Farnham Heath End School is a mixed comprehensive school

Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...

 in Heath End, Surrey

Heath End, Surrey

Heath End is a village in Surrey, England. It lies between Farnham and Aldershot. The census area Farnham Hale and Heath End has a population of 4,270.-History:...

 in south-east of England, with roughly 900 pupils.

About the School

Recently the school gained Specialist Mathematics and Computing College

Mathematics and Computing College

Mathematics and Computing Colleges were introduced in England in 2002 as part of the Government's Specialist Schools Programme which was designed to raise standards in secondary education. Specialist schools focus specifically on their chosen specialism but must also meet the requirements of the...

 status. The school also has "Healthy School" status and is also accredited as an "Investor in People" It is on a rising roll and has recently been credited by Ofsted as a "Good" school. The initial part of the report stated:

"Farnham Heath End is a good and improving school. It increasingly effectively fulfils its aim of 'equipping all students with the skills, attitudes, knowledge and confidence' to achieve a 'fulfilling place in society'. The overwhelming majority of parents endorse this judgement and consider that this successful mathematics and computing college does well by its students."

Senior Staff

Name	Position
Nick Phillips	Head Teacher
Jim Vinton	Deputy Head Teacher
Fiona Pierson	Assistant Head Teacher
Andrew Seager	Assistant Head Teacher

Houses

The house

House system

The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...

s are named after famous people:

Name	Colour	Named After	Head of House
Austen	Green	Jane Austen Jane Austen Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature, her realism and biting social commentary cementing her historical importance among scholars and critics.Austen lived...	Mr G Hickson
Owens	Blue	Jesse Owens Jesse Owens James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the...	Ms A Rudd
Brunel	Purple	Isambard Kingdom Brunel Isambard Kingdom Brunel Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS , was a British civil engineer who built bridges and dockyards including the construction of the first major British railway, the Great Western Railway; a series of steamships, including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship; and numerous important bridges...	Mr M. O'Donnell
Nightingale	Red	Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale OM, RRC was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night...	Mr D. James

Alumni

Notable alumni of the school include Carole Hersee

Carole Hersee

Carole Hersee is a costume designer who is best known for appearing in the centrepiece of the iconic United Kingdom television Test Card F, which aired on BBC Television from 1967 to 1998 and was revived in 2009...

who holds the longest television appearance in history at 70,000 hours.