# Debenham High School

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| name                  = Debenham High School
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| established           = 1964
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| type                  = [Private](/source/Private_(English_school))
| religious_affiliation = [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England)
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| head_label            = Headteacher
| head                  = Simon Martin
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| address               = Gracechurch Street
| city                  = [Debenham](/source/Debenham)
| county                = [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk)
| country               = [England](/source/England)
| postal_code           = IP14 6BL
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| ofsted                = yes
| urn                   = 136416
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| enrolment             = 650
| gender                = [Coeducational](/source/Coeducational)
| lower_age             = 11
| upper_age             = 16
| houses                = Austen

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'''Debenham High Schools'''  is a [secondary school](/source/secondary_school) located in the village of [Debenham](/source/Debenham) in [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk), [UK](/source/United_Kingdom). The school accepts students who are between 11 and 16 years old<ref name="lealist">{{cite web|title=Suffolk County Council School information page|url=http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/Schools/ListOfSuffolkSchools/DebenhamCEVCHighSchool.htm|accessdate=8 March 2008}}</ref> and live in the catchment. Any spare places are then allocated to students outside of the catchment.<ref name="schwebsite">{{cite web|title=Debenham High School Website|url=http://www.debenhamhighschool.suffolk.sch.uk/|accessdate=8 March 2008}}</ref>

==History==
The school was first opened as a [Modern School](/source/Secondary_modern_school) in 1964, originally designed to cater for 250 students. The school primarily accepted students who were not offered places at the local [grammar school](/source/grammar_school). Before the school was built these students would have been taught in the local village schools of "Debenham, Stonham Aspal or at Framlingham".<ref name="schhistory">{{cite web|title=History of the school|url=http://www.debenhamhighschool.suffolk.sch.uk/School/History/|accessdate=8 March 2008}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

The introduction of [Comprehensive](/source/Comprehensive_school) education in Suffolk, resulted in an expansion of the school and Debenham Modern School became Debenham High School in 1979.<ref name="schhistory" />

== Former headteachers ==

* Arthur Holifield was appointed the first Headmaster of the school and he appointed the first eleven teachers to the school.<ref name="schhistory" />
* Angela McClelland was Headteacher in 1983.<ref name="schhistory" />
* Michael Crawshaw was Headteacher in 1989 to 2012. In 2006 he was awarded an [OBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) for services to education.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Department for Education and Skills (DfES) |title=Queens Honours List OBE's |url=http://www.dfes.gov.uk/honours/birthday2006/index.shtml#OBE |accessdate=8 March 2008 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070118163259/http://www.dfes.gov.uk/honours/birthday2006/index.shtml#OBE |archivedate=18 January 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref>
* Julia Upton was Headteacher in 2012 to 2020.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}}
* {{As of|2020}} Simon Martin is Headteacher.<ref>{{Cite web |last=website |first=Debenham High School |title=Staff List |url=https://www.debenhamhighschool.suffolk.sch.uk/Staff/Staff-List/ |access-date=2026-02-27 |website=Debenham High School |language=en-gb}}</ref>

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