St Andrew's High School is located in Worthing, West Sussex, catchment area. It was founded in 1897. The 1890s St Andrew's Church Clifton Road, Worthing was consecrated on Trinity Sunday, 27 May 1888. However it was to be a further nine years before the school was opened. Lady Loder, of Beach House, bought the land north of the church in 1893, at a cost of £580, for a school. However, plans were delayed for 2 years due to an epidemic of typhoid. The plans were finally approved in February 1895. The committee consisted of the Vicar, Mrs. Crowther-Benyon, Lady Loder, Mr Wedd and others. In 1896 an appeal was launched for funds and the school finally opened its doors to pupils on 25 January 1897 at the cost of £1850. To mark the 10th anniversary of the church, Lady Loder gave a further £500 to the school. Joseph Theakstone was its first head teacher. Mr. Athelston Riley, one of the editors of the English Hymnal, opened the school. The Mayor attended the event and the school hall was the venue for luncheon. The new school's Coat of Arms was (and remains) the 'Saltire' Cross of St Andrew with the motto Nihil Sine Labore (Nothing Without Effort). By 1 February, 128 pupils had registered with there being some free places. Others paid a fee of between 3d and 6d a week. The curriculum included Reading, Writing, Spelling, Poetry, Arithmetic, Scripture, Science, Geography, Shorthand, French, Book keeping, Domestic Economy, Cookery and Singing. In these early days there were girls admitted to the school. Physical Education included swings for the girls, parallel bars for the boys and Swedish Drill had to be performed inside if the weather was bad. 1897 nationally was an important year as it was Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and it is recorded that the girls made white crosses to smarten up their school clothes. The school continued to grow with 205 pupils on the register by April. Blue serge caps with a silken badge were now on sale for 11d. Senior staff received £80 pa while pupil teachers' only £12 pa. By the end of this year H.M.I. wrote, "This is in all respects - discipline, teaching, appliances - a thoroughly good school. But I am inclined to think that too many subjects are placed on the timetable." The 1900s From the school logs we can see that on