Cheam High School is a mixed sex

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located in

Cheam Cheam () is a suburb of London, England, south-west of Charing Cross. It is divided into North Cheam, Cheam Village and South Cheam. Cheam Village contains the listed buildings Lumley Chapel and the 16th-century Whitehall. It is adjacent to t ...

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. It consists of a lower school, for those aged between 11 and 16, wherein each year group consists of 300 students and a

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for ages 17–18. The school has specialisms in languages and the arts. The previous headteacher Miss Rebecca Allott succeeded Mr TJ Vaughan on his retirement in 2000. Mr Peter Naudi is Headteacher and the deputy head is Mr P Vosper.

Facilities

The school has a large artificial grass pitch and smaller all-weather pitch, a fitness gym area and multiple halls, including a sports hall. The Cheam gymnastics club operates out of the school's building.

Awards

The school holds the

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Gold Award from the Arts Council recognising the high quality of work in various aspects of the curriculum including art, drama, music and dance. It also has the

Sportsmark Sportsmark is Sport England's accreditation scheme for secondary schools. The scheme recognises a school's out of hours sports provision.

Award recognising its out-of-hours sports program.

Inspections

Ofsted awarded Cheam an "Outstanding" report in 2007, 2010 and 2015. This is the highest Ofsted grade, only achieved by 20% of schools.Ofsted
Cheam High School Inspection report
(2010)

Notable former pupils

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, physician and author * Seb Brown, footballer *

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, singer * Jonathan Austen, also known as Jonathan I, leader of the micronation

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References

External links

Official website
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