Dinnington High School
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| Motto | One and All |
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| Established | 2 September 1935 |
| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Rebecca Staples |
| Location |
Doe Quarry Lane Dinnington South Yorkshire S25 2NZ England 53°22′26″N 1°12′17″W / 53.37401°N 1.20476°WCoordinates: 53°22′26″N 1°12′17″W / 53.37401°N 1.20476°W |
| Local authority | Rotherham |
| DfE number | 372/4022 |
| DfE URN | 141730 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Capacity | 1,444 |
| Students | 1,231 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Athorpe, Hatfield, Osborne and Segrave |
| Colours | Red, Green, Blue, Yellow |
| Former names | Dinnington Senior Boys' School (1935–1957) Dinnington Senior Girls' School (1935–1957) Dinnington Secondary Modern School (1957–1963) Dinnington High School (1963–1974) Dinnington Comprehensive School (1974–2015) |
| Website | www |
Dinnington High School is a secondary school in Dinnington, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It is a coeducational comprehensive school for day pupils between the ages of 11 and 18, and takes in approximately 1,200 pupils from Dinnington and surrounding settlements (chiefly Anston, Laughton Common, Laughton-en-le-Morthen, Woodsetts, Hooton Levitt, Gildingwells, Letwell and Firbeck).
The school was built in the grounds of Throapham Manor, and was opened by Sir Percy Jackson (chair of the West Riding Local Education Authority) in 1935 as Dinnington Senior Boys' School and Dinnington Senior Girls' School. It consisted of a single timber building divided into girls' and boys' departments. In 1938 the building was extended and a separate gymnasium added.
In 1957 the two halves merged to form the coeducational Dinnington Secondary Modern School, and at that point there were already plans for a further merger with the secondary technical element of the neighbouring Dinnington Chelmsford Technical College to create the area's first comprehensive school.
This comprehensive school, Dinnington High School, opened on 23 September 1963 (a formal opening taking place a year later, conducted by Jack Longland). The area between the two merging establishments was developed with a new campus designed by Hardy Glover of Basil Spence & Partners. This campus consisted of four house bases and a sixth form college, along with a new main hall and a second gym. The four houses took their names and badges from historical local land-owning families, and were as follows:
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