The Sandon School Explained
| The Sandon School |
| Coordinates: | 51.7157°N 0.5164°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Essex |
| Motto: | "Vincit Qui Se Vincit" (He who conquers themself, conquers) and "Aiming Higher Together" |
| Established: | 1955 |
| Head Label: | Headteacher |
| Head: | Andrew Weaver |
| Address: | Molrams Lane |
| Postcode: | CM3 7AQ |
| Ofsted: | yes |
| Dfeno: | 881/5463 |
| Urn: | 137240 |
| Enrolment: | 1221 |
| Lower Age: | 11 |
| Upper Age: | 18 |
| Houses: | Blake
Glennie
Thompson
Russel |
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.
History
The Sandon School opened in 1955 and became an academy in 2011.[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
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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
Notes and References
- Web site: The Sandon School - GOV.UK. get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. en. 2019-09-01.
- Web site: TES jobs: The Sandon School, Essex, United Kingdom . Times Education Supplement . 11 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180112214621/https://www.tes.com/en-us/jobs/employer/the-sandon-school-1046131 . 2018-01-12 . live.
- Web site: Paedophile music teacher jailed for more than eleven years . ITV . 26 November 2020 . 14 December 2015.
- News: Axtell . Sean . Craig Keane, Sandon School teacher charged with sexually assaulting a young child . 26 November 2020 . Chelmsford Weekly News . 31 January 2017.
- Web site: Chelmsford teacher banned from classrooms after conviction for possession of extreme porn . Essex Live. 15 March 2024.
- Web site: The Sandon School . 17 December 2013 . Ofsted . 12 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113093147/https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/137240 . 2018-01-13 . live.
- News: Meyler. Piers. The head teacher of Sandon School in Chelmsford is stepping down. 11 January 2018. Essex Live. 30 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180112042514/http://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/head-teacher-sandon-school-chelmsford-700403. 2018-01-12. live.
- Web site: School Site & Facilities. www.sandon.essex.sch.uk. 2019-09-01.
- News: X Factor James: 'We can go on to win the show' . Essex Live . 29 November 2014 . 2018-01-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180112042903/http://essex619.rssing.com/chan-4114747/all_p278.html . 2018-01-12 . live.
