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The Stonehenge School is a mixed comprehensive school in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England for children aged 11 to 16. As of December 2022, the school had 940 places and 969 students were enrolled. [1] The school's logo is an image of Stonehenge. It is divided into a Lower school, Middle school and Upper school.
Stonehenge, 1931. Its name originates from when the area was a stopping point for bullock teams. A stone hut used by the bullock drivers to overnight in eventually fell into disuse, and the stone remains became known as "Stonehenge". [4] The Stonehenge State School opened on 3 September 1900. The school closed in 1947 but subsequently reopened.
Godolphin School on a circa 1906 postcard, published by Mabbett, Stationer, Salisbury. Godolphin was founded by Elizabeth Godolphin using her own money and some from the estate of her husband, Charles. She created the school originally for the education of eight young orphaned gentlewomen.
Amesbury (/ ˈ eɪ m z b ər i /) is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.It is known for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is within the parish. The town is claimed to be the oldest occupied settlement in Great Britain, having been first settled around 8820 BC. [2]
Kingsbury Green Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form in Calne, Wiltshire, England for pupils aged 11 to 18.The school's present site to the south of the town was the last home of the former Bentley Grammar School, from 1957 to 1974, and the present school was called The John Bentley School when it was created as a new comprehensive in 1974.
Stonehenge was also the largest burial ground of its time, lending support to the idea that the site may have been used as a religious temple, a solar calendar and an ancient observatory all in one.
Further changes in 1944 turned the school into a secondary modern, which in 1951 became voluntary controlled. [1] The former school is a Grade II* listed building. [2] The school's new building in Church Road, Laverstock, was completed in 1964 and became St. Edmund's Church of England Girls' School. [1] It gained academy status in 2012.
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