Tanbridge House School

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Tanbridge House School is a secondary school in Horsham, West Sussex. It is a specialist school of IT, Maths and Science. Its current head master is Mr Jules White who started in January 2008. Previous heads include Ms J Ball, Mr Neil Chapman, Dr Peter Thomas & Ms Maureen Johnson. The school teaches a wide variety of subjects across the curriculum. In 2012 95.7% of students achieved A*-C grades at GCSE. Of those, 79% achieved 5 A*-C including English and Maths.In November 2012, the school achieved an 'Outstanding' Ofsted rating in all four key areas of inspection. This placed it in the top three percent of secondary schools in the country and made it one of only seven 'Outstanding' secondary schools in the county.School InformationThere is a very active 'Student Voice' at Tanbridge which involves over 100 student representatives, who are actively involved in interviewing potential staff, leading on environmental and charitable issues and helping new pupils make the transition from primary to secondary school. In addition to this, the school was one of the first schools in West Sussex to achieve a Rights Respecting Schools Award (UNICEF).Technology is also very modern at the school, with SMART boards in every classroom, nine dedicated IT suites in addition to another five computer areas and iPads to enhance learning. Since 2008, the school has had a Virtual Learning Environment and Moodle. The school also has its own Learning Resource Centre.