The Grange School is a school for 11–18 year olds in Christchurch, Dorset

Christchurch, Dorset

Christchurch is a borough and town in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. The town adjoins Bournemouth in the west and the New Forest lies to the east. Historically in Hampshire, it joined Dorset with the reorganisation of local government in 1974 and is the most easterly borough in...

. The school is sited in Somerford & takes pupils from the Somerford, Mudeford & Burton areas.

History

The school opened in 1955 as Somerford Secondary Modern School and became The Grange in 1969 when it went comprehensive, at the time Christchuch being in Hampshire

Hampshire

Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...

 until 1974 when it became part of Dorset, the school being in Dorset LEA ever since.

Modern extensions include the Sixth form block which opened as The Christchuch Sixth form college in the 1990s.

Notable alumni

• David Keffen, Fashion photographer - whose work has been featured in many glossy fashion magazines such as Cosmopolitan
  Cosmopolitan (magazine)
  Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
  
  .
• Tim Biddiscombe, Film Director - whose first feature film NightDragon
  Nightdragon
  NightDragon is a 2009 thriller film co-written, produced & directed by British Filmmaker Tim Biddiscombe. The film stars Alan Ford, Imogen Church, Annette Kellow, James Fisher, Scott Thomas....
  
  was released in 2010.

External links

• The Grange School website