St John's Marlborough

St John's Marlborough
Established 1975
Type Academy
Headteacher Mrs N. Edmondson
Location Stedman Building
Granham Hill
Marlborough
Wiltshire
SN8 4AX
England
51°24′55″N 1°43′42″W / 51.41527°N 1.72841°W / 51.41527; -1.72841Coordinates: 51°24′55″N 1°43′42″W / 51.41527°N 1.72841°W / 51.41527; -1.72841
DfE URN 138623 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students 1,635
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–18
Houses      Green
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Website School homepage

St John's Marlborough (formerly St John's School and Community College) is a mixed secondary school with academy status in Marlborough, Wiltshire for students aged 11 to 18, opened in 1975. It offers "a range of Adult Education courses".[1] As of January 2011 the school has 1,635 students.[2] It is in the south of the town.

History

The school was formed in 1975 as a new comprehensive school, taking over the buildings and many of the staff of the recently closed Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School and the Marlborough Secondary Modern School on Chopping Knife Lane. The grammar school had been founded in 1550. The school's Savernake building was the former secondary modern school.

In 1998 the school was awarded its first specialism in Technology and in 2005 its second in Languages. After the rebuilding of the school on a new site at Granham Hill, the buildings of two former schools were demolished in 2010.

The school converted to academy status in September 2012. It is run by the Excalibur Academies Trust.[3]

Buildings

Since the amalgamation of the grammar and secondary modern schools, the school operated on two separate sites. Building work for a new school started on site in June 2008, the estimated cost of which is £26.5M and the new school was officially opened by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in 2010.[4]

The new building was designed by Re-Format - formerly Format Milton Architects. The single site project had been many years in the planning due to problems obtaining planning permission for the development of the other site, and complaints from local residents, which cost the school approximately £1M in delays. The new school building also provides services to the local community such as a public library. The new site opened in late 2009 and can be seen live via webcam.[5]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "St John's Community activities".
  2. ↑ "Establishment: St John's Marlborough". EduBase. Department for Education. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "Excalibur Academies". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Camilla officially opens St John's, Marlborough". The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. ↑ School profile Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine., stjohns.wilts.sch.uk; accessed 9 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Top of the Class
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