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.[2]

Sturminster Newton High School
Address
Bath Road

Sturminster Newton
,
Dorset
,
DT10 1DT

England
Coordinates50.93412°N 2.30364°W / 50.93412; -2.30364
Information
TypeCommunity school
Local authorityDorset
Department for Education URN113875 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMr Jason Davies[1]
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Capacity603
HousesBarnes, Hardy, Raleigh, Thornhill
Colour(s)Blue and White
Websitewww.mysnhs.net

It is a community school administered by Dorset County Council. Admissions to the school usually includes pupils that usually attend Hazelbury Bryan School, Okeford Fitzpaine CE VA Primary School, Shillingstone CE VA Primary School, Stalbridge CE Primary School, St Nicholas CE VA Primary School, William Barnes Primary School and Yewstock School.[3]

Sturminster Newton High School offers GCSEs, BTECs and the CiDA as programmes of study for pupils. Sturminster Newton High Schools sixth form provision is offered in conjunction with Shaftesbury School in Shaftesbury, and students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.[4]

In 2018, Year 11 student Laurence Hayward was elected as a member of the Youth Parliament after campaigning to improve gender equality and mental health support for young people during exams. He was the first (and only) student from Sturminster Newton High School to achieve this.[5]

References
  1. "Staff List". Sturminster Newton High School. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  2. "Sturminster Newton High". Mysnhs.net. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  3. "Primary Pyramid". Mysnhs.net. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  4. "About the Sixth Form". Mysnhs.net. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  5. "Dorset's newest Youth Parliament members pledge support for gender equality and better rural transport". Dorsetecho.com. Retrieved 6 February 2018.



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