Sandhurst School

2025-03-18T13:02:09Z

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{{Infobox school
| name = Sandhurst School
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| caption = School banner
| coordinates = {{coord|51.350937|-0.782007|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}}
| motto = The opportunity to succeed
| established = 1969<ref name="new_school">{{cite news |title=Headmaster named for new school |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19690725/128/0009 |access-date=3 February 2021 |work=Reading Evening Post |date=25 July 1969 |quote=THE FIRST headmaster of the new Sandhurst Comprehensive School is to be Mr C. W. Dally, senior science master at the Forest Grammar School, Winnersh. He takes up his appointment in September.}}</ref>
| closed =
| type = [[Academy (English school)|Academy]]
| trust = Corvus Learning Trust
| religion =
| president =
| head_label = Headteacher
| head = Gareth Croxon <ref name="crox">{{cite web |title=Sandhurst School - Headteacher Welcome|url=https://sandhurstschool.org.uk/about-us/headteacher-welcome/ |website=Sandhurst School |access-date=2023-09-07}}</ref>
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| address = Owlsmoor Road
| city = [[Sandhurst, Berkshire|Sandhurst]]
| county = [[Berkshire]]
| country = England
| postcode = GU47 0SD
| local_authority = [[Bracknell Forest]]
| urn = 148850
| ofsted = yes
| staff =
| enrolment = 1073<ref name="GIAS">{{cite web |title=Sandhurst School |url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/110068 |website=Get information about schools |publisher=Ofsted |access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref>
| gender = [[Mixed-sex education|Coeducational]]<ref name="GIAS"/>
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18<ref name="GIAS"/>
| houses = Bailey, Gemini, Romer, and Young
| status = Open
| colours = Green & Blue {{color box|Green}}{{colour box|Blue}}
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| website = https://www.sandhurstschool.org.uk
}}

'''Sandhurst School''' is a [[Mixed-sex education|coeducational]] [[secondary school]] located in [[Sandhurst, Berkshire]], England.<ref name="GIAS"/> The headteacher is Gareth Croxon.<ref name="crox"/>

==History==
The school was opened in 1969.<ref name="new_school"/><ref name="school_name">{{cite news |title=SURELY THIS IS WHERE WE CAME IN! |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19700714/051/0004 |access-date=3 February 2021 |work=Reading Evening Post |date=14 July 1970 |quote=It transpires that while the new secondary school at Sandhurst was being designed and built the project was known as Sandhurst Comprehensive School. The headmaster and governors continued to call it such. But it is not the education committee's policy to use (I quote the minute) "a description in place of a name." It wants a distinctive name for each school. So the governors decided on a name and this has now been recommended by the committee. It is . . . (sic) Sandhurst School.}}</ref> The first headteacher was Bill Dally.<ref name="new_school"/> He retired from the post in 1982.<ref name="Dally_ret">{{cite news |title=Head's final farewell |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19820712/050/0004 |access-date=3 February 2021 |work=Reading Evening Post |date=12 July 1982}}</ref>

An extension was added to the school in 1971 to accommodate an additional 200 pupils and a youth wing.<ref name="building_works">{{cite news |title=SCHOOL YOUTH CASH SWITCHED |url=
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19710708/132/0011 |access-date=3 February 2021 |work=Reading Evening Post |date=8 July 1971}}</ref><ref name="building">{{cite news |title=Schemes |url=
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19710917/102/0009 |access-date=3 February 2021 |work=Reading Evening Post |date=17 September 1971 |quote=Extensions to Sandhurst Secondary School for 200 extra pupils.}}</ref>

In 1984, teachers at the school held a "work-in" in the context of [[strike action]].<ref name="work-in">{{cite news |title=A striking lesson |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19840614/063/0007 |access-date=3 February 2021 |work=Reading Evening Post |date=14 June 1984 |quote=THESE TEACHERS from Sandhurst School held a work-in yesterday to show the public how much school work they do in their own time.}}</ref> This was intended to show people how much work teachers do in their own time.<ref name="work-in"/>

In 1986, a siren was installed at the school, to be sounded if a patient escapes from [[Broadmoor Hospital]].<ref name="siren">{{cite news |title=Warning siren |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19860716/119/0007 |access-date=3 February 2021 |work=Reading Evening Post |date=16 July 1986 |quote=A WARNING siren is to be put up in the grounds of a Berkshire secondary school. The 62ft high siren, which warns when a patient has escaped from Broadmoor top security hospital at Crowthorne, will be placed at the rear of Sandhurst school. Pupils will be disturbed every Monday when the siren is tested for six minutes.}}</ref>
As of recently the siren has been decommissioned and does not sound.

In 2020, the drama studio roof collapsing meant pupils had to move to temporary classrooms.<ref name="temp_classrooms">{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Alfie |title=Sandhurst School pupils in temporary classrooms after roof collapse |url=https://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/18935986.sandhurst-school-pupils-temporary-classrooms-roof-collapse |access-date=3 February 2021 |work=Bracknell News |date=10 December 2020}}</ref>

Previously a [[Community school (England and Wales)|community school]] administered by [[Bracknell Forest Council]], in February 2022 Sandhurst School converted to [[Academy (English school)|academy status]]. It is now sponsored by the Corvus Learning Trust.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.corvuslearningtrust.co.uk/|title=Home|website=Corvus Learning Trust}}</ref>

==Ofsted inspections==
As of 2025, the school's most recent [[Ofsted]] inspection was in 2024, with an overall judgement of Good.<ref name="Ofsted_2024">{{cite web |last1=Walshe |first1=Caroline |title=Sandhurst School |url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/2743921 |publisher=Ofsted |access-date=3 February 2021 |date=2017}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.sandhurstschool.org.uk/ School Website]

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[[Category:Secondary schools in Bracknell Forest]]
[[Category:Academies in Bracknell Forest]]
[[Category:Sandhurst, Berkshire]]
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