The Cotswold School

The Cotswold School is an 11 to 18 academy school located in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, Great Britain. The school achieved academy status in September 2010. The principal from 2012 is Mr Will Morgan. The school roll in 2016 sits at 1320 (with approximately 250 of those students in The Cotswold School's sixth form).

The Cotswold School
Address
The Avenue

Bourton-on-the-Water
,
Gloucestershire
,
GL54 2BD

United Kingdom
Coordinates51°53′19″N 1°45′31″W
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoFriendship – Knowledge
Established1988
Department for Education URN136292 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalWill Morgan
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,287
Houses  Poseidon
  Artemis
  Zeus
  Apollo
Colour(s)Blue and yellow
Websitehttp://www.cotswold.gloucs.sch.uk/

In 2012 the Secretary of State for Education recognised, in a formal letter to the school, the consistent improvement in GCSE results. In November 2015 The Sunday Times ranked The Cotswold School 12th in the Top 20 Comprehensive Schools in England and Wales for both A Level and GCSE, subsequently naming it their ‘Comprehensive School of the Year 2015/16’.[1] In August 2016, 36% of examinations at A-Level were awarded A* or A and 88% were awarded grades at A*-C. The Cotswold Sixth Form was ranked 1st amongst comprehensives in Gloucestershire and 19th in the country in published league tables (Daily Telegraph, Aug 2016). Meanwhile, 92% of students achieved 5 or more A*-C grades at GCSE and 52% of students achieved the EBacc.

History

The Cotswold School opened in 1988 following the amalgamation of Bourton Vale Secondary Modern (in Bourton on the Water) and Westwood's Grammar School (Northleach).[2] The first head teacher was Mr Sanders and first chair of governors was Mavis, Viscountess Dunrossil.[3] The roll was just over 400 students and 35 staff. The school emblem, comprising tree, dry stone wall and river was devised in 1988 by Gareth Harris (then 10 years old) and fellow pupils at Chedworth Primary School who entered the competition to design a new school crest for the new "The Cotswold School".

Former head teachers were Mr Sanders (September 1988 – August 1995) and Mrs Holland (September 1995 – December 2011).[4]

Under the leadership of Mrs Holland (1995–2011) the school doubled in size to 1,226 students in 2011 (603 students in 1995).

Today

The school roll in September 2016 stands at 1320 students and 180 staff and the last 25 years have seen an extensive programme of building, particularly during Mrs Holland's headship, with the construction of The Cotswold Leisure Centre, a humanities block/atrium, language block, sixth form centre, astro turf pitch, tennis courts, sports hall, a new English block, science laboratories, a music centre and design rooms. In 2012, a 10-classroom mathematics block opened, followed by a new 4-classroom geography block in 2014. By the close of 2017, two new classrooms and a new sixth form study suite and common room are scheduled to be completed.

The school gained specialisms for languages (2002) and science (2006) as part of the now defunct specialist schools programme.

The extension to the sixth form and science blocks was officially opened by Nigel Twiston-Davies in April 2009.[5] The new £1.5 million sports hall, with changing rooms and a community room alongside, first opened in November 2009; it was officially opened by the former England cricket captain Mike Gatting in July 2010.[6]

The mathematics block was officially opened by Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP and Mavis, Viscountess Dunrossil as part of the school's 25th anniversary celebrations during the academic year 2013/2014. [7]

During the building of the extensions, it was discovered that the school is situated on a Roman cemetery which was found to also contain Iron Age graves.[8]

Ofsted reports and accolades

In March 2015, Ofsted judged The Cotswold School 'Outstanding' across all categories. This was the fourth consecutive 'Outstanding' inspection carried out at the school.[9]

  • An ‘Outstanding’ 11–18 School, Ofsted 2002, 2006, 2009 & 2015.
  • Outstanding Academy September 2010.
  • Good Schools Guide 2015.
  • The Sunday Times' Comprehensive School of the Year 2015/16.
  • National Teaching School, designated by the National College of Teaching and Leadership 2016.

Alumni

Westwood's Grammar School

The Cotswold School

References
  1. "Sunday Times Comprehensive of the Year". cotswold-homes.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "Cotswold News July 2014" (PDF). Cotswold School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  3. "Cotswold School celebrates 25 years with opening of new maths block". Stroud News and Journal. 18 July 2014. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  4. "Cotswold News September/October 2013". Cotswold School. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  5. "£1.8m sixth form opened". thisisgloucestershire.co.uk. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  6. "Batting success". thisisgloucestershire.co.uk. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  7. "School marks 25th anniversary with Maths block opening". cotswoldjournal.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  8. "Roman cemetery found under school field". Archaeology. Cotswold Archaeology. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  9. "Delight as The Cotswold School is ranked outstanding by Ofsted". cotswoldjournal.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  10. Saunders, Andrew (30 January 2014). "Thomas Cook's Harriet Green: 'Sleep is overrated'". Management Today. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  11. "Candidate Statements". UK athletics. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  12. "Racing driver Alice Powell receives top award". BBC Gloucestershire. 19 January 2010. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  13. Craig, Ian (10 December 2011). "Two automated emergency defibrillators were presented to the Cotswold School, Bourton-on-the-Water, by National Hunt jockey Sam Twiston-Davies". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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