House Leader – Charlee Southall
Pastoral Support Assistant – Beckie Dell
| Code | Mentor | Room | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCW | Mrs C Watson | F3 | Yr7 Mentor |
| NSD | Mrs S Da Silva | M5 | Yr7 Mentor |
| NKT | Mrs K Tully | M12 | Yr8 Mentor |
| NEC | Mrs E Chappell | S15 | Yr8 Mentor |
| NCT | Mrs C Thomas | S20 | Yr9 Mentor |
| NGH | Mr G Horne | S6 | Yr9 Mentor |
| NSG | Mrs S Gilbert | F4 | Yr10 Mentor |
| NRW | Mr R Wilkinson | SH3 | Yr10 Mentor |
| NKY | Mr T Kelly | S13 | Yr11 Mentor |
| NMM | Mr M Moore | S8 | Yr11 Mentor |
Why ‘Nightingale’?
When Hailsham Community College’s House system was first introduced in 2001, the names reflected our sporting focus as a newly designated Specialist Sports College. In 2013, we have been exploring ways of supporting the Olympic legacy in order to provide a lasting reminder of the phenomenal success and achievement of 2012’s Olympic and Paralympic Games. In 2022 the house names were updated again to Inspirational people, because the secondary intake increase necessitated the addition of a new sixth house.
Florence Nightingale OM RRC DStJ 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. She significantly reduced death rates by improving hygiene and living standards. Nightingale gave nursing a favourable reputation and became an icon of Victorian culture, especially in the persona of “The Lady with the Lamp” making rounds of wounded soldiers at night.
Recent commentators have asserted that Nightingale’s Crimean War achievements were exaggerated by the media at the time, but critics agree on the importance of her later work in professionalising nursing roles for women. In 1860, she laid the foundation of professional nursing with the establishment of her nursing school at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. It was the first secular nursing school in the world and is now part of King’s College London.In recognition of her pioneering work in nursing, the Nightingale Pledge taken by new nurses, and the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest international distinction a nurse can achieve, were named in her honour, and the annual International Nurses Day is celebrated on her birthday. Her social reforms included improving healthcare for all sections of British society, advocating better hunger relief in India, helping to abolish prostitution laws that were harsh for women, and expanding the acceptable forms of female participation in the workforce.