The school is on a single site consisting of grammar school buildings originally built in 1927. After the school's conversion from a girls' grammar school in 1972, a linking extension was added where science, art and design, and technology are taught. Facilities include a drama hall, sports hall, gymnasium, fitness suite, library, sports field, and indoor swimming pool.
History In 1913, a private school for girls which originally opened in 1876, was taken over by
Essex County Council opening with only fifty-four students as a girls' grammar school. In 1927, the school moved from Queen's Road,
Brentwood to its current site at Seven Arches Road, Brentwood. Extensions were added by 1937 to provide accommodation for 450 girls. During the grammar school era of the 1960s and early 1970s, it was the female counterpart of
Brentwood School, which was a boys'
direct grant grammar school at that time. The school celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1963 and then in 1965 plans were laid to convert it from a girls' grammar school into a co-educational school which, after extensive building works, happened in September 1978. In 2013, the school celebrated its centenary year and became a voluntary aided school by converting to foundation school status forming the Brentwood Community Learning Trust. Since 2017, the school has been part of the Osborne Co-Operative Academy Trust. The trust is based around a group of schools in Thurrock, including St Clere's secondary school. St Clere's was the original school in the trust which has now expanded to include two secondary schools and four primary schools. Brentwood County High School will be undergoing a major rebuilding and refurbishment programme from the summer of 2017. The rebuilding and building of the new areas will start in the summer of 2021, funded by the Education and Schools Funding Agency (part of the Department for Education). The building works are planned to include the construction of a new science, art, and technology block to replace the blue 1970s block which will be knocked down. The rest of the school will be completely refurbished. The building programme is expected to take three years to complete (estimated 2024).
Sport The school's rugby teams compete at a national level, winning the Carnegie Cup in 2008, and coming as runners-up in 2009. The school also has successful football, netball, swimming and water polo teams which compete at a regional level. As well as this, BCHS was partnered with the West Ham United Foundation, as a hub school, from 2016. ==Awards==