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Bryanston School details
- Address:
- Bryanston School
Bryanston, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 0PX - Telephone:
- 01258 452411
- Fax:
- 01258 484 661
- Email:
- admissions@bryanston.co.uk
- Website:
- www.bryanston.co.uk
- Authority:
- Dorset
- Gender of entry:
- Mixed
- Age range:
- 12-18
- Number of students:
- 647
- Affiliation:
- HMC
- Gender of sixth form:
- Mixed
- Last inspection:
- May 2001. Read the full inspection report.
General information
Headteacher: Sarah Thomas, appointed in September 1983.
Staff: 75 (men 52, women 23).
Motto: "Et Nova et Vetera" ("the new and the old").
Background: Bryanston School opened in January 1928 with the objective of providing an education which incorporated the best ideas of the past and of the present, drawing from both traditional and progressive educational philosophy. Originally a boys' school, Bryanston admitted sixth form girls in 1972 and junior girls in 1975. The School occupies a 400 acre estate in North Dorset, just outside the Georgian market town of Blandford Forum. The main building, a palatial country house in red brick banded with Portland stone, was designed for the Portman family by Norman Shaw and completed in 1897. There are purpose-built centres for technology, music and art, a modern professional theatre, a comprehensive sports complex, riding stables and 56 acres of playing fields bounded by the River Stour. .
Streaming/setting: Some subjects setting.
Vocational qualifications: None.
Inspection: May 2001: Please click the SEE FULL REPORT button to view this information online.
Boys' age range: 13 to 18.
Girls' age range: 13 to 18.
Percentage admitted according to academic ability: 100%.
Senior boys: 378.
Senior boys 13-18: Y.
Senior girls: 273.
Senior girls 13-18: Y.
Principle admission ages: 13 yrs (130).
Bursaries: Art, Music, Sport, Science Or Technology, Other.
Bryanston School Statistics
| Year | GCSE | A-level |
|---|---|---|
| A*-C | Points | |
| 1997 | 90% | 21.8 |
| 1998 | 88% | 22.7 |
| 1999 | 86% | 23 |
| 2000 | 89% | 21.9 |
| 2001 | 92% | 22.7 |
| 2002 | 93% | 321.4 |
| 2003 | 98% | 331.4 |
| 2004 | 93% | 340.6 |
| 2005 | 92% | 318.4 |
| 2006 | 91% | 836.4 |
| 2007 | 98% | 827.1 |
| GCSE A*-C (including English and mathematics) | |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 92% |
| 2005 | 91% |
| 2006 | 90% |
| 2007 | 93% |
| Bryanston School 2007 factfile | |
|---|---|
| Total absences (% of half-days missed) | 0% |
| Unauthorised absences (% of half-days missed) | 0% |
| Number of 16/18-year-olds | 264 |
| Number of special needs pupils with statements | - |
| Number of special needs pupils without statements | - |
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