The Sandon School

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The Sandon School
Address
The Sandon School
Molrams Lane

Chelmsford
,
Essex
,
CM3 7AQ

England
Coordinates 51°42′57″N0°30′59″E / 51.71572°N 0.51644°E / 51.71572; 0.51644
Information
Type Academy
Motto"Vincit Qui Se Vincit" (He who conquers themself, conquers) and "Aiming Higher Together"
Established1955
Department for Education URN 137240 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherAndrew Weaver
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1221
Houses  Blake
  Glennie
 Thompson
 Russel
Website sandon.essex.sch.uk

The Sandon School [1] is an 11-18 mixed comprehensive academy school of approximately 1250 students. It serves a rural area on the outskirts of Chelmsford, Essex, England, and previously specialised in Maths and Computing.

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History

The Sandon School opened in 1955 and became an academy in 2011. The very first headmaster was Arthur Harvey who unofficially said he was going to run as a comprehensive with no streamed classes. According to one of his pupils, Arhur Harvey was a superb educator and many fellow pupils achieved several O levels under his guidance. [2]

The school has also had multiple sex offenders over time, [3] [4] with another and latest conviction in March 2024 for extreme pornography from a teacher who worked at the school from September 2020 to November 2020 [5]

In March 2018 an Ofsted inspection found it to be a good school. [6]

The school has a 25-hour teaching week. Jo Wincott, headmaster since 2004, retired in the summer of 2018. [7] He has been succeeded by Andrew Weaver (2018–Present)

Facilities

Fully equipped fitness gym;

Two 4G astroturf pitches [8] (This facility is operated for private evening and weekend bookings by Sandon Soccer Ltd.);

Two sports halls;

A gym;

A dance studio;

An all-weather long jump pit playing fields;

science laboratories.

Notable former pupils

[9]

House System

The school also has a house system, in which the students take part in events and in-school activities in order to earn 'House points' for their houses.

House motto: "Many Branches, One Root"

The 4 houses conceive of:

  Blake
  Glennie
 Thompson
 Russel

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References

  1. ↑ "The Sandon School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "TES jobs: The Sandon School, Essex, United Kingdom". Times Education Supplement. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Paedophile music teacher jailed for more than eleven years". ITV. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Axtell, Sean (31 January 2017). "Craig Keane, Sandon School teacher charged with sexually assaulting a young child". Chelmsford Weekly News. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Chelmsford teacher banned from classrooms after conviction for possession of extreme porn". Essex Live. 15 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "The Sandon School". Ofsted. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Meyler, Piers (30 October 2017). "The head teacher of Sandon School in Chelmsford is stepping down". Essex Live. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "School Site & Facilities". www.sandon.essex.sch.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "X Factor James: 'We can go on to win the show'". Essex Live. 29 November 2014. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.


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