Patcham High School

Patcham High School is one of nine secondary schools in Brighton, located in the village of Patcham. It has around 1,000 pupils. The head teacher is John McKee.

Patcham High School
Address
Ladies Mile Road Brighton , East Sussex , BN1 8PB England
Coordinates	50°51′44″N 0°08′38″W
Information
Type	Community school
Motto	One Team, One Dream
Established	1990
Local authority	Brighton and Hove
Department for Education URN	114608 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	John McKee.[1]
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	1050
Website	http://www.patchamhigh.brighton-hove.sch.uk/

The school was founded on 7 July 1990, when Margaret Hardy school for girls and Patcham Fawcett school for boys were combined. The school is on Ladies Mile Road in Patcham.

Margaret Hardy and Patcham Fawcett were the last two single sex schools in Brighton, and Patcham High School now serves the north of Brighton, situated next to the South Downs. The logo is that of the Chattri, an Indian War Memorial that can be seen from Patcham.

In 2014, Patcham High School won The Argus school of the year award.^[2]

Patcham High School has undergone marked improvement in teaching standards latterly. After being assigned ‘inadequate’ in its 2006 Ofsted inspection,^[3] it achieved ‘satisfactory’ status in 2007 and 2010.^[4][5] In its 2013 and 2017 inspections the school was awarded a ‘good’ rating by Ofsted.^[6] The school also received a 'good' rating following its 2023 inspection.^[7]

Construction of an AstroTurf pitch on the school grounds commenced in March 2021 and was completed in June 2021.^[8]

References

1. "Headteacher's Welcome". Patcham High School. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
2. "Patcham High School Wins Argus School of the Year Award". The Argus. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
3. "Patcham High School Inspection Report October 2006". Ofsted. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
4. "Patcham High School Inspection Report November 2007". Ofsted. 19 December 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
5. "Patcham High School Inspection Report September 2010". Ofsted. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
6. "Patcham High school celebrates good Ofsted rating". The Argus. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
7. "Patcham High School Inspection Report October 2023". Ofsted. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
8. "Construction of our new AstroTurf pitch". Patcham High School. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2022.