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* [[Graham Wilson (minister)|Graham Wilson]], leadership and organisation development specialist |
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=== "Top g's" as voted by the Eggars prefect team™ === |
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Recently, the Eggars prefects participated in a "Top G" vote for the on-sight staff and teachers. after two weeks of our ballots being open for voting our faculty has spent nights of their time to count up the slips. |
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===== why? ===== |
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Our Year 11 classes have been hard at work with theur mocks having started in April 2022 and after a previous vote we have deducted this to be the most popular prize. |
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==== The "Top g's" (best to worst) ==== |
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# Patrick sulliven - chosen for his "wickid skilz" with a foot ball: <nowiki>https://youtu.be/JFmNUX9wwNs</nowiki> |
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# Mrs kinteh: for her super human ability to spot the most minute thing wrong with your uniform |
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these are the final two candidates for Eggar's "Top g's". we all had a good laugh duting this vote and we are so happy to see the smiles on our year 11 student's faces. |
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Revision as of 22:41, 18 January 2023
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| Eggar's School | |
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| Address | |
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London Road , | |
| Coordinates | 51°09′37″N 0°57′32″W / 51.16027°N 0.95895°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Sero Sed Serie |
| Established | 1642 |
| Founder | John Eggar |
| Department for Education URN | 138720 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head teacher | Patrick Sullivan |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Enrolment | 920 |
| Website | www |
Eggar's School is a co-educational secondary school with academy status, located in the town of Alton, Hampshire, England.[1]
Founding and history
In 1640 John Eggar of Moungomeries founded the Free Grammar School, Alton which subsequently became known as Eggars Grammar School. The School Badge displays the date 1642.
The Eggar family have been associated with the area for many centuries. They were great hop growers and Richard Eggar was credited, in 1890, with the invention of the "rolling floor" to ease the drying process in the kilns.
Grammar school
Between 1640 - 1975 entrance to the Grammar School was largely based on the results of the eleven-plus examination. Pupils from other schools were able to transfer to the Sixth Form at the Grammar School after their O-levels (GCSE) though many chose to go to the Technical Colleges in Petersfield, Winchester, Farnborough and Guildford.[citation needed] This school occupied a site at Anstey Road, Alton until 1969, when it moved to a new site on London Road, Holybourne, Alton.
Comprehensive school
In 1975 the school became a comprehensive school, accessible to all children from the area.
Academy
The school converted to academy status on 1 September 2012.
Current site
The current site for Eggar's School has been used since 1969. The earlier, partly 18th century, building is still standing and was retained for use by Eggars in the 1970s and then Amery Hill in the 1980s and has now been converted into flats. There are approximately 900 students currently on roll.
Academic performance
In 2010, the cohort achieved a 93% 5 A*-C pass rate in GCSEs, with 73% gaining 5 A*-C including English and Mathematics. These results are up 9% and 15% from 2009 respectively. The performance rate remains close to this figure year on year.
Notable former pupils
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- Yvette Cooper, Labour MP since 1997 for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford; a former cabinet minister and current Shadow Home Secretary;[2] and wife of Labour former MP Ed Balls
- Chris Wright currently plays for Leicestershire County cricket team. Attended Eggar’s School from 1990. A pace bowler who made his name with Warwickshire.
Eggar's Grammar School
- Sandra Gidley, Liberal Democrat MP for Romsey (2000-2010), former Shadow Health spokesperson
- David Hughes (novelist)[3]
- Paddy Kingsland, musician, composer of many BBC TV programme themes [4]
- Rt Rev Geoffrey Rowell, Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe since 2001
- Godfrey Smith (journalist), editor from 1965-72 of the Sunday Times magazine
- Graham Wilson, leadership and organisation development specialist
See also
References
- ^ "Eggarâr's School - Home".
- ^ "Our Shadow Cabinet". Labour. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Hughes, David (John) | Encyclopedia.com".
- ^ "Astronauta Pinguim". astronautapinguim.blogspot.co.uk.
