Corfe Hills School

Corfe Hills School
Motto Comprehensive Excellence
Established 1976
Type Academy
Headteacher Phil Keen
Location Higher Blandford Road
Broadstone
Dorset
BH18 9BG
Great Britain (England)
50°46′11″N 2°00′22″W / 50.76962°N 2.00600°W / 50.76962; -2.00600Coordinates: 50°46′11″N 2°00′22″W / 50.76962°N 2.00600°W / 50.76962; -2.00600
DfE URN 136574 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students 1,584
Gender Coeducational
Ages 13–18
Website www.corfehills.net

Corfe Hills School is a secondary school in the urban fringe between Poole and Wimborne, located in Broadstone, Poole, Dorset, England. The school became an academy in 2011[1]. The school has 1,584 students and over 100 teaching staff.[2] It serves Corfe Mullen, Broadstone, Wimborne, Merley and Sturminster Marshall. It also has a small sixth form centre.[3] The school was established in 1756[4] and has since grown every decade, with a periodical expansion of buildings. The current Headteacher is Phil Keen, following Gary Clark who was Headteacher between 2012 and 2016. Alan Hinchliffe had led the school from 2003 to 2012.[5] Mr Hinchliffe succeeded Andrew Williams who left in 2003.[6] Mr Williams had succeeded Dr Brian Harper, who was the first headteacher when Corfe Hills was built.[7]

Productions

For over 30 years the school has produced a musical for a week at the Poole Lighthouse theatre, a regional arts centre. Further music and drama productions take place in the spring and summer terms - a Christmas carol service is held at Wimborne Minster and as a spring concert at the St. Nicholas church in nearby Corfe Mullen. The school also enters a team into the annual Rock Challenge Dance competition, coming second at the 2006 southern finals, and entering the regional premier annually from 2015 on-wards. Recent productions include Guys and Dolls, Hot Mikado, In to the Woods, Calamity Jane,[8] "Anything Goes", Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Fiddler on the Roof,[9] Oliver Twist, Sweet Charity more.[10]

Sports tour

The school has international links, of which its rugby, hockey and Netball tours are the best known. In recent years the teams have travelled to South Africa, New Zealand and Fiji, led by coaches Lyn and Di Lewis, Lyn being the chairman of the English Schools Rugby Association. The school sporting facilities include an indoor sports hall, gym, and outside area, including football and rugby pitches, a cricket strip, an all weather clay hockey pitch, a 400m running track and four tennis courts.

County top

Corfe Hills seen from Barrow Hill. The highest point is near the foot of the transmission mast.
Mobile phone mast on the summit of Corfe Hills by the school entrance

The school is located on the county top for Poole unitary authority, called Corfe Hills, hence the name. The actual summit of the hill is on the Higher Blandford Road near the mobile phone tower by the school entrance. At 78 metres, Corfe Hills is the highest point in Poole.[11]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.corfehills.net/academy-status/43.html
  2. ↑ Corfe Hills School
  3. ↑ "Corfe Hills 6th form". Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  4. ↑ [http://www.schoolsnet.com/ Schools Guide UK Search Find Worst Top Schools List Reviews Lessons]
  5. ↑ http://www.blackmorevale.co.uk/appointment-new-headteacher/story-15669113-detail/story.html
  6. ↑ https://archive.is/20031103065644/http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/articles/ArticlesDetail.asp?ID=154
  7. ↑ ha2.boroughofpoole.com/akspoole/images/att15230.doc
  8. ↑ http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2016/11/a-school-with-a-heart/
  9. ↑ http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/5406849.Fiddler_plays_at_school/
  10. ↑ http://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/Poole/Lighthouse/Musical/Guys-and-Dolls/L246991844/
  11. ↑ Database of British and Irish Hills. Accessed on 29 Mar 2013.
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