The Corsham School

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The Corsham School
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The Corsham School
The Tynings

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SN13 9DF

England
Coordinates 51°25′49″N2°11′29″W / 51.4304°N 2.1914°W / 51.4304; -2.1914
Information
Type Academy
MottoI Can Inspire
Department for Education URN 136611 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsBernie Morley [1]
HeadteacherRod Bell
Staff120
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1,243 [2]  (April 2024)
Houses  Burlington
  Freestone
  Hazelbury
  Stockwell
Colour(s)Navy and white   
Website www.corsham.wilts.sch.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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]

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Catchment

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.

Layout

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.

Academic standards

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'.

History

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]

Student Leaders

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:

House system

The school has a house system with four houses: Burlington (blue), Freestone (yellow), Hazelbury (green) and Stockwell (red). These houses compete against each other in competitions such as sports day.

Uniform

The school uniform consists of a white shirt, a black blazer with the school logo, black trousers or blue chequered skirt, optional V-necked jumper, and a tie representing the house the student belongs to.

Notable past pupils

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