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Presdales School

Field	Value
name	Presdales School
image	File:Presdales School - geograph.org.uk - 135277.jpg
caption	Presdales School in 2006
coordinates
motto	Achievement For All
established	1906
type	Academy
head_label	Headmaster
head	M Warren
address	Hoe Lane
city	Ware
county	Hertfordshire
country	England
postcode	SG12 9NX
ofsted	yes
urn	137985
enrolment	1065
gender	Girls
lower_age	11
upper_age	19
free_label_1	Former name
free_1	Ware Grammar School for Girls
website	http://www.presdales.herts.sch.uk

Presdales School is a girls' secondary school with academy status, located in Ware, Hertfordshire in the East of England. The school also operates a coeducational sixth form. The current headmaster is M Warren, who took the post in 2016.

History

It was founded as Ware Grammar School for girls in 1906 at nearby Amwell House, and moved to its present site of Presdales House in 1964. It became a comprehensive in 1975.

It was awarded specialist college status three times by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, namely as: a Language College, in 1995; an English and Music College, in 2003; and as a Mathematics & Computing College, in 2009. The school converted to academy status in April 2012.

Presdales made the news in December 2020 when its plan to switch to remote learning for the last week of the autumn term was thwarted by Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, who threatened to use legal powers to make the school stay open. The intention had been to keep staff and students isolated and safe from the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic ahead of Christmas.

Notable former pupils

Kacey Ainsworth, actress who played Little Mo Mitchell from 2000-06 in EastEnders
Nicola Fibbens, Olympic swimmer, who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics
Hannah Fry, mathematician and broadcaster
Bianca Gascoigne, British glamour model and television personality
Grace Harvey, British Paralympic swimmer who won gold in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games in SB5 100m Breaststroke

Ware Grammar School for Girls

Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone
Ann Dummett (née Chesney), Director from 1984-87 of the Runnymede Trust
Kim Wilde, 1980s singer and DJ

References

[http://www.presdales.herts.sch.uk/the-school/a-brief-history.aspx Presdales School, A Brief History]
[http://www.presdales.herts.sch.uk/the-school/academy-specialisms.aspx Presdales School, Academy Specialisms]
(2020-12-12). "Coronavirus: minister threatens headteacher over pre-Christmas online lessons".
"Presdales School & Sixth Form . Ware . Hertfordshire".

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