Southgate School

Infobox UK school
name = Southgate School


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head_label = Headteacher
head = Anthony Wilde
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street = Sussex Way
city = Southgate
county = Greater London, Hertfordshire
country = England
postcode = EN4 0BL
phone = 020 8449 9583
fax = 020 8441 6424
LEA = Enfield & Haringey
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enrollment = 1553
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
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website = http://www.southgate.enfield.sch.uk/

Southgate School is a secondary school in the London Borough of Enfield. It has approximately 1600 pupils. The school has Specialist Science Status.

History

Founded in 1907 [ [http://www.southgate.enfield.sch.uk/parents/Prospectus/Prospectus.asp School prospectus] ] as Southgate County School, the school was originally housed within Broomfield House, Palmers Green. [ [http://www.enfield.gov.uk/448/Secondary%20Schools%20in%20Enfield%20A%20History.htm#P0_0 Enfield Council: Secondary Schools, a history] ] The school subsequently moved to Fox Lane (also in Palmers Green).

In 1967, the school merged with Oakwood Secondary Modern School which was located in Chase Road, Southgate. In 1960, the Fox Lane site was closed and a new site, in Sussex Way, Cockfosters, was purchased. [ [http://www.enfield.gov.uk/Leisure%20&%20Culture/local%20history/Enfield%20Chronology.htm Enfield Council: Enfield Chronology ] ] The Chase Road site became the lower school, for children in their first three years of secondary education (currently referred to as years 7, 8 and 9). In 1991, the Lower School also moved to the Sussex Way site, with the Chase Road site being sold partly for housing and partly to a private school.

pecialist status

It was awarded Specialist Science Status in September 2004, which it gained through raising £50,000 and being provided with the necessary funding for a science specialist school. It used the funding to generally improve science facilities purchasing new equipment and renewing laboratories as well as building a hanging laboratory in the middle of the East Wing building (the original Upper School building).

Centenary

Summer 2007 saw the end of the hundredth year of Southgate School. There was a celebration on 14th July to mark the occasion.

Notable former pupils

*Peter Baker (footballer born 1931)
*John Bennett
*John Bourn
*Matt Di AngeloFact|date=April 2008
*Lena Jeger, Baroness Jeger
*George Mitchell [http://www.southgatecountyschool.co.uk/pupils.php Southgate County School notable former pupils] Accessed 4th June 2007]
*Warren Mitchell
*Victoria ShaletFact|date=April 2008
*Phil Tufnell [ cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1361036/bio |title=IMDB: Biography for Phil Tufnell |accessdate=2007-11-09 |work=Internet Movie Database |publisher=Internet Movie Database ]
*Stephen Twigg [ cite web|url=http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2004_0229 |title=STEPHEN TWIGG APPOINTED MINISTER FOR SCHOOL STANDARDS |accessdate=2007-11-09 |work=Department for Children, Schools and Families |publisher=Department for Children, Schools and Families ]

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