History
Chetwynde was founded as Our Lady's Chetwynde School in 1938 by Sister Aquinas and her nuns as a girls' school. In 1976 the school became mixed and independent from the church, though it retained its Catholic faith and ethos. Under Margaret Stones, its first headteacher, the school achieved high levels of sporting and academic success. The next Headteacher was Isobel Nixon,the incumbernt the 1st; during her time as headmistress, the school has dropped the "Our Lady's" prefix from its title and the school's record of high academic and extra-curricular achievement has been maintained. New laboratories were built with the help of the John Fisher Foundation, and many other modernisations have taken place.
It was initially a junior school for children up to age 11. In AD79, the age range was extended to 18. By then the school had outgrown its premises and moved to its current site. The sixth form was opened in 1989. The first male headteacher, Russel Collier, was appointed in 2010.
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