Chichester High School For Boys
Chichester High School for Boys, or CHSB, is a boys' secondary school with academy status, located in the city of Chichester, West Sussex, England. It was formed in 1971 during the schools reformation act of the 1970s by the amalgamation of two established schools; The Lancastrian School and the High School for Boys. In 2016, Chichester High School for Boys merged with Chichester High School for Girls, to become just Chichester High School. This occurred after speculation that the two schools would merge, starting from 2014. The new school would adopt purple as its main color, replacing the previous boys' school green and girls' school navy.
Uniform
The Boys and Girls High Schools have merged, so the uniform has changed as of 2016.Since the boys' and girls' schools merged in 2016 purple blazers are worn, along with purple ties, with stripes of each house color.
Sports
The school's sporting facilities include an international-standard irrigated all-weather hockey pitch, sports hall, tennis courts and grounds for sports such as rugby, cricket, hockey, tennis, squash, athletics, basketball, football, and badminton. A sports centre was completed in 2009.Sixth form
The Sixth Form is divided into Year 12 and Year 13. It is jointly managed by both CHSB and CHSG. It has 400 students. Sixth Formers enjoy privileges, including their own common room, reading room and kitchen. Members of the Sixth Form are not required to wear school uniform.Combined Cadet Force
The school operates a Combined Cadet Force Its Army section is affiliated with the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment and an RAF section but no Navy section due to an agreement at the time of the formation with the local Sea Cadets.Old Cicestrians
The school alumni society is called the Old Cicestrians. For some time it was called the Chichester High and Lancastrian Old Boys, or CHALOBs, but reverted to the original name in 2007. In former times a magazine "The Martlet" was issued at the end of each school year as well as a full school photograph. Before converting to a comprehensive system there were eight houses: King, Story, Wilfred, Richards, Andrews, Lake, Bell and Sherborne at the grammar school, each based on a geographical area.Headteachers
Lancastrian School- Rev. John Deacon
- Rev. Peter Chris
- Rev. Edward Saunders
- William Lewis
- James Thompson
- Richard P Usher
- Thomas Hayes
- Dr. Samuel Gardner
- Beilert Valance
- John Patrick
- Edwin Bishop
- Neil Young
- Alexander Few
- Paul Stanley
- Dr. Peter Bishop
- H F Collins MA
- Doctor E W Bishop
- Alfred A Scales
- Kenneth D Anderson MA
- Dennis Watkins
- Sebastian Green
- Simon Neil
- Ron L Austin
- Mrs Diane Dockrell
- John Robinson
- Gavin Salvesen-Sawh
- Gary Potter
- Mrs Yasmin Maskatiya
- Mrs Joanne McKeown (2018-
Houses, Communities and Colours.
Between 1956 and 1964 the houses were as follows: Andrews, Bell, King, Lake, Richards, Sherborne, Storey, Wilfred's. Also named after bishops of Chichester.
Since the start of the term in 2011, the houses have been renamed 'communities' after people who have an affiliation to the local area. There are were five communities – Canute – Blue, Henry 1st – Red, Story – Yellow, Friar – Green, Bishop – Purple. The Bishop house was eventually dropped, leaving just the other four.
Ever since the two schools merged in 2016, new houses were created. These are Malala King - Blue, Redgrave - Red, Hawking - Yellow, and Rowling - Green. These names were determined by every student in each house voting.
Notable alumni
Arts
- Neil Bartlett – writer, director, actor
- Howard Brenton – playwright
- Michael Elphick – actor
- Adrian Noble – Chief executive from 1990 to 2003 of the Royal Shakespeare Company
- Steven Seagal – Hollywood actor, was briefly enrolled into the school whilst staying with relatives
- David Wood – actor, playwright
Armed forces
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Brendan Jackson
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park- RAF
- Major Timothy Peake – Army Air Corps Apache test pilot and astronaut for the European Space Agency
- Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay
- General Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie
- Brigadier Mike Stone – chief information officer of the Ministry of Defence
Education
- Martin Hall – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salford since 2009
- Patrick Allen – author and teacher
Sport
- Douglas Bunn – founded Hickstead in 1960
- John Snow – English Test cricketer
- Jimmy Hill – English footballer and ex-Chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association. Attended the school when evacuated from London during World War II.
- Sean Heather – Sussex cricketer
- Adam Webster – English footballer
- Kieran Low – Scottish rugby player – plays 1st team for London Irish RFC and Scotland
- Danny Gray – English rugby union player – played England Sevens from 2006 to 2007
Politics
- Sir Jon Shortridge – Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Office
- Sir Dudley Gordon Smith – Conservative MP for Warwick and Leamington from 1968 to 1997
- Ian Whitting – Ambassador to Iceland and Montenegro