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Established
  
2013

Headteacher
  
Mr Fuller

DfE URN
  
139345 Tables

Capacity
  
1,425

Founded
  
2013

Type
  
Academy

DfE number
  
803/4148

Phone
  
+44 1454 862300

Number of students
  
1,016

Gender
  
Mixed-sex education

Location
  
Westerleigh RoadDownendSouth GloucestershireEngland

Address
  
Westerleigh Rd, Bristol BS16 6XA, UK

Similar
  
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Downend School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, situated on Westerleigh Road in the suburban village of Downend in South Gloucestershire, England.

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Page School for Girls

Staple Hill Senior School for Girls was established in 1933, and in 1947 became Staple Hill Secondary Modern School, having separate departments for boys and girls. After the Chase Comprehensive School had been built for the boys in about 1966, the girls stayed in the buildings in North View, and it was renamed Page School for Girls.

Establishment

In September 1982, Page School for Girls merged with the coeducational Stockwell Hill Comprehensive School, and the new school was called Downend Comprehensive School.

Later years

It was renamed Downend Community School. In 2005, it moved to Westerleigh Road.

Tamryn Savage, was instated as head teacher for the school year beginning 2006 and onwards after the acting head teacher Ray Lockey retired. She left at the end of the academic year 2010-2011 and was replaced by Will Roberts. The buildings of Page School for Girls were demolished in 2007-8.

The school converted to academy status on 1 March 2013.

Notable former pupils

  • Actor Mike Bailey, best known for playing the role of Sid Jenkins on Skins (TV series)
  • Culture Secretary and Conservative MP Sajid Javid
  • References

    Downend School Wikipedia