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Shaftesbury School is a coeducational secondary day school located in Shaftesbury in the English county of Dorset. [2]Previously a voluntary controlled Church of England school administered by the Diocese of Salisbury and Dorset County Council, [3] The school converted to academy status under the Diocese of Salisbury in June 2014.
Schools in Dorset, England include state schools under the local education authorities, most of which operate a two-tier comprehensive system whereby pupils attend a primary school before completing their education at secondary school. [1]
Motcombe / ˈ m ɒ t k əm / is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It lies about two miles (three kilometres) north of Shaftesbury. It is sited on Kimmeridge clay soil [1] beneath hills at the edge of the Blackmore Vale. The parish is one of the largest in Dorset. [2]
Pages in category "People educated at St Mary's School, Shaftesbury" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In September 1943 Port Regis was evacuated to a wing of Bryanston School in Blandford. [3] After a brief stay at the Earl of Verulam's home at Gorhambury, the School moved in 1947 to Motcombe Park, one mile (1.6 km) from Shaftesbury in Dorset, where it has been ever since. In 1972 the freehold of the property was acquired.
Wimborne St Giles was established in 1733, when the St Giles and All Hallows parishes were merged at the request of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. In 2001 the population was 366, served by the village hall, post office, parish church, and a primary school.
School House, whose cornerstone was laid on 26 June 1860 by the Earl of Shaftesbury, has been in continuous use as a boarding house to this day. Sherborne is a full boarding school for boys with boarding houses operating on the house system. In addition to a house master, each house has a matron, assistant matron, senior tutor and one or more ...
The village has a primary school which was established in 1875, [2] and an Anglican church, St John the Baptist, built in 1839 in Neo-Norman style with a two-tower west facade. [ 3 ] Notable buildings are Ludwell Stores & Post Office, a late 18th-century house with attached former bakery; [ 4 ] and the Grove Arms public house, from the early ...