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Didcot Girls' School

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Type
  
Girls' academy

Chair of Governors
  
Dr Marcus Gover

Phone
  
+44 1235 812092

Number of students
  
1,381

Headteacher
  
Mrs Warwick

Ages
  
11–18

Motto
  
Committed to Excellence

Location
  
Manor Crescent Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 7AJ England

Gender
  
Girls, co-educational at Sixth Form

Address
  
Manor Cres, Didcot OX11 7AJ, UK

Local authority
  
Oxfordshire County Council

Profiles

The oxbox performing uptown funk at didcot girls school


Didcot Girls' School (also known as DGS) is a secondary school with academy status for girls in Didcot, Oxfordshire and the surrounding rural area. The school has been awarded with Language College and Enterprise College status (as of 2006). The mixed sixth form, known as Didcot Sixth Form College, is shared with St Birinus School. The school is made up of seven houses which are named after famous women who are considered potential role models for the girls. These are Adie House, Bussell House, Ennis House, Greenfield House, Kennedy House, MacArthur House and Wilson House. Each house group has a different colour; red for Adie, pink for Bussell, orange for Ennis, yellow for Greenfield, purple for Kennedy, navy for MacArthur and green for Wilson. There were eight houses, but Roddick House and Plazas House were removed in September 2010 to make six. In September 2012, following Jessica Ennis' success at the London 2012 Olympics, Ennis house was created, bringing the number of houses to seven.

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The school has four main building blocks; St. Frideswide's (also known as Frids), Austen, Sherwood (formerly New Building) and Cockcroft. A large, modern sports hall is sited next to St. Frideswide's, and the canteen in St. Frideswide's is rated five stars.

The headteacher, Mrs Warwick, was previously the Deputy Head at leading secondary school Bartholomew School. The catering manager, David Leake, has also came from this Ofsted 'Outstanding' school.

The "Friends of DGS" charitable committee was relaunched in 2015 by parent and staff member Lisa Turner to raise funds for the school. They have a monthly 'lottery' and September 26 2015 sees the first ever "DGS Fest" which is a music, craft and beer festival within the school grounds.

History

The school was created by the merger in the early 1970s of the former St. Frideswides secondary modern school and adjacent Didcot Girls' Grammar School.

References

Didcot Girls' School Wikipedia