West Hatch High School


West Hatch High School is a secondary school located in Chigwell, Epping Forest, Essex. The area now occupied by West Hatch was previously the western gate into Epping Forest; it is from these roots that the school derives its name. The school currently educates 1300 students from the local catchment area and nearly 200 sixth form pupils from north east London and west Essex. Built in 1957 on Chigwell High Road the grounds have been renovated on numerous occasions developing the many acre site into 7 main teaching buildings.

Facilities

West Hatch has been under major renovations of late with recent additions including a Music Suite, Maths Dining & Drama Block, Ruby Theatre, Sixth Form Centre and Business and Enterprise Block technology and the 4-storey classroom block.
Extensive renovation of the ICT infrastructure has culminated in a state of the art ICT network for students and staff. The wider community makes use of these resources with evening classes and Microsoft Digital Literacy training provided to parents using a parent portal. There is now currently a new sports hall and classroom block being built as an extension to the school.

Notable former pupils