Lytchett Minster School
| Headmaster | Andrew Mead |
|---|---|
| Location |
Lytchett Minster Poole Dorset BH16 6JD England 50°44′28″N 2°03′31″W / 50.74112°N 2.05866°WCoordinates: 50°44′28″N 2°03′31″W / 50.74112°N 2.05866°W |
| Local authority | Dorset |
| DfE URN | 113863 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1400 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Kimmeridge, Wealden, Portland, Gault, Purbeck, Agglestone |
| Website | www |
Lytchett Minster School is a comprehensive school, with about 1,400 students aged 11 to 18, and 50 teachers, 4 miles (6 km) from Poole, Dorset, England.
The school uses a house system to arrange the students. The head of house remains the same person for each pupil for the whole first 5 years of school. In the upper school there is no house system.
The lower school comprises the compulsory education pupils, years 7 to 11. School pupils wear uniform, whilst sixth formers can wear office-suitable clothing. The uniform includes striped ties, blue and white pinstriped blouses/shirts and a navy blue blazer.
In activities such as sports day, the houses compete for the sports day trophy. There are also inter-house sporting activities, such as football, netball, rugby and other sports. There is a trophy for most of these sporting events, as well as the inter-house chess contest. The houses are named after geological deposits in the local Dorset area. Their names and colours are:
The lower school are involved in theatrical productions, such as Godspell and The Sound of Music with the sixth form and years 10 and 11 playing the lead roles. In 2007, all years were involved in a theatrical production of Barnum. In 2009, they performed Alice in Wonderland. There have also been lower school productions such as Ernie's Incredible Hallucinations (2007), Blood Brothers (2008), Oliver! (2009) and Romeo and Juliet (2009) whilst entering the Rock Challenge. In 2010 Lytchett Minster School ran the school production of Chess. Also in early 2011 Lytchett Minster school ran the school production of West Side Story.
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