The Corsham School | |
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Address | |
The Tynings , , SN13 9DF England | |
Coordinates | 51°25′49″N2°11′29″W / 51.4304°N 2.1914°W |
Information | |
Type | Academy |
Motto | I Can Inspire |
Department for Education URN | 136611 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Chair of Governors | Bernie Morley [1] |
Headteacher | Rod Bell |
Staff | 120 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11to 18 |
Enrolment | 1,243 [2] (April 2024) |
Houses | Burlington Freestone Hazelbury Stockwell |
Colour(s) | Navy and white |
Website | www |
The Corsham School is a large secondary school, with a sixth form, in Corsham, Wiltshire, England. The school has academy status, and as of April 2024 has 1,243 pupils enrolled. [2]
Students attend from the market town of Corsham and nearby villages such as Colerne, Neston, Box, Lacock, Shaw and Batheaston; and from more distant places such as the towns of Chippenham and Melksham and the city of Bath.
The school has five main blocks. It also contains a couple of small buildings. It has two playgrounds and a large field which are used at break time and lunchtime and also for PE lessons. The school also makes use of the facilities of the nearby Springfield Centre including the astroturf pitch, indoor pitch and swimming pool for PE lessons.
The Corsham School was described as "exceptional" in increasing the number of pupils attaining top level GCSE grades by Bob Wolfson, Wiltshire's education director, in January 2004. More than two-thirds of Corsham's pupils achieved five or more A* to C grades at GCSE in 2003, a big improvement from just over half the students in 2002. [3] School Standards Minister, David Miliband, announced that he was keen to see the strategy spread to most schools in the country. [4]
In 2009, the school received an 'outstanding' Ofsted report. In December 2012, the school achieved a rating of 'good'. In 2017 it was downgraded to "Requires Improvement". In September 2019, as one of the first schools to be inspected under the revised inspection regime, it was once more rated as 'Good'.
The Corsham School opened as a comprehensive school in 1972, [5] replacing Corsham Secondary Modern School which had opened in 1955. [6]
The school specialised as a Visual Arts College until the closure of the Specialist schools programme in 2011. [7]
The Corsham School is noted for its alternative approach to student leadership. After removing the traditional student council system in 2014, a new system was introduced whereby there are Student Leaders appointed from the sixth form. [8] There are different Student Leader departments (currently: Events, Broadcasting, Publishing, Innovation, Charity & Fundraising) in addition to an Internal and an External Director. In the academic year 2015/6, under the premierships of Oscar Wilson and Ben Hayday, there were over 200 Student Leaders aged 12 to 18.
Some of The Corsham School's Student Leaders' work has included:
The school has a house system with for houses, Burlington (Blue), Freestone (Yellow), Hazelbury (Green) and Stockwell (Red). These houses compete against each other in competitions such as sports day. Since September 2019, new year sevens coming into the school have been wearing coloured ties which match the colour of the house they're in.
The school uniform consists of a white shirt, a black blazer with the school logo on it, black trousers/blue checkered skirt, optional school V-necked jumper and a tie representing the house of the student.
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