Kingdown School

Kingdown School

Motto	Believe, Aspire, Achieve
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Sara Edwards
Location	Woodcock Road Warminster Wiltshire BA12 9DR England, UK Coordinates: 51°12′09″N 2°09′50″W / 51.2024°N 2.1640°W
DfE number	865/4001
DfE URN	137230 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Students	1,498 As of January 2010
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–69
Houses	Lords      Millennium      Twickenham      Wembley      Wimbledon
Website	School homepage

Kingdown School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form in Warminster, Wiltshire for students aged 11 to 18. Since 1 August 2011, the school has been an academy.

Houses

In September 2006, Kingdown adopted a House system, aimed at giving students a sense of community, family, and belonging, and eliminating hostile subcultures, meaning older students provide a positive role model. There are five houses, each named after a notable British sporting venue and each led by a Head of House.

Lords House led by Mr Gunstone {Blood red     )
Millennium House led by Mrs Twigger {Regal purple     )
Twickenham House led by Mr Hatcher {Fantastic orange     }
Wembley House led by Ms Bishop {Snazzy pink     }
Wimbledon House led by Mr Richardson {Magnificent blue     }.

Each House consists of about a fifth of the students from each of Years 7 to 13, so about 280 students altogether. There are also tutor groups, each with approximately twenty-four students: four from each of Years 7 to 12/13, who meet their tutor for twenty minutes on every school day, beginning at 10.30 am. Members of each House come together for a house assembly once a week. Siblings are put into the same House, but usually not into the same tutor group.^[1]

Ofsted and academic achievements

The school was awarded dual specialisms in Sports and Applied Learning, it also achieved Artsmark Silver and Sportsmark Gold awards. In its 2003 report, Ofsted rated the school "good" overall, rating the quality of education as "very good".^[2] The 2008 inspection rated both the school and sixth form "outstanding".^[3] Following the 2013 inspection its rating had returned to "good", of which the school commented "It is very hard to compare previous (2008) and current inspections (2013) not least as the four headings are a new addition since 2008 and the bar to achieve an outstanding rating has truly been raised".^[4]

Previous Heads

Mrs Sheelagh Brown

References

1. "House System".
2. "2003 Ofted Report" (PDF).
3. "2008 Ofted Report" (PDF).
4. "2013 Ofted Report".

External links

• Kingdown School website
• Pink and Purple Day donation to The Willows - 19 July 2013
• Army Leadership Quiz Night - Tues 16 July 2013