Great Baddow High School is a comprehensive

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

Chelmsford, Essex Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of London a ...

, England. It is a

sports college Sports Colleges are senior secondary schools which promote sports alongside secondary education. United Kingdom Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist schools programme, Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdo ...

with academy status and with science as a second specialism. It draws its students from primary schools in the Chelmsford area.

History

The school opened on 8 September 1965 as Baddow Comprehensive, with 16 staff and 227 children in First Year only. In 2002, it became one of seven Sports Colleges in Essex; in 2011 it converted to Academy status while retaining its sports specialism. In late 2014 it adopted science as a second specialism. As commemorated in its main reception, the school has had the following headteachers since its establishment: * 1965: James Gordon

B.Sc. A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...

* 1980: Roy Baldock

B.A. Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

* 1991: Roger Hunton

M.Sc. A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast to ...

* 2010: Carrie Lynch B.A. (Hons) * 2019: Paul Farmer B.A.

Notable people

Rebecca Gallantree Rebecca Gallantree (born 19 August 1984 in Chelmsford, Essex) is a British diver. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard. With Alicia Blagg Alicia Jane Blagg (born 21 October 1 ...

, diver * Sam Cook, cricketer *

Aaron Beard Aaron Paul Beard (born 15 October 1997) is an English cricketer. He made his first-class debut on 8 May 2016 for Essex against Sri Lankans during Sri Lanka's tour of England. Opening the bowling, he took a wicket in each of his first two ove ...

, cricketer, attended Sixth Form at the school *

Graham Nelson Graham A. Nelson (born 1968) is a British mathematician, poet, and the creator of the Inform design system for creating interactive fiction (IF) games. He has authored several IF games, including ''Curses'' (1993) and ''Jigsaw'' (1995). Educati ...

, Mathematician, poet, game designer

References

External links

Official website
{{authority control Academies in Essex Secondary schools in Essex Educational institutions established in 1965 1965 establishments in England