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.[3]

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
HeadteacherJason Davis[1]
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment625
Capacity900 [2]
Houses  Hardy
  Barnes
  Thornhill
  Raleigh
Colour(s)  Blue
Websitewww.mysnhs.net

It is a community school administered by Dorset County Council. Admissions to the school usually come from nearby primary schools, including 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.[4]

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.[5]

The school was assessed as "good" overall, and "outstanding" in behaviour and safety of pupils, at its last full Ofsted inspection in June 2015. This was confirmed by a short inspection in 2018.[6]

Controversies

2016 saw three controversies occur at Sturminster Newton High School.

The first was on March 16th when a double-decker bus transporting students into school caught fire. It continued until it was in the school car park where all students were able to disembark safely.[7]

A local tradesman working on a boiler in the school was suddenly killed on 19th July. An investigation was launched and the exact cause of his death remains unknown.[8]

Joseph Davidson, former head of geography at Sturminster Newton High School, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for three offences of sexual activity with a child under the age of 16. The victim was a student at the school.[9]

References
  1. "Staff List". Sturminster Newton High School. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  2. "Get Information About Schools Service". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. "Sturminster Newton High". Mysnhs.net. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  4. "Primary Pyramid". Mysnhs.net. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  5. "About the Sixth Form". Mysnhs.net. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  6. "Ofsted - Sturminster Newton High School". Ofsted. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  7. "Double decker bus catches fire at Sturminster Newton High School". Bourenmouththecho.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  8. "Investigation launched after 'sudden death' at school". dorsetecho.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  9. "Teacher Joseph Davidson who "seduced" a teenage schoolgirl jailed for 40 months". dorsetecho.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2021.



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