Cavendish School (Hemel Hempstead)
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Cavendish School is a secondary school
in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. The school has specialist Sports College
status. The Head Teacher is Dr. Stephen Pam.
In 1968 the school pioneered a system of learning away from traditional subject structure: the new intake that year studied 'Inter-disciplinary Enquiry' (IDE) for the first two years in place of English, Geography, History and Science. Maths and languages were taught separately. IDE was very quickly seen as a 'conspicuous failure'.
The 1969 intake was the last grammar year, and from 1970 the school became a comprehensive. Arthur Hayward moved to Bodmin School the following year.
Arthur Hayward died in June 2010 and tributes were published in the local paper
The forms are used for administrative purposes, for competitions such as sports day and to work out which form has best attendance.
As of 2010, the form system was changed to a house system. Year 7-13 are divided in to four houses, still named after scientists. These include:
Each house has a colour, the students display a strip of material in their house colour on their blazers, below the Cavendish logo
Boys: black trousers; white shirt; blazer; and a purple, black and yellow tie with the Cavendish crest on it.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. The school has specialist Sports College
Sports College
Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, PE, sports and dance. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Sports...
status. The Head Teacher is Dr. Stephen Pam.
History
The school was officially opened in 1962 as one of the first of the new breed of post-war technical grammar schools. Initially it was run along very traditional lines by the founding Headmaster, Mr. Arthur Hayward.In 1968 the school pioneered a system of learning away from traditional subject structure: the new intake that year studied 'Inter-disciplinary Enquiry' (IDE) for the first two years in place of English, Geography, History and Science. Maths and languages were taught separately. IDE was very quickly seen as a 'conspicuous failure'.
The 1969 intake was the last grammar year, and from 1970 the school became a comprehensive. Arthur Hayward moved to Bodmin School the following year.
Arthur Hayward died in June 2010 and tributes were published in the local paper
Forms
Year 7-10 pupils are divided into 4 houses, each named after scientists as follows:- Bragg
- Maxwell
- Rutherford
- Thompson
The forms are used for administrative purposes, for competitions such as sports day and to work out which form has best attendance.
As of 2010, the form system was changed to a house system. Year 7-13 are divided in to four houses, still named after scientists. These include:
- Bragg
- Maxwell
- Rutherford
- Thompson
Each house has a colour, the students display a strip of material in their house colour on their blazers, below the Cavendish logo
Uniform
Girls: black trousers or skirt; white blouse; blazer; and a purple, black and yellow tie with the Cavendish crest on it.Boys: black trousers; white shirt; blazer; and a purple, black and yellow tie with the Cavendish crest on it.