Sponne School
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| Established | 15th Century |
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| Type | Academy of Music and Science |
| Head of School | Mr Iain Massey |
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Brackley Road Towcester Northamptonshire NN12 6DJ England Coordinates: 52°07′56″N 0°59′37″W / 52.1323°N 0.9935°W |
| DfE URN | 122051 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1358 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Colours | Red, Blue and White |
| Website | School website |
Sponne School in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England is the oldest secondary school in Northamptonshire, and one of the oldest in the country. Part of the school was originally Towcester Grammar School, until Grammar schools were abolished in Northamptonshire. In 1968, the Grammar school was joined with the next-door Secondary Modern school, and the school was renamed Sponne, after Archdeacon William Sponne, who was Rector at the nearby St. Lawrence Church in the 15th Century and the original founder of the school.
Sponne School is a mixed gender Secondary School and Sixth Form College, with 1358 pupils on the roll, around 200 of whom are in the 6th Form. It is registered as a specialist science and music academy. The current Executive Head Teacher is Jamie Clarke and the Head of School is Iain Massey. In October 2007, the school became a "Foundation" school and in November 2009, changed to Trust school status. Since October 2010, the school has started a consultation process and has been approved to become an Academy.
The Sponne School time-table is run on a two-week rota, blue week and red week, due to the two colours of the schools badge.
On the right end of the school is the Sports Hall and changing rooms, located opposite the E Block.
There are two residential houses in the school; they both used to be occupied by the care-takers. The house at the front of school is now the GUTP office. There is also a 4-acre (16,000 m2) field at the back of the school. It is repainted in the summer and the winter with two football pitches, a hockey pitch, 2 rugby pitches, a 400 m track and a 100 m track. It also has two long jump sandpits, and 2 discus circles. Adjacent to the field is a set of tennis courts.
Sponne was one of the first schools in Britain to switch its dietary policies following celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's anti–obesity TV campaign. In July 2006, William Guntrip (13), set up a playground sweet shop to counteract what he considered to be 'overpriced health food'. Mr Guntrip was taking more than £50 a day, selling chocolate bars and fizzy drinks to other pupils during break times. He was allegedly threatened with expulsion and the story was picked up by the national media.
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