Chosen Hill School

Chosen Hill School is a large co-educational academy school in the village of Churchdown in Gloucestershire, England, between Cheltenham and Gloucester. It is also a Beacon School. The school was mentioned in 2008 in The Daily Telegraph as being the most over-subscribed school in Gloucestershire. In June 2009, It was recognised by Ofsted as an Outstanding School. The school has a large Sixth Form, with many students going on to Higher Education, many Russell Group universities.In 2009, Chosen Hill School sponsored the festival, Cheltenham Science Festival and received a visit from Lord Professor Robert Winston.In 2011, Chosen Hill School became National Finalists in the Young Enterprise scheme, the first time a Gloucestershire school has gone through to the London finals in 25 years.HistoryChosen Hill School opened in September 1959 as a selective Grammar Technical School. The opening ceremony was in 1960 by Peter Scott, the Gloucestershire naturalist and author. In the school's first year there were 270 pupils and a staff of 14. Chosen Hill's first headmaster was Dr David Gould. A year later there were 390 children and a staff of 21. By September 1961 there were over 500 pupils with a staff of 26. The school continued to increase by an annual intake of about 125 pupils a year.