Waddesdon Church of England School
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| Established | 1962 |
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| Type | Academy |
| Religion | Christian - Church of England |
| Headteacher | Mr Peter Norman |
| Location |
Waddesdon Buckinghamshire England  51°50′34″N 0°55′13″W / 51.842836°N 0.920225°WCoordinates: 51°50′34″N 0°55′13″W / 51.842836°N 0.920225°W |
| DfE URN | 137355 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 950 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Green and Black |
| Publication | Waddesdon Voice |
| Website | www.waddesdonschool.com |
Waddesdon Church of England School is a mixed secondary school in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire. In September 2011 the school became an Academy. It takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 and has approximately 950 pupils, including a sixth form of approximately 200 students. It is a Church of England school and is the only CofE secondary school in Buckinghamshire. It is administered by the Oxford Diocese.
The school was opened in July 1962 with about 200 students. It was built on land from the Waddesdon Manor estate, which was donated by Dorothy de Rothschild. The school maintains a close relationship with the Rothschild family and the school badge combines the five arrows from the Rothschild coat of arms with the Christian symbol of the cross.
Ofsted has judged the school to be "outstanding" on three successive inspections, and the school is included in Ofsted's outstanding providers list.
Waddesdon School was awarded Beacon school status in September 1998 and this was renewed in March 2001. The Beacon Schools programme was phased out in 2005 and was replaced with the Leading Edge Partnership programme. In September 2004, Waddesdon became the lead school in the Aylesbury Vale Leading Edge Partnership, which also included The Grange School and Quarrendon School.
In September 2003 the school was awarded specialist school status as a Visual Arts College, by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). In December 2007 the school was awarded a second specialism in Mathematics and Computing.
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