Malmesbury School
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| Type | Academy |
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| Head Teacher | Timothy Gilson |
| Chair of Governors | Mrs Deborah Gray |
| Location |
Corn Gastons Malmesbury Wiltshire SN16 0DF England Coordinates: 51°35′09″N 2°06′36″W / 51.5857°N 2.1100°W |
| DfE URN | 137308 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1280 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Athelstan, Eilmer, Hobbes, William |
| Colours | Green, Yellow, Red and Blue (house colours, in order from Athelstan to William) |
| Website | www |
Malmesbury School was founded in 1971 with the merging of the Malmesbury Grammar School at Filands with Bremhilam Secondary Modern at Corn Gastons. Between 1971 and 2002, Malmesbury School operated across two sites, with the lower school (years 7 and 8) based at Filands and the Upper School (Years 9 to 13) based at Corn Gastons.
In 2002, Malmesbury School moved into new buildings on the Corn Gastons site, funded by a Public Private Partnership between the local authority and the White Horse Education Partnership. The new building was formally opened by polar explorer David Hempleman-Adams on 2 May 2003.
In 2008, Malmesbury School became a foundation school. In 2011 it became an academy.
In 2014, the school introduced a new grey and black uniform for Years 7-11, which featured a new tie in the house colours.
In 2004 Malmesbury School became a Specialist School for Science and Performing Arts, earned High Performing Specialist School status in 2008, and was awarded a second specialism in Maths and Computing in 2009. In addition, Malmesbury School holds the following accreditations:
In March 2015 The Dean Academy in Lydney, Gloucestershire became sponsored by Malmesbury School Academy Trust, and the trust was renamed Athelstan Academy Trust. As well as these two schools the trust began sponsoring Bradon Forest School in Purton, Wiltshire in September 2015.
There are several music groups students can join while at the school, most notably the choir and orchestra. Also available are a big band, string group, chamber choir and glee club.
At the start of December each year, the school holds a Christmas Concert, which showcases soloists as well as whole company numbers involving choir and orchestra. In the past the school has also held Summer Concerts, named after the Summer Proms. The school collaborates with Malmesbury Abbey to hold a Carol Service and Chamber Concert once a year, at which more traditional music is played.
The school also runs a production each year, in which any student is welcome to take part. Previous plays have included Oh! What a Lovely War and Grease.
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