Herschel Grammar School


Herschel Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school with academy status, located in Slough, Berkshire, England. The headteacher is Mrs Joanne Rockall. The school has around 900 pupils, 250 of whom are in the sixth form. The school starts from Y7 and ends at Y13
WWW herschel.slough.sch.uk

History

The school was established in town centre buildings formerly occupied by Slough Secondary School in William Street in about 1952. In 1958, the school moved to a purpose-built site on Northampton Avenue, occupying land that had been used as 'Timbertown', an area of temporary houses. The school has remained at Northampton Avenue, although for the 1988/89 academic year it temporarily moved to the site of the former Orchard Secondary Modern School while the permanent buildings were refurbished after damage to the roof in the storms of 1987.
Within its present buildings, the school has had a number of names and forms, including:
In 2004, the school completed a sports centre, which now serves as Herschel Sports to the public when out of school hours. The sports complex includes a full-size astro-turf football, hockey pitch, four full-size tennis courts, six full-size indoor badminton courts, one full-size indoor basketball court, a dance studio and changing facilities with lockers.

Sixth form

The school has a sixth form of about 325 pupils, both from the lower school and pupils who have moved from other schools. There is a sixth form block. The sixth form is a part of the Herschel Consortium.

School links

Herschel Grammar School is part of the Schelwood Trust: an educational trust comprising Beechwood School and Herschel Grammar School.
Herschel Grammar School was a founding member-school of the Herschel Consortium - a co-operation of the sixth forms of Herschel Grammar School, The Westgate School and Baylis Court School, all of which are within the same district of Slough.

Notable former pupils