Hardenhuish School
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Hardenhuish School is an 11-18 co-educational comprehensive school and sixth form in Chippenham
, Wiltshire
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status. It has newly added a Science specialism. The headteacher is Mrs Jan Hatherall. It is an oversubscribed school. The School was given academy status in September 2010.
It is situated in the north part of Hardenhuish Park on the B4528 road. The Great Western Ambulance Service
HQ is nearby to the east. Sheldon School
is nearby to the south.
Chippenham
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, 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...
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The school is sited in the former Hardenhuish Manor and Chippenham Grammar School. The school holds specialist Mathematics and Computing CollegeMathematics and Computing College
Mathematics and Computing Colleges were introduced in England in 2002 as part of the Government's Specialist Schools Programme which was designed to raise standards in secondary education. Specialist schools focus specifically on their chosen specialism but must also meet the requirements of the...
status. It has newly added a Science specialism. The headteacher is Mrs Jan Hatherall. It is an oversubscribed school. The School was given academy status in September 2010.
It is situated in the north part of Hardenhuish Park on the B4528 road. The Great Western Ambulance Service
Great Western Ambulance Service
The Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust is a UK National Health Service trust providing emergency and non emergency patient transport services to Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire in the South West England region...
HQ is nearby to the east. Sheldon School
Sheldon school
Sheldon School is a large mixed comprehensive school in Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK for children aged 11–18 and is the largest school in Wiltshire. It is one of three in Chippenham, the others being Abbeyfield and Hardenhuish...
is nearby to the south.
Grammar school
Chippenham Grammar School existed on the site from 1939, which was co-educational until Chippenham High School for Girls opened on 28 September 1956. From 1966, education was shared with adjacent schools, as a semi-comprehensive arrangement.Comprehensive
In 1975 it became the fully comprehensive Hardenhuish School, when both boys' and girls' schools were merged. It became a specialist Maths & Computing College in February 2003, and a Science College in April 2009.Academic performance
Hardenhuish received the tenth highest A-level average results for comprehensives in Wiltshire at the end of the 2009/2010 school year. It has received many awards over recent years including: Maths and computing specialist, Science specialist, The ICT mark, Gifted and talented lead school and The International schools award. In the 2008 the school was reviewed by Ofsted as being 'Outstanding'. In September 2010 Hardenhuish decided to become a "Gove Academy", which means that it is outside of Local Authority control or responsibility.Chippenham Grammar School
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