Chislehurst School for Girls is a

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Chislehurst Chislehurst () is a suburban district of south-east London, England, in the London Borough of Bromley. It lies east of Bromley, south-west of Sidcup and north-west of Orpington, south-east of Charing Cross. Before the creation of Greater L ...

, in outer South East

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. It caters for girls in academic years 7-11 and offers a co-educational sixth form education.

History

Chilslehurst school was founded in 1896 as Sidcup High School, then a co-educational school located on the corner of Victoria Road. Sidcup High School became Sidcup County School for Girls before moving to the new purpose-built main school building in 1931. This site was expanded twice during the 1950s. After

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, the school became Chislehurst and Sidcup County Grammar School for Girls and in the 1950s Chislehurst and Sidcup Girls' Grammar School with the initials CSGGS on the blazer badge. Chislehurst and Sidcup Girls’ Grammar School was the girls' counterpart to the formerly all-boys Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, which has since moved to the

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and became a coeducational selective

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. As the school was sited in Beaverwood Road the

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was adopted as an appropriate symbol of industry and featured on the prefects' badges. In 1968 the school was renamed Beaverwood School for Girls. In 1982 the school changed from being a

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to a

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. The school gained academy status on 1 March 2011. In September 2014, Beaverwood changed its name to Chislehurst School for Girls.

Houses

In the school there are 4 houses: Angelou, Yousafzai, Turing and Cabrera. The houses are paired with charities which they must fundraise for. The more money raised equals more house points.

Notable former pupils

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, singer * Debbie Young, author

Chislehurst and Sidcup Girls' Grammar School

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OBE, toponymist * Lynne Miller, actress * Betty Moys who started the

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References

External links

Chislehurst School for Girls
{{authority control Secondary schools in the London Borough of Bromley Girls' schools in London Educational institutions established in 1896 1896 establishments in England Academies in the London Borough of Bromley Chislehurst