Cirencester Deer Park School is a secondary school with academy status in

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, England. It is situated at the top of Tetbury Hill, an area which had been the site of a

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American Army Hospital, in Cirencester Park.

History

Founded in 1966, the school combined

Cirencester Grammar School Cirencester Grammar School (CGS) was a grammar school in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, founded in about 1461 and closed in 1966. History The principal founder of the school was John Chadworth (d. 1471), Bishop of Lincoln. He is record ...

with the town's

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school. In 1991 the sixth form was separated into an independent college, Cirencester College, which now shares the same campus as the school. New buildings were built to replace those it had lost to the college. It became a

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in 1995, and a beacon school in 1999. It was converted to an academy in April 2011. In 2017, the school achieved a "Good" Ofsted report. In 2020 there were 920 pupils on roll at the school.

Notable former pupils

* Charlie Cooper, actor and writer of

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series ''

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'' *

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, actor and writer of BBC Three series ''This Country'' * Jake Lee, professional footballer (

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, Weston-super-Mare A.F.C.) *

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, singer/songwriter *

Pete Reed Peter K. Reed OBE (born 27 July 1981) is a retired British Olympic rower. Reed is a three-times Olympic gold medallist – earning gold in the Men's coxless four at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, and then a gold medal in the Men's eight at the 2 ...

, double Olympic Gold Medalist in Rowing (2008, 2012) *

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, Paralympics Gold Medalist in Archery (2020)

Former headteachers

*1997–2003 – Sir David Carter *1991–1997 – David Crossley *2003–2022 – Chiquita Henson *2022–present – Richard Clutterbuck

References

External links

Cirencester Deer Park School
Cirencester Secondary schools in Gloucestershire Academies in Gloucestershire Educational institutions established in 1966 {{Gloucestershire-school-stub