Sturminster Newton High School

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Sturminster Newton High School
Address
Sturminster Newton High School
Bath Road

Sturminster Newton
,
Dorset
,
DT10 1DT

England
Coordinates 50°56′03″N2°18′13″W / 50.93412°N 2.30364°W / 50.93412; -2.30364
Information
Type Academy
Local authority Dorset
TrustSherborne Area Schools' Trust
Department for Education URN 149657 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head TeacherJason Davis [1]
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment600 as of May 2023
Capacity900 [2]
Houses  Hardy
  Barnes
  Thornhill
  Raleigh
Colour(s)  Blue
Website www.mysnhs.net

Sturminster Newton High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Sturminster Newton in the English county of Dorset. [3]

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History

The school was assessed as "good" overall, and "outstanding" in behaviour and safety of pupils, at its last full Ofsted inspection in June 2015. This was confirmed by a short inspection in 2018. [4]

On March 16, 2016 a double-decker bus transporting students into school caught fire. It continued until it was in the school car park where all students were able to disembark safely. [5]

A local tradesman working on a boiler in the school was suddenly killed on 19 July 2016. An investigation was launched and the exact cause of his death remains unknown. [6]

In October 2016, Joseph Davidson, former head of geography at Sturminster Newton High School, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for three offences of sexual activity with a child under the age of 16. The victim was a student at the school. [7]

Previously a community school administered by Dorset County Council, [8] in June 2023 Sturminster Newton High School converted to academy status. [9] The school is now sponsored by the Sherborne Area Schools' Trust. [10]

Admissions

Admissions to the school usually come from nearby primary schools, including Hazelbury Bryan School, Okeford Fitzpaine CE VA Primary School, Shillingstone CE VA Primary School, Stalbridge CE Primary School, St Nicholas CE VA Primary School, William Barnes Primary School and Yewstock School. [11]

Academics

Sturminster Newton High School offers GCSEs, BTECs and the CiDA as programmes of study for pupils. Sturminster Newton High Schools sixth form provision is offered in conjunction with Shaftesbury School in Shaftesbury, and students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Staff List". Sturminster Newton High School. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Get Information About Schools Service". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sturminster Newton High". Mysnhs.net. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ofsted - Sturminster Newton High School". Ofsted . Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Double decker bus catches fire at Sturminster Newton High School". Bourenmouththecho.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Investigation launched after 'sudden death' at school". dorsetecho.co.uk. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Teacher Joseph Davidson who "seduced" a teenage schoolgirl jailed for 40 months". dorsetecho.co.uk. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Sturminster Newton High School - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Sturminster Newton High School - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  10. ↑ https://www.sast.org.uk/
  11. ↑ "Primary Pyramid". Mysnhs.net. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "About the Sixth Form". Mysnhs.net. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
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