The Banovallum School is a co-educational

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located in

Horncastle Horncastle is a town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, east of Lincoln. Its population was 6,815 at the 2011 census and estimated at 7,123 in 2019. A section of the ancient Roman walls remains. History Romans Alt ...

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, England.

History

The school was built in the early 1960s. The previous school it replaced was called the Cagthorpe School. It is a specialist

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. In September 2008, a new block was opened to the rear of the school. The new block is home to: Two Art Studios, A Textiles and Food Technology Workrooms; Technology Workshops and a Music Suite with industry standard recording studio and 4 small practice rooms. Also in 2008 the Science block was extended adding a further two Science Laboratories. The new addition to the school was built by the Gelder Group of Sturton by Stow. In May 2008, the county council opened a £400,00
children's centre
based at the school. In December 2014 Banovallum School converted to academy status and is now independent of local authority control. However the school continues to coordinate with

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for admissions.

Admissions

It is situated on the A153, 500m to the south of the town. The school day is from 8.50am until 3.35pm. The school has three houses, named after

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planes:

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, Lancaster ,

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. These two last aircraft, have flown operationally from the nearby

RAF Coningsby Royal Air Force Coningsby or RAF Coningsby , is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station located south-west of Horncastle, and north-west of Boston, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is a Main Operating Base of the RAF and hom ...

. in recent years the house system has decreased from 5 to 3 with the disbanding of

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, Jaguar , both of which existed when the House system was brought into effect in 2006. After the first year, Jaguar house was 'disbanded' leaving the four houses that remain. In the '70s and '80s there were four houses named after famous Lincolnshire characters from history. The houses were:

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and

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. The gym hosts regional gymnastic competitions, and is the home of Banovallum Gymnastics Club.

Academic performance

https://www.banovallumschool.co.uk/page/?title=Results&pid=24 There is no sixth form provision, the nearest sixth form being at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, also in Horncastle.

External links

Banovallum School

News items

Construction project opened in December 2008

£4m of new classrooms open in September 2008

Children's centre opens in May 2008

New buildings planned in September 2007
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