George Abbot School
Location
Surrey  England
Information
Motto	Designing the future
Website
http://www.georgeabbot.surrey.sch.uk/

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The school is currently under the leadership of headteacher Danny Moloney BEd (Hons), MA, FRSA. The school caters for seven years (years 7 to 13, typically ages 12 to 18) with years 7 to 11 split into ten 30-pupil classes totaling 300 students a year.

George Abbot School is located on the north-eastern side of Guildford, within 25 miles of London. The school is heavily oversubscribed with 350 students applying for the 300 spaces available in September each year. It currently has 1,924 students on roll with around 400 in the sixth form, and is the fourteenth biggest school in England.^{[citation needed]} This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

The school is named after the 17th-century Archbishop of Canterbury George Abbot. Archbishop George Abbot by an unknown artist, in the collection of Balliol College. ...

School buildings

The two main buildings are Elmslie and Raynham, named after the two headteachers when the buildings were separate schools, Miss Elmslie for the girls, and Mr Raynum for the boys.

In addition to these, the school has a textiles block, art block, sixth form centre (which houses photography), USIC, sports hall (Surrey County Cricket Club's Cricket Academy), Wilson building (for English), and is currently building a performing arts centre. Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) is an English first-class cricket team, based at The Oval cricket ground in south London. ...

School house system

The old school houses were originally named after eight notable Britons, including Livingstone, Scott, Kelvin, Shakespeare, Harvey, Dryden and Newton. These were reduced by amalgamation to four, briefly using four of the existing names before being renamed after mythical creatures (Falcon, Gryphon, Martlet and Wyvern) in the 1970s. This was subsequently amended so that the house names were those of local villages and places, for example Clandon, Albury, Loseley, Onslow and Sutton. In 2005, the names returned to mythical creatures, and as of 2006, the houses are called Falcon, Gryphon, Marlett, Phoenix and Wyvern. Falcons eat humans. ... For other uses, see Griffin (disambiguation). ... A martlet is a type of heraldic bird similar to the swallow, but having no feet. ... For other uses, see Wyvern (disambiguation). ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The phoenix from the Aberdeen Bestiary. ...

Each house is made up of two forms. At the beginning of year 7 a girl and a boy from each form are nominated to be the sport captain. Each year after that the students vote for the sports and form representatives in their class for that year.

Throughout the academic year events are staged for students to win points for their houses, including musical, sport, maths and English events. The final totals are collated after the School Sports Day (which is usually in the last week of term) and the House Cup is awarded soon after.

The second letter in each form represent the house they are in.

House colours and forms

• Falcon-Blue-F and C
• Gryphon-Red-G and P
• Phoenix-Green-O and M
• Martlet-Purple-A and W
• Wyvern-Orange-Y and E

School subjects

George Abbot offers students opportunities to study in a variety of subjects. In Years 7 to 9, students are required to participate in five creative/expressive subjects: dance, drama, music, textiles and art. They also are taught two foreign languages out of three choices: French, German and Latin, one of which is allocated to them when entering the school (French or German only as first modern language)

At Key Stage 4, students have the option of expanding their studies to include photography, Spanish, child development, food and nutrition and curriculum physical education in addition to the subjects that were available to them in Years 7 to 9.

All GCSE students have to take one humanities subject, one technology subject (for example food technology, graphics or child development), one arts subject (such as photography, textiles or art) and one subject which they can choose from the other blocks.

Some students also take triple science GCSE, leading to three GCSE qualifications and approximately 50% of years 10 and 11 also take full course religious education, whereas the other half take short course.

Sixth Form College

George Abbot also benefits from a contained Sixth Form College with 400 students currently being taught in the facility. A Level courses are taught in a wide range of subjects. George Abbot Sixth Form host regular social events for its students in order to unify the sixth form.

School Librarian of the Year

On 16 May 2007, the school's principal librarian, Ingrid Hopson, won the School Library Association's School Librarian of the Year 2007 award at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Jim Knight MP, Minister for Schools and 14-19 Learners, commented: is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... School Library Association (SLA) is an independent organization in the United Kingdom which promotes libraries and literacy in schools. ... James Knight known as Jim Knight (born 6 March 1965, Bexley) is a British politician for the Labour Party who has been a Member of Parliament since 2001. ...

"People like Ingrid fulfil an extremely important role in sparking young people's interests in books and ensuring that children from all backgrounds get the chance to read a broad range of literature."

On 13 June 2007 Ingrid Hopson was one of the "public sector champions" thanked by Prime Minister Tony Blair at a reception at Lancaster House in London.^[1] is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... Lancaster House is a mansion in the St Jamess district in the West End of London. ...

Notable alumni

• Matthew Jarvis — professional footballer
• Ashley Giles — cricketer
• John Renbourn — folk guitarist and former member of Pentangle.
• Joe Wakeford — musician and music producer

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References

External links

• Official website