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Shaftesbury School | |
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Salisbury Road , , SP7 8ER | |
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Type | Academy day & boarding school |
Motto | Aspiration, Action, Achievement |
Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
Established | 1718 |
Department for Education URN | 140898 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Donna London-Hill [1] |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11to 18 [1] |
Enrolment | 960 as of February 2021 [update] [1] |
Capacity | 1283 [1] |
Houses | Duncliffe, Gold, Hambledon, Melbury |
Colour(s) | Green Blue Red Yellow |
Website | http://www.shaftesburyschool.co.uk/ |
Shaftesbury School is a coeducational secondary day and boarding school located in Shaftesbury in the English county of Dorset. [2]
Previously a voluntary controlled Church of England school administered by the Diocese of Salisbury and Dorset County Council, [3] The school converted to academy status under the Diocese of Salisbury in June 2014. The origins of the school date back to 1718 when the original ‘Blue Coat School’ was founded in Shaftesbury, [4] and the school has offered boarding since 1898. It is one of only thirty-nine state boarding schools in England. [5]
The school currently has around a thousand students who each belong to one of four houses. Melbury (Green), Duncliffe (Red), Hambledon (Blue) and Gold (Yellow). The boarding house underwent a £3 million refurbishment and expansion in 2012 and now has over one hundred students from around the world.
Shaftesbury School offers GCSEs, and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. Shaftesbury School's sixth form provision has links to Sturminster Newton High School in Sturminster Newton, and students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs on two sites. [6]
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