Bournemouth Collegiate School is a

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day and

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based on two sites in

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and

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on the southern coast of

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. The prep school (ages 2–11) is located in Poole and the senior school (ages 11–18) in the Southbourne West-Boscombe East-Pokesdown South area. The school is the only coeducational independent school in the

and

area. The school operates on split sites as a result of a merger between two independent schools, Wentworth College (Bournemouth) and Uplands School (Poole). The prep school is situated at the old Uplands site and the senior school at Wentworth.

History

Bournemouth Collegiate School was created in September 2009 by the merger of Wentworth College in Bournemouth and Uplands School in Poole. Wentworth College had joined the

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in August 2008, and Uplands School in June 2009 – it was UCST that brought the two together to create a new school.

Uplands School

Uplands was an independent school in Poole founded in 1895 as Bourne School for Girls. It moved to various places before and after

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and later became coeducational.

Wentworth College

Wentworth College was previously an independent day and boarding school for girls. It took its name from Wentworth Lodge, the building it occupied. The school was founded by the merger of two schools during the 1960s. Milton Mount College, founded in 1871, was originally sited in

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, and then relocated to Worth Park near Crawley. The second, Bournemouth Collegiate School, was established in 1899 in the town centre and moved to Wentworth Lodge in 1923. Due to falling pupil numbers, Wentworth became coeducational in 2008. It went into

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in July 2008, which prompted the UCST to propose the merger.

Prep School

The preparatory department is located at the former Uplands School site in Poole.

Boarding

The boarding facilities are built around the old Wentworth Lodge, in which Wentworth College was housed and which were once part of the

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. The house, built in 1872, was used by Viscount Portman as a summer residence for around six weeks every year.Unique Location

References

External links

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