Maidenhill School is a

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secondary school located in Stonehouse in the English county of

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. It is a smaller than average secondary school with a rural catchment area. The school has 520 students (as from Jan 2017). Maidenhill School have a capacity of 785 students. The catchment area includes Eastington,

Frocester Frocester ( ) is a village and civil parish in Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England. It lies below the Cotswold escarpment, 10 miles south of Gloucester and 4 miles west of Stroud. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 194, d ...

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, Standish and Stonehouse, as well as parts of

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, Hardwicke and Randwick. As a foundation school, Maidenhill is administered by

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Houses

Maidenhill consists of four student houses all named after local hills and are represented by a house colour;

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(yellow),

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(blue),

(red) and Doverow (green). Each house contains about 100 students from a mix of year groups. Two student house leaders from Year 11 are elected to represent each school house every academic year.

Ofsted Report 2017

Maidenhill School, in 2017, received a 'Good' from Ofsted and was described to work extremely well to support the physical, mental and emotional health of its pupils. The school is said to have improved since the last inspection and it was noted that this was due to the Head Teachers 'drive and determination' to improve. Ofsted 2017, "Not all teachers are secure in using the school’s new assessment system to provide reliable information to parents, governors and senior leaders about pupils’ progress. At times, the most able pupils are not challenged to achieve fully in line with their capabilities. This hampers their ability to attain the highest standards."

Notable current and former staff

* David Drew, politician

Notable former pupils

* Alex Rowe, soldier

References

External links

Maidenhill School official website
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