Sandhurst School Explained
| Sandhurst School |
| Coordinates: | 51.3509°N -0.782°W |
| Motto: | The opportunity to succeed |
| Established: | 1969[1] |
| Type: | Academy |
| Trust: | Corvus Learning Trust |
| Head Label: | Headteacher |
| Head: | Gareth Croxon [2] |
| Address: | Owlsmoor Road |
| City: | Sandhurst |
| County: | Berkshire |
| Country: | England |
| Postcode: | GU47 0SD |
| Local Authority: | Bracknell Forest |
| Urn: | 148850 |
| Ofsted: | yes |
| Enrolment: | 1073[3] |
| Gender: | Coeducational |
| Lower Age: | 11 |
| Upper Age: | 18 |
| Houses: | Bailey, Gemini, Romer, and Young |
| Status: | Open |
| Colours: | Green & Blue |
| Website: | https://www.sandhurstschool.org.uk |
Sandhurst School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.[3] The headteacher is Gareth Croxon.[2]
History
The school was opened in 1969.[1] [4] The first headteacher was Bill Dally.[1] He retired from the post in 1982.[5]
An extension was added to the school in 1971 to accommodate an additional 200 pupils and a youth wing.[6] [7]
In 1984, teachers at the school held a "work-in" in the context of strike action.[8] This was intended to show people how much work teachers do in their own time.[8]
In 1986, a siren was installed at the school, to be sounded if a patient escapes from Broadmoor Hospital.[9]
In 2020, the drama studio roof collapsing meant pupils had to move to temporary classrooms.[10]
Previously a community school administered by Bracknell Forest Council, in February 2022 Sandhurst School converted to academy status. It is now sponsored by the Corvus Learning Trust.[11]
Ofsted inspections
As of 2021, the school's most recent Ofsted inspection was in 2017, with an overall judgement of Good.[12]
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Notes and References
- News: Headmaster named for new school . 3 February 2021 . Reading Evening Post . 25 July 1969 . THE FIRST headmaster of the new Sandhurst Comprehensive School is to be Mr C. W. Dally, senior science master at the Forest Grammar School, Winnersh. He takes up his appointment in September..
- Web site: Sandhurst School - Headteacher Welcome. Sandhurst School . 2023-09-07.
- Web site: Sandhurst School . Get information about schools . Ofsted . 3 February 2021.
- News: SURELY THIS IS WHERE WE CAME IN! . 3 February 2021 . Reading Evening Post . 14 July 1970 . It transpires that while the new secondary school at Sandhurst was being designed and built the project was known as Sandhurst Comprehensive School. The headmaster and governors continued to call it such. But it is not the education committee's policy to use (I quote the minute) "a description in place of a name." It wants a distinctive name for each school. So the governors decided on a name and this has now been recommended by the committee. It is . . . (sic) Sandhurst School..
- News: Head's final farewell . 3 February 2021 . Reading Evening Post . 12 July 1982.
- News: SCHOOL YOUTH CASH SWITCHED . 3 February 2021 . Reading Evening Post . 8 July 1971.
- News: Schemes . 3 February 2021 . Reading Evening Post . 17 September 1971 . Extensions to Sandhurst Secondary School for 200 extra pupils..
- News: A striking lesson . 3 February 2021 . Reading Evening Post . 14 June 1984 . THESE TEACHERS from Sandhurst School held a work-in yesterday to show the public how much school work they do in their own time..
- News: Warning siren . 3 February 2021 . Reading Evening Post . 16 July 1986 . A WARNING siren is to be put up in the grounds of a Berkshire secondary school. The 62ft high siren, which warns when a patient has escaped from Broadmoor top security hospital at Crowthorne, will be placed at the rear of Sandhurst school. Pupils will be disturbed every Monday when the siren is tested for six minutes..
- News: Thomas . Alfie . Sandhurst School pupils in temporary classrooms after roof collapse . 3 February 2021 . Bracknell News . 10 December 2020.
- Web site: Home. Corvus Learning Trust.
- Web site: Walshe . Caroline . Sandhurst School . Ofsted . 3 February 2021 . 2017.
