Tanbridge House School

Tanbridge House School is a coeducational secondary school located in Horsham, West Sussex, England. Its current head master is Mr Sheridan who started in 2022. The school teaches a variety of subjects across the curriculum. In 2012 95.7% of students achieved A*-C grades at GCSE. Of those, 79% achieved 5 A*-C including English and Maths.

In November 2012, the school achieved an 'Outstanding' Ofsted rating in all four key areas of inspection. This placed it in the top three per cent of secondary schools in the country and made it one of only seven 'Outstanding' secondary schools in the county.

School Information
There is a 'Student Voice' at Tanbridge which involves over 100 student representatives, who are involved in interviewing potential staff, leading on environmental and charitable issues and helping new pupils make the transition from primary to secondary school. The school was one of the first schools in West Sussex to achieve a Rights Respecting Schools Award (UNICEF).

There are SMART boards in every classroom, nine dedicated IT suites with another five computer areas and iPads. Since 2008, the school has had a Virtual Learning Environment and Moodle. The school has its own Learning Resource Centre.

The annual school production is held every summer at The Capitol Theatre in Horsham; West Side Story (2008) Sweeney Todd (2009) Les Misérables (2010), Evita (2011), The Phantom of the Opera (2012) and Miss Saigon (2013) were all sell out shows. Later shows include, Jekyll and Hyde (2017), Made in Dagenham (2018), High School Musical (2022) and Sister Act (2023).

Further Education
Many of the students progress to colleges across the county, with the majority going to The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham although other colleges include Northbrook College in Worthing, Central Sussex College in Crawley, Brinsbury College in Pulborough and Chichester College.

Houses
The school has three houses, which are all namesakes of famous English sportspeople. They are:


 * Redgrave, after Steve Redgrave
 * Radcliffe, after Paula Radcliffe
 * Wilkinson, after Jonny Wilkinson

School achievements
The school has achieved the following in recent years


 * Ofsted Outstanding (2012)
 * Rights Respecting Schools Award (UNICEF)
 * Eco Schools Award
 * Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
 * Healthy Schools
 * Specialist Science College
 * Specialist Maths & Computing School
 * Artsmark Silver

Notable former pupils

 * Kirsten Cooke (born 1952), actress
 * Devon Endersby (born 1992), first-class cricketer
 * Mark Hawkins - handball player, represented Great Britain
 * Jamie Hewlett - artist/cartoonist and developer of the comic strip Tank Girl, and co-creator of the band Gorillaz
 * Max Sanders - Lincoln City and England youth midfielder
 * Thomas Haines - (born 1998), first class cricketer for Sussex County Cricket Club
 * Chris Nash - (born 1983), first class cricketer for Sussex County Cricket Club and Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club