Shaftesbury School is a
coeducational
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secondary
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day and
boarding school
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located in
Shaftesbury in the
English county
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of
Dorset
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.
Previously a
voluntary controlled
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Church of England
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school administered by the
Diocese of Salisbury
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and
Dorset County Council, The school converted to
academy status under the Diocese of Salisbury in June 2014. The origins of the school date back to 1718 when the original ‘Blue Coat School’ was founded in Shaftesbury, and the school has offered boarding since 1898. It is one of only thirty-nine state boarding schools in England.
The school currently has around a thousand students who each belong to one of four houses. Melbury (Green), Duncliffe (Red), Hambledon (Blue) and Gold (Yellow). The boarding house underwent a £3 million refurbishment and expansion in 2012 and now has over one hundred students from around the world.
Shaftesbury School offers
GCSEs,
and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. Shaftesbury School's sixth form provision has links to
Sturminster Newton High School
Sturminster Newton High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Sturminster Newton in the English county of Dorset.
History
The school was assessed as "good" overall, and "outstanding" in behaviour and safety of pup ...
in
Sturminster Newton
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, and students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of
A Levels
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and further BTECs on two sites.
See also
*
List of English and Welsh endowed schools (19th century)
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References
External links
Shaftesbury School official website
Educational institutions established in 1718
1718 establishments in England
Secondary schools in Dorset
Church of England secondary schools in the Diocese of Salisbury
Boarding schools in Dorset
Academies in Dorset
Shaftesbury
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