery Institute for Animal Health Normandy Youth Club–The N-Factor Royal Surrey County Hospital Sports Ground, Woodbridge Road, Guildford Watts Gallery Wisley Airfield Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

Sport	Charlotteville Cycling Club Guildford City F.C. Guildford Crows Aussie Rules FC Guildford Flames Guildford Giants Guildford Lightning Merrow F.C. Surrey Storm Surrey United Tongham F.C.

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