Motto Believe and Achieve Type Academy Chair Mr Roger Kitley Phone +44 1372 745333 Founded 1997 | Established 1997 Deputy Headteacher Mr Adams and Mr.Ives Address Epsom KT19 9BD, UK Color Burgundy Number of students 1,350 | |
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Headteacher Mr. Isaac and Mr Hillier | ||
Blenheim high school 2008 2013
Blenheim High School is a secondary school with academy status located at Longmead Road, Epsom, Surrey, England, that opened in 1997. It is a coeducational, publicly funded academy that educates children from ages 11–18, with 1,350 students on roll.
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Before the great day at blenheim high school epsom surrey
Academic standards
In the Ofsted inspection carried out in January 2017 the school was rated as Requires Improvement, point four on the four-point scale (one being the highest).
In the Ofsted inspection carried out in summer 2013 the school was rated as Good, point two on the four-point scale (one being the highest).
In the Ofsted inspection carried out in February 2010 the school was rated as Satisfactory, point three on the four-point scale (one being the highest).
In the previous, February 2007, Ofsted inspection the school was rated Good, point two on the scale, and described as "a good school with many outstanding features." The school had been rated Outstanding in relation to the questions:
Admission arrangements
The school was oversubscribed prior to 2011.
On 5 October 2001 the admission arrangements were reviewed by an independent adjudicator who decided:
Parliamentary mentions
On 26 October 2001 Stephen Timms, then Minister of State for School Standards, in a written answer, gave an assurance to Chris Grayling MP that the funding of the school would be safeguarded despite the ending of grant-maintained status.
Houses
The school has four houses named, as the school is, after racehorses that have won the Epsom Derby.
The ties (burgundy with diagonal white stripes) feature the school logo situated just under the knot, over a stripe of the colour denoting the house of the student.
Rebranding
As of September 2012 the school underwent a 're-branding', which included a new logo. The new logo incorporates the four house colours of red, green, blue and yellow. The new school motto, 'believe and achieve', is below the logo.