Burnham Grammar School

Burnham Grammar School
Established	1960
Type	Academy Grammar School
Headteacher	Andrew J Gillespie
Specialisms	Science, Maths and Languages
Location	Hogfair Lane Burnham Buckinghamshire SL1 7HG England
LEA	Academy
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11 to 18
Houses	Redgrave   Curie   Angelou   Tenzing   Brunel
School colours	Yellow, Red, Blue, Green and Black (respectively)
Website	Burnham Grammar School
51°31′56″N 0°39′08″W / 51.5323°N 0.6522°W / 51.5323; -0.6522

Burnham Grammar School (BGS) is a grammar school in Burnham, Buckinghamshire. It was started in 1960. It is a community school. The school takes children from the age of 11 to the age of 18. The school has about 900 pupils. They are split into five houses.

The school has an all weather sports pitch which the Wycombe Wanderers first team sometimes train on.

In September 2004 the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) awarded the school status as a Science College.^[1]

The current head teacher is Dr Andrew Gillespie who took over from Cathy Long in January 2008.

Famous alumni

• Mike Ashley, entrepreneur and owner of Newcastle United F.
• Jimmy Carr, comedian
• David Connolly, professional footballer
• Ulrika Jonsson, television presenter

References

1. "Specialist Schools Home". DfES. July 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2016-03-03.

Other websites

• School Website Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Ofsted Reports Archived 2004-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Department for Children, Schools and Families GCSE Performance Tables^{[permanent dead link]}