The Stonehenge School
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The Stonehenge School is a small, mixed comprehensive school
located in Amesbury
, Wiltshire
, England
for children aged 11–16. It has 780 pupils on its roll.
The headteacher is Nigel Roper who took over from Andy Packer in 2004.
secondary school that was never built. In 1958 a secondary school opened on the site. In 1960–1961 the school was enlarged. In 1974 the school was renamed The Stonehenge School, taking pupils aged 11–16.
Due to the expansion of the Amesbury area in the 1990s an Upper School building and sports hall were built alongside the existing building.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
located in Amesbury
Amesbury
Amesbury is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is most famous for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is in its parish, and for the discovery of the Amesbury Archer—dubbed the King of Stonehenge in the press—in 2002...
, Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, England
England
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for children aged 11–16. It has 780 pupils on its roll.
The headteacher is Nigel Roper who took over from Andy Packer in 2004.
History
The site where the school stands was bought in 1938 for a Church of EnglandChurch of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
secondary school that was never built. In 1958 a secondary school opened on the site. In 1960–1961 the school was enlarged. In 1974 the school was renamed The Stonehenge School, taking pupils aged 11–16.
Due to the expansion of the Amesbury area in the 1990s an Upper School building and sports hall were built alongside the existing building.
Leadership team
- Mr N Roper – Headteacher
- Mrs M Fletcher – Assistant Headteacher
- Mrs C Kerr – Assistant Headteacher
- Mrs T Roberts – Assistant Headteacher