St Birinus School
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| Motto | Inspiring Excellence |
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| Established | 1936 as Didcot Boys County Modern, 2012 as an academy |
| Type | Comprehensive Academy |
| Headteacher | John Marston |
| Location |
Mereland Road Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 8AZ England 51°36′05″N 1°14′31″W / 51.60143°N 1.24182°WCoordinates: 51°36′05″N 1°14′31″W / 51.60143°N 1.24182°W |
| Local authority | Oxfordshire |
| DfE URN | 138762 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Staff | 79 (teaching excl. TAs)(2012) |
| Capacity | 1509 (2014) |
| Students | 1086 (2014) |
| Gender | Boys |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Houses | Athenian, Corinthian, Spartan & Trojan |
| Website | St Birinus School |
St Birinus School, previously known as Didcot Boy's County Modern and Didcot Senior Boys, is a boys' comprehensive academy in Didcot, Oxfordshire, England. St Birinus was founded in 1936 as a secondary modern before becoming a comprehensive in 1973. In September 2012 the school became an academy with the same name. St. Birinus' key catchment area includes the town of Didcot and the surrounding rural area, from Harwell in the west to South Moreton in the east and from Long Wittenham in the north to Chilton in the south, however the school also caters for parents in other parts of Oxfordshire who wish their children to be educated in a single-sex environment. As of January 2016 the headteacher is John Marston. The school is a dual specialist technology college and language college.
The school takes boys from the age of 11 until the end of their GCSEs at the age of 16. After this students may continue to the associated Didcot Sixth Form College for their A-levels. This mixed sixth form is shared with Didcot Girls' School and geographically spread across both school sites. As of January 2015 the most recent OFSTED inspection was in 2012 (prior to the school becoming an academy) and the school was given an overall rating of 'good'.
It was announced in March 2015 that Alwyn Richards will be leaving the school in July 2015, following 5 years of headship at the school. For the 2015-16 academic year, John Marston is to be acting headteacher designate.
In 1931 St. Frideswide's School opened in Didcot as a coeducational secondary modern school. Then, in 1936, the Didcot Boy's County Modern school was opened in the town, enabling single sex education and, in 1951, the school acquired its present name: St. Birinus School. The school is named for St. Birinus, the first Bishop of Dorchester, although the school is secular. In 1973 the school became a comprehensive school and in 1997 gained specialist technology college status. In 2006 the school became one of the first in Oxfordshire to acquire a second specialism: languages. In September 2012 the running of the school was transferred to a limited company, of the same name, when the school became an academy. In 2011 St. Birinus announced its intention, in conjunction with Didcot Girls' School and Abingdon and Witney College, to bid to run a new academy school in the town, however their bid was not shortlisted by Oxfordshire County Council.
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