Bushey Meads School

Academy in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England

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Bushey Meads School (also known as "BMS") is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England. The school forms part of the Bushey St James Trust, in partnership with Little Reddings Primary School and Hartsbourne Primary School.^[2]

History

The school was founded in 1957 as Bushey Secondary Modern School with a building designed for 636 pupils.^[3]

In 1998 Dr Dena Coleman became the head teacher at Bushey Meads School.^[4] The school had a budget of about £3m and it had over 1,000 secondary and sixth form pupils. It had become grant-maintained to balance its budgets but money was tight. The school suffered from small classrooms.^[3] Coleman was head of the school until 2005.^[4]

The school celebrated its 50th anniversary by taking a major role in the annual Bushey Carnival in 2007, basing some events on the history and successes of the school.

The name Bushey Meads derives from the original surrounding area. The site where the school buildings now stand was once mostly fields ("meads", from Old English mæd) surrounding the then small village of Bushey.

The school has been featured in TV programmes including Grange Hill.^[5]

Notable former pupils

Charlie Goode – footballer^[6]
George Michael – musician
Simon Phillips – musician
Andrew Ridgeley – musician
Emily Staveley-Taylor – singer/actress The Staves

References

^ "Bushey schools announce new headteacher". Watford Observer.
^ "New Bushey academies vow to work together to benefit of all pupils". Watford Observer.
^ ^a ^b "Brown 'bonanza' goes on essentials". The Guardian. 19 June 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "'Wherever she went she brought blessing' – tributes paid to headteacher". Borehamwood Times. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
^ "Happy 40th birthday, Grange Hill! 40 facts for 40 years". 3 March 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^ "Former student lifts Play-Off Final trophy at Wembley…". BMS News. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

Schools in Hertfordshire

Primary
Icknield Walk First School King James Academy Royston Little Munden Primary School Samuel Ryder Academy Simon Balle All-through School Templewood Primary School Districts: Dacorum Hertsmere Three Rivers Watford

Secondary
Adeyfield Academy Ashlyns School The Astley Cooper School Barclay Academy Barnwell School Beaumont School Birchwood High School Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School The Bishop's Stortford High School The Broxbourne School Bushey Meads School Chancellor's School Chauncy School Croxley Danes School Dame Alice Owen's School Elstree Screen Arts Academy Fearnhill School Freman College Future Academies Watford Goffs Academy Goffs-Churchgate Academy The Grange Academy Haileybury Turnford The Hemel Hempstead School The Hertfordshire and Essex High School Hertswood Academy The Highfield School Hitchin Boys' School Hitchin Girls' School Hockerill Anglo-European College John F Kennedy Catholic School The John Henry Newman School The John Warner School King James Academy Royston Kings Langley School The Knights Templar School Laureate Academy The Leventhorpe School Longdean School Loreto College The Marlborough Science Academy Marriotts School Monk's Walk School Mount Grace School Nicholas Breakspear School The Nobel School Onslow St Audrey's School Parmiter's School Presdales School The Priory School Queens' School Richard Hale School Rickmansworth School Ridgeway Academy Robert Barclay Academy Roundwood Park School St Albans Girls' School St Clement Danes School St George's School St Joan of Arc Catholic School St Mary's Catholic School St Mary's CE High School St Michael's Catholic High School Samuel Ryder Academy Sandringham School The Sele School Simon Balle All-through School Sir John Lawes School Stanborough School, Welwyn Garden City The Thomas Alleyne Academy Townsend Church of England School Tring School Verulam School Watford Grammar School for Boys Watford Grammar School for Girls Westfield Academy Yavneh College

Secondary

Independent (preparatory)
Aldenham School Aldwickbury School Edge Grove School Heath Mount School Lochinver House School Lockers Park School Merchant Taylors' Prep School Westbrook Hay School

Independent (senior)
Abbot's Hill School Aldenham School Beechwood Park School Berkhamsted School Bishop's Stortford College Haberdashers' Boys' School Haberdashers' Girls' School Haileybury and Imperial Service College Immanuel College The King's School Merchant Taylors' School Purcell School Queenswood School The Royal Masonic School for Girls St Albans High School for Girls St Albans School St Christopher School St Columba's College St Edmund's College St Francis' College St Margaret's School Sherrardswood School Stanborough School, Watford Tring Park School for the Performing Arts

Independent (senior)

Special
The Collett School Falconer School Independent: Egerton Rothesay School

Defunct
Brondesbury-at-Stocks Cavendish School Chrysalis School Greneway Middle School The Heathcote School Langleybury Meridian School Norton School Princess Helena College Royal Caledonian School Royal Masonic School for Boys Rudolf Steiner School The Watford UTC Wynyard School