| The Sandon School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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Molrams Lane , , CM3 7AQ | |
| Coordinates | 51°42′57″N 0°30′59″E / 51.71572°N 0.51644°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | "Vincit Qui Se Vincit" (He who conquers themself, conquers) and "Aiming Higher Together" |
| Established | 1955 |
| Department for Education URN | 137240 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Andrew Weaver |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1221 |
| Houses | Blake Glennie Thompson Russel |
| Website | sandon |
The Sandon School[1] is an 11-18 mixed comprehensive academy school of approximately 1250 students. It serves a rural area on the outskirts of Chelmsford, Essex, England, and previously specialised in Maths and Computing.
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History
The Sandon School opened in 1955 and became an academy in 2011.[2]
The school has also had multiple sex offenders over time,.[3][4] with another and latest conviction in March 2024 for extreme pornography from a teacher who worked at the school from September 2020 to November 2020[5]
In March 2018 an Ofsted inspection found it to be a good school.[6]
The school has a 25-hour teaching week. Jo Wincott, headmaster since 2004, retired in the summer of 2018.[7] He has been succeeded by Andrew Weaver (2018–Present)
Facilities
Fully equipped fitness gym;
Two 4G astroturf pitches[8] (This facility is operated for private evening and weekend bookings by Sandon Soccer Ltd.);
Two sports halls;
A gym;
A dance studio;
An all-weather long jump pit playing fields;
science laboratories.
Notable former pupils
- Bon Harris and Douglas McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb[citation needed]
- James Graham, singer and member of the boyband Stereo Kicks
- George "Frederick James" Taylor, Record Producer and Head of Data at Warp Records.
House System
The school also has a house system, in which the students take part in events and in-school activities in order to earn 'House points' for their houses.
House motto: "Many Branches, One Root"
The 4 houses conceive of:
References
- ^ "The Sandon School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "TES jobs: The Sandon School, Essex, United Kingdom". Times Education Supplement. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Paedophile music teacher jailed for more than eleven years". ITV. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ Axtell, Sean (31 January 2017). "Craig Keane, Sandon School teacher charged with sexually assaulting a young child". Chelmsford Weekly News. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "Chelmsford teacher banned from classrooms after conviction for possession of extreme porn". Essex Live. 15 March 2024.
- ^ "The Sandon School". Ofsted. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Meyler, Piers (30 October 2017). "The head teacher of Sandon School in Chelmsford is stepping down". Essex Live. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "School Site & Facilities". www.sandon.essex.sch.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "X Factor James: 'We can go on to win the show'". Essex Live. 29 November 2014. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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