Wyvern St Edmund's is a coeducational secondary school in Laverstock, near Salisbury in the English county of Wiltshire.[1]
| Wyvern St Edmund's | |
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.jpg) The former Wyvern College in 2014 | |
| Address | |
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Church Road, Laverstock , , SP1 1RD England | |
| Coordinates | 51°04′47″N 1°46′18″W / 51.0796°N 1.7718°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
| Local authority | Wiltshire Council |
| Trust | Magna Learning Partnership |
| Department for Education URN | 144388 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Louise Henderson |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Enrolment | 1,330 as of September 2022[update] |
| Website | www |
History
editThe school opened in 1972 as Highbury Secondary School, as a replacement for Highbury Avenue secondary modern school which was in a 1930s building at Highbury Avenue, Fisherton Anger, Salisbury. By 1994 there were 530 on the school roll.[2][3]
In 1995, the school was renamed Wyvern College. Under the specialist schools programme of the 1990s and 2000s it was a Technology College, teaching all subjects but with emphasis on Science, Mathematics, Technology and Communications Technology; it operated in partnership with Wiltshire College Salisbury.[3]
In 2003 the school assumed Voluntary Aided status and became a Church of England school. In April 2017, Wyvern College converted to academy status and joined the adjacent St Edmund's Girls' School in the Magna Learning Partnership, a multi-academy trust.[2] From September 2018 the two schools operated as a single mixed school called Wyvern St Edmunds, pooling their leadership, staff and buildings, although retaining their separate legal identities.[2]
In September 2022 the two schools formally and legally amalgamated as Wyvern St Edmund's.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Welcome to Wyvern St Edmund's". Wyvernsteds.org. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "History of WSE". Wyvern St Edmund's. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Wyvern College, Salisbury". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "St Edmund's Girls' School - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
External links
edit- Official website
- Wyvern College, archived in March 2018