Beaminster School

Beaminster School
Beaminster School
Type	Voluntary controlled school
Religion	Christian
Headteacher	Keith Hales
Location	Newtown Beaminster Dorset DT8 3EP England Coordinates: 50°48′52″N 2°44′27″W / 50.81457°N 2.740905°W / 50.81457; -2.740905
Local authority	Dorset
DfE number	835/4505
DfE URN	113884 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Houses	Eggardon, Lewesdon, Mapperton, Pilsdon and Waddon
Website	School website

Beaminster School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Beaminster in the English county of Dorset.^[1]

It is a voluntary controlled Christian school administered by the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury and Dorset County Council.^[2] The school also has a specialism in technology, and was called Beaminster Technology College for a while.

Beaminster School offers GCSEs, BTECs, City and Guilds, NVQs and ASDAN courses as programmes of study for pupils, with some courses offered in conjunction with Kingston Maurward College. Beaminster Schools sixth form provision is offered in conjunction with the Sir John Colfox Academy in Bridport, and students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs. Beaminster School received a 'Good' grade in its latest Ofsted report of November 2013.^[3]

References

↑ "Beaminster School". Beaminster.dorset.sch.uk. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
↑ "Beaminster School". Beaminster.dorset.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
↑ "6th Form Prospectus - Beaminster School". Beaminster.dorset.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

External links

Beaminster School official website

Schools in Dorset (including Bournemouth and Poole)

Primary	Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy Longfleet CofE Primary School

Middle	Emmanuel CE Middle School St Michael's CE Middle School

Secondary	All Saints CE School Avonbourne School Beaminster School The Bishop of Winchester Academy The Blandford School The Bourne Academy Budmouth College Carter Community Sports College Corfe Hills School Ferndown Upper School Gillingham School Glenmoor Academy The Grange School The Gryphon School Harewood College Highcliffe School Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy LeAF Studio Lytchett Minster School Magna Academy Oak Academy Poole High School The Purbeck School Queen Elizabeth's School St Aldhelm's Academy St Edward's RC & CE School St Peter's RC School Shaftesbury School The Sir John Colfox Academy Sturminster Newton High School The Thomas Hardye School Twynham School Wey Valley School and Sports College Winton Academy The Woodroffe School

Grammar	Bournemouth School Bournemouth School for Girls Parkstone Grammar School Poole Grammar School

Independent (preparatory)	Castle Court School Dumpton School Hanford School Port Regis School Sherborne Preparatory School

Independent	Bournemouth Collegiate School Bryanston School Canford School Clayesmore School Leweston School Milton Abbey School Ringwood Waldorf School St Mary's School, Shaftesbury Sherborne School Sherborne School for Girls Talbot Heath School

Further education colleges	Bournemouth and Poole College Kingston Maurward College Weymouth College

Former	Beaminster Grammar School Cranborne Chase School Durnford School Homefield School The Old Malthouse Swanage Grammar School Uplands School Weymouth College (independent)

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