St Dunstan's School, Glastonbury

St Dunstan's School
Type Academy
Headteacher Mr K Howard
Location Wells Road
Glastonbury
Somerset
BA6 9BY
England
51°09′09″N 2°42′52″W / 51.1525°N 2.7145°W / 51.1525; -2.7145Coordinates: 51°09′09″N 2°42′52″W / 51.1525°N 2.7145°W / 51.1525; -2.7145
DfE URN 137202 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students 327 pupils[1]
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–16
Website www.stdunstansschool.com

St Dunstan's School is a secondary school in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. The school is for students between the ages of 11 and 16 years. It is named after St. Dunstan, an abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, who went on to become Archbishop of Canterbury in 960AD.

The school was a 'new-build' in 1958 with major building work, at a cost of £1.2 million, in 1998, adding the science block and the sports hall. It was designated as a specialist Arts College in 2004 and the £800,000 spent at this time paid for the Performing Arts studio and facilities to support pupils with special educational needs.[2] In 2011, the school became an academy.

On the 1st of June 2016 St Dunstans joined the Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership. At which time the current Head, Mr K Howard joined. Since St Dunstans joined the Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership it has undergone significant refurbishment as part of an ongoing programme to ensure the school is an inspiring environment, with modern facilities, to support high quality learning. Teaching is enhanced through collaborative working to share best practise, allowing students to access new activities and events across the MAT partnership.

In July 2018 for the first time in the history of St Dunstans school, Ofstead inspectors graded the school 'good' in all categories.

In a glowing report, inspectors said ‘The headteacher, trust and senior leaders have transformed St Dunstan’s; it provides a good quality of education and students are safe.’ They are ‘highly ambitious for the school, each pupil and the community.’

This exceptionally positive report comes two years after the school was put into Special Measures and represents a jump of two grades at once – skipping ‘Requires Improvement’ to a strong Good grading. This rapid improvement has been made possible by high level of investment in resources, buildings and expertise following St Dunstan’s School joining the Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership in June 2016.

References

  1. ↑ "St Dunstan's School". Ofsted. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "History & Development of the School". St Dunstan's School. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
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