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Denbigh School is a
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in
Shenley Church End Shenley Church End is a village, district and wider civil parish in Milton Keynes England. Together with its neighbouring districts of Shenley Brook End, Shenley Wood and Shenley Lodge, the districts are collectively known as "The Shenleys". Hi ...
,
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in south central England.


History

The original Denbigh School opened September 1964 where half of Walton High's students were part of the initial intake for the school, which was located on land at the northern end of Cornwall Grove in
Bletchley Bletchley is a constituent town of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated in the south-west of Milton Keynes, and is split between the civil parishes of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford and West Bletchley. Bletchley is best known ...
. In the 1980s, the
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resolved to relocate either Denbigh or (nearby) Lord Grey School (Formerly Wilton) to Shenley Church End, a few miles to the north. Eventually Denbigh was chosen to move. In 1991-1992 term years 8 and 9 were located at the new school and other years located at the old one, the school was still in the process of being built at the time. All years moved into the new school in July 1992. When the Shenley site opened in 1991, the site had the following areas completed, Humanities Block, Maths block 50% (Upstairs) Science Block, Technology Block, IT Room, Music Rooms, Sports hall (shared with Shenley Leisure Centre), the dining room and "the street" (an indoor communal area). Throughout that year, the English block was completed by Christmas and the playing fields by summer (prior to this the pupils in the school did outdoor PE at Loughton Middle school (Loughton County Combined School at the time) playing fields or were bussed to the Bletchley site). In 1992 the school was completed at its next phase with art rooms, an extended maths block, Modern Language block, 6th Form Block, Meeting Hall and gymnasium all opening. Later extensions of the school involved a new science laboratory, further extension to the art design and technology area and more recently an extended 6th form block. With the increasing popularity of IT part of the Maths block has become an ICT suite. In 2014, the school formed plans to turn its original meeting hall (opened in 1992) into a sixth form area soon after a new extension was completed, in which there is now a new meeting hall and a new art, drama, and music department. The new extension opened in 2015, and the sixth form area has been completed.


Old site

Shortly after the move from Bletchley, the old school was demolished. However the site remained unused for some years before it was built on as an extension to the "Counties" estate in Bletchley.


Present day

, the school has 1,697 students with 468 being in Sixth form. The school gained specialist
Technology College In the United Kingdom, a Technology College is a specialist school that specialises in design and technology, mathematics and science. Beginning in 1994, they were the first specialist schools that were not CTC colleges. In 2008, there were 59 ...
in 1997 under the management of Roger Connibear which entitled it to money from the Government to fund its DT facilities, computer rooms, and its further activities - such as Further Maths at A level. Since September 2019, the Head of School has been Dr A Frame, with Andy Squires remaining as Executive Headteacher until his death in 2022. His predecessor was Sarah Parker in 2014, who took over from Roger Connibear in 2005, who took over from Gillian Parkinson in 1993 - The latter being involved in overseeing the move to Shenley from Cornwall Grove Bletchley. In 2007 students from the school won the BBC's national Schools Question Time Competition. Students from Denbigh, and from three other winning schools, helped to produce an episode of the show, which was broadcast on 5 July 2007.


Athletes

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Ed Slater Edward Nicholas Slater (born 1 August 1988) is a former English rugby union player who played at lock. Following a diagnosis of motor neurone disease in July 2022, Slater retired from professional rugby. Club career Junior career Born in Leic ...
is an International Rugby Union player and a former pupil of Denbigh School *
Greg Rutherford Gregory James Rutherford MBE (born 17 November 1986) is a retired British track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. He represented Great Britain at the Olympics, World and European Championships, and England at the Commonwealth ...
is the London 2012 Long Jump Olympic Gold medalist and a former pupil of Denbigh School * Chris Clarke , who won gold medal in the 100 m – T11 & 200 m – T11 events at the Rio 2016 Paralympics competing as a guide runner * George Williams, professional footballer, who plays for
Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (), usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The ...
. * David Moyo, professional footballer, attended Denbigh School.


References


External links


School web site
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