Preston School | |
Motto: | in omnia excellentia (excellence for all) |
Trust: | Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership |
Head: | Sam Kneller Hole |
Head Label: | Headteacher |
Address: | Monks Dale |
Country: | England |
Postcode: | BA21 3JD |
Ofsted: | yes |
Specialist: | Business and enterprise |
Urn: | 136894 |
Coordinates: | 50.9455°N -2.6564°W |
Enrolment: | 952 (in 2019) |
Lower Age: | 11 |
Upper Age: | 18 |
Preston School is a secondary school with specialist Business and Enterprise College status in Yeovil, Somerset, England. In 2017, enrolment was 975 students aged 11 to 18 years.[1] In July 2011, the school became an Academy. As of 2023 the current headteacher is Clare Marsh.[2]
Preston School opened in 1961. The school was awarded Specialist school status as a Business and Enterprise college in September 2002. In February 2021, Preston School joined the Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership Multi-Academy Trust (MAT).[3]
Preston School has a range of technology facilities; wireless internet across site, integrated ICT desks in several classrooms, Apple Macs in the music department, and a £20,000 recording studio. It has a dance and fitness studio. The school offers specialist GCSE courses, including sport BTEC and business BTEC
As of 2023, the school's most recent Ofsted inspection was in 2023, with a judgement of Good.[4]