History
Established by St Andrew's Church in 1857, St Andrew's CofE Voluntary Aided High School moved to its current site in 1964. St Andrew’s Church stands on the corner of Southbridge Rd and Lower Coombe St. and is 153yrs old (2010). The priest and people were responsible for building ‘The Ragged School’ on the site of the current Church Hall back in the 1860s. The school was moved to the site on Duppas Hill to facilitate the building of Croydon Flyover. The Church and School continue in a healthy relationship on a number of levels. It is located on a hill to the west of the town centre where it is surrounded by parkland and residential areas. There are playing fields on site. A joint sixth form was established with Archbishop Tenison's School in 1978, which resides on the Tenison's premises. The school converted to a comprehensive intake at the same time. At the Year 10 Aspirations evening on 11 October 2011, parents were told that St Andrew's would be opening its own sixth form in 2013-2014, enabling Year 10s to look forward to staying at the school for their sixth form. The school contains, amongst other things, two laboratories and an art room, a new music and drama centre with a large number of practice rooms and, in 2010/2011, two new buildings were erected next to the Duppas Hill Terrace entrance containing an additional 12 classrooms and a library.
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