Shaftesbury School

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Academy in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England

Shaftesbury School

Address

Salisbury Road

Shaftesbury

Dorset

SP7 8ER

England

Information
Type| Academy
day & boarding school
Motto| Aspiration, Action, Achievement
Religious affiliation(s)| Church of England
Established| 1718; 307 years ago (1718)
Department for Education URN| 140898 Tables
Ofsted| Reports
Headteacher| Donna London-Hill[1]
Gender| Coeducational
Age| 11 to 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 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 offered boarding from 1898 until 2023. Before its closure, it was 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[when?] 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]

## See also

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* List of English and Welsh endowed schools (19th century)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Shaftesbury School". Get information about schools. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
2. ^ "Home". Shaftesbury School. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
3. ^ "Christian Ethos". Shaftesbury School. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
4. ^ "The Shaftesbury Foundation".
5. ^ "Update: Boarding at Shaftesbury School". Sherborne Area Schools' Trust. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
6. ^ "About the Sixth Form". Shaftesbury School. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

## External links

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* Shaftesbury School official website

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Education in Dorset (including Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)

Primary|

* Atlantic Academy Portland
* St Mark's CE Primary School
* St Peter's RC School

Secondary|

* All Saints CE Academy
* Atlantic Academy Portland
* Avonbourne Boys' Academy
* Avonbourne Girls' Academy
* Beaminster School
* The Bishop of Winchester Academy
* The Blandford School
* The Bourne Academy
* Budmouth Academy
* Corfe Hills School
* The Cornerstone Academy
* Ferndown Upper School
* Gillingham School
* Glenmoor Academy
* The Grange School
* The Gryphon School
* Highcliffe School
* LeAF Studio
* Lytchett Minster School
* Magna Academy
* Oak Academy
* Poole High School
* The Purbeck School
* Queen Elizabeth's School
* St Aldhelm's Academy
* St Edward's RC & CE School
* St Peter's RC School
* Shaftesbury School
* The Sir John Colfox Academy
* Sturminster Newton High School
* The Thomas Hardye School
* Twynham School
* Wey Valley Academy
* Winton Academy
* The Woodroffe School

Grammar|

* Bournemouth School
* Bournemouth School for Girls
* Parkstone Grammar School
* Poole Grammar School

Independent (preparatory)|

* Castle Court School
* Dumpton School
* Hanford School
* Port Regis School
* Sherborne Preparatory School

Independent|

* Bournemouth Collegiate School
* Bryanston School
* Canford School
* Clayesmore School
* Leweston School
* Milton Abbey School
* Ringwood Waldorf School
* Sherborne School
* Sherborne School for Girls
* Talbot Heath School

Further education colleges|

* Bournemouth and Poole College
* Kingston Maurward College
* Weymouth College

Higher education|

* Arts University Bournemouth
* Bournemouth University
* Health Sciences University

Defunct|

* Beaminster Grammar School
* Cranborne Chase School
* Durnford School
* Foster's School
* Homefield School
* The Old Malthouse School
* St George's School
* Swanage Grammar School
* Uplands School
* Weymouth College (independent)

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