Brentwood County High School (also commonly referred to as BCHS) is a secondary school

Secondary school

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 located in the South-East of England in Brentwood, Essex

Brentwood, Essex

Brentwood is a town and the principal settlement of the Borough of Brentwood, in the county of Essex in the east of England. It is located in the London commuter belt, 20 miles east north-east of Charing Cross in London, and near the M25 motorway....

. The school currently educates more than 1400 students from North East London

North East (London sub region)

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 and west Essex.

Overview

The school is on a single site and consists of a mixture of old grammar school buildings, more modern extensions, a gymnasium and an indoor swimming pool. It is set in pleasant grounds, which include a number of sports facilities. It is one of only 50 High Schools in the UK to be awarded two Green Flags, thereby achieving status as an Eco-School.

History

In 1876 the private school for girls was opened in Queen's Road, Brentwood. Some forty years later this was taken over by Essex County Council and Brentwood County High School opened with only fifty-four students. In 1927 the school moved to its current site at Seven Arches Road and extensions were added in 1937 to provide accommodation for 450 girls. The school celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1963 and then in 1965 plans were laid to convert it from a girls' grammar school into a co-educational school which, after extensive building works, happened in September 1978. Since then, continued growth has seen the student body increase to its current numbers and the number of teaching staff to more than 90.

Rugby

The school has a successful rugby team who compete in competitions up to national level and recently came second in the national finals as well as being South of England Champions in 2008 and 2009.

• Carnegie Champion School, National Winners 2008
• Carnegie Champion School, National Finalists 2009

Alumni

• Jonjo Shelvey
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  , Premier League Footballer
• William Lloyd
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  , Conservative Party
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   Councillor, Head Boy

• Rosemary Amies
• Dame Elizabeth Keegan,
• Liz Jones
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  , Journalist and writer
• Georgina Nayler, Director of the Pilgrim Trust
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• Joan Sims
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  , Actress in Carry On films