Westcliff High School for Boys
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Westcliff High School for Boys is a selective academy grammar school
for boys aged 11 to 18 in Westcliff-on-Sea
, near Southend-on-Sea
, Essex
and surrounding areas. In September 2001 the school was awarded "Beacon" status for its breadth of achievements and quality of work. The school was classed as a "Humanities College" in early 2007 and received a further specialism in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) on April 1, 2009. The school is now classed as an academy, as of 2010.
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
for boys aged 11 to 18 in Westcliff-on-Sea
Westcliff-on-Sea
Westcliff-on-Sea is a suburb of Southend-on-Sea, a seaside resort in the East of England and unitary authority in Essex. It is situated on the northern bank of the Thames Estuary and about 34 miles east of London.-Geography:...
, near Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea is a unitary authority area, town, and seaside resort in Essex, England. The district has Borough status, and comprises the towns of Chalkwell, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, North Shoebury, Prittlewell, Shoeburyness, Southchurch, Thorpe Bay, and Westcliff-on-Sea. The district is situated...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
and surrounding areas. In September 2001 the school was awarded "Beacon" status for its breadth of achievements and quality of work. The school was classed as a "Humanities College" in early 2007 and received a further specialism in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) on April 1, 2009. The school is now classed as an academy, as of 2010.
Notable Old Westcliffians
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- HHJ Philip Statman
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- (Richard) Camden Pratt QC
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- HHJ Kenneth Zucker QC
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- William Clegg QC
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- Charles Freedman - Commissioner of Customs & Excise 1972-84
- Ven. George Frost - formerly Archdeacon of Lichfield
- Dudley Coates - civil servant. Vice president of the Methodist Conference 2006
- David Hardy - banker; futures and commodities trader and regulator
- Brigadier Roderick Croucher CBE
- Howard Briggs- Mayor of Southend-on-Sea 2001. Governor WHSB
- David Norman - Mayor of Southend-on-Sea 2011. Governor WHSB. Chairman of Governing Executive, Ruskin College, Oxford.
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