Fitzharrys School
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Fitzharrys School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. There are about 650 students attending. The headteacher since March 2020 is Will Speke, who took over from Jonathan Dennett.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The school emblem that adorns the gateway and uniform badges depicts three harriers on a light blue background.
School statusEdit
Until November 2018, it was a community school administered by Oxfordshire County Council. It joined John Mason School and Rush Common School to form the Abingdon Learning Trust,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> converting to an Academy.
Since 2005, Fitzharrys School has held the status of a specialist school for technology. The specialist school status is a joint partnership between the three state secondary schools in Abingdon: Fitzharrys, John Mason School and Larkmead School.Template:CN
Notable former pupilsEdit
- Kate Garraway (Good Morning Britain (ITV) presenter) attended the school.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Professor Kathy Sykes, Collier Chair For Public Engagement in Science and Engineering at the University of Bristol, studied at Fitzharrys.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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