Sexey's School
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| Established | 1891 |
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| Type |
Academy Day and boarding school |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Head Master | Irfan H Latif JP |
| Location |
Cole Road Bruton Somerset BA10 0DF England Coordinates: 51°06′19″N 2°27′48″W / 51.1053°N 2.4632°W |
| DfE URN | 137313 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Capacity | 602 |
| Students | 551 pupils (as of 2013) |
| Ages | 11–18 |
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| Website | www |
Sexey's School is a state boarding school in Bruton, Somerset, England that also takes some day pupils from the surrounding area. Sexey's School is named after Hugh Sexey who, in 1599, was appointed as a Royal auditor to Elizabeth I and later as a Royal auditor to James I. Sexey's Hospital was established in 1619 from the proceeds of his will, and the school was founded in 1889. State boarding schools are most unusual in England and Wales. The school became an academy in August 2011. As of 2013 it has 551 pupils including 238 in the sixth form.
Sexey's School dates back to a trade school which opened on 6 April 1891 with 15 boys. The first Head Master was William Albert Knight. The Head Master and the boys moved into temporary premises in a house known as 'The Glen' on Quaperlake Street in Bruton. At the end of its first year there were 40 boys at the school learning basic subjects including practical mechanics, land measuring and elementary science. The school was moved to its current site in 1892 in new buildings designed by Norwich-based architect George Skipper. The new buildings were formally opened on 19 April 1892.
Sexey's was a grammar school until the Education Act 1944, after which it became a Voluntary Controlled school. In 1991 it adopted Grant Maintained status and in September 1999 it became a Voluntary Aided school.
It remained an all-boys school until 1977 when it became fully co-educational. Boarding facilities were expanded in the 1980s with the building of two new boarding houses — Lisbury House and Coombe House — making Sexey's one of the largest schools of its type in the country. The school has continued expansion with the introduction of a policy in 2003 to take day pupils from a local catchment area of 1.5 miles. Prior to this the last day pupil was admitted in 1983. In 2001 the school had 394 pupils. In 2007 there were 512 pupils.
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