Sherborne International

Sherborne International
Sherborne International, Newell Grange campus
Established 1977
Type Independent boarding school
Principal Mr Philip Hardaker
Deputy Head (Academic) Mr Geoff Davey
Chairman of the Governors Mrs Vicki Cotter
Founder Mr Robin Macnaughten
Location Newell Grange
Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 4EZ
United Kingdom
Local authority 835 Dorset
DfE number 835/6030
DfE URN 113948 Tables
Capacity 165[1]
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11–17
Houses 5
Website www.sherborne-international.org

Sherborne International (formerly the International College, Sherborne School) is an independent co-educational fully boarding school for boys and girls aged between 11 and 17 years old.[2] It is located in the historic town of Sherborne in Dorset in the South-west of England.

Background

The school was established in 1977 by Sherborne School[3] to prepare students from non-British educational backgrounds so that they could function successfully in traditional British Boarding Schools.[4] The school is intended to give those from non-British, non-English speaking educational backgrounds, who wish to join the English educational system, the best possible start.[5] Classes normally have a maximum of 8 students.[6] The school also runs intensive courses during both the Spring and Summer vacations.[7] Although Sherborne International is owned by Sherborne School, it is registered with the Department for Education as a separate school.[8]

History

In 1977 the Headmaster of Sherborne School, the late Mr Robin Macnaughten, decided to start a separate specialist unit at the school to prepare students from non-British, non-English speaking backgrounds to sit entrance examinations for Sherborne School and other British independent schools.[9] The unit was based in a building owned by Sherborne School called Greenhill House. The Greenhill House Study Centre opened in January 1977 and by January 1980 had expanded to take over the whole of Greenhill House. By the end of 1982 the school had acquired a boarding annexe called Cheapside, in Newland, Sherborne.[10]

In September 1991 the Newell Grange campus was opened and in 1992 the school ran its first “Fourth Term” summer school course.[11] In 1995 the Centre was registered as a separate school with the Department of Education[12] and in September 1998 the Centre changed its name to the International College, Sherborne School.[13] Additional teaching facilities were opened in 1999, and a further teaching building has been in use since September 2005.

Girls were enrolled for the first time in 1996[14] and in 1999 Westcott House was allocated to the school to house female students. Grosvenor House (adjacent to Westcott) was opened in September 2002 to accommodate the junior boys and a further girls’ boarding house, Mowat House, was opened in January 2011.[15]

In 2014 the International College, Sherborne School changed its name to become Sherborne International.

Boarding Houses

Sherborne International has five boarding houses:[16]

Principals

Notable Former Students

References

  1. ↑ "Sherborne International". Etherton Education. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Intermediate Boarding report 2013". Independent Schools Inspectorate. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sherborne International". Online Academic Society. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sherborne International". Independent Schools Council. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Western Gazette-Sherborne. "International College in Sherborne opens new hall". Western Gazette. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "International College Sherborne". Course Finders. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Sherborne International". Council of British International Schools. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Establishment: Sherborne International". Department for Education. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  9. ↑ Greenfield, Dr Christopher (2008). The Bridge to Success. York: William Sessions Limited. pp. 1–2. ISBN 9781850723776.
  10. ↑ Greenfield, Dr Christopher (2008). The Bridge to Success. York: William Sessions Limited. p. 21. ISBN 9781850723776.
  11. ↑ Greenfield, Dr Christopher (2008). The Bridge to Success. York: William Sessions Limited. p. 35. ISBN 9781850723776.
  12. ↑ Greenfield, Dr Christopher (2008). The Bridge to Success. York: William Sessions Limited. p. 51. ISBN 9781850723776.
  13. ↑ Greenfield, Dr Christopher (2008). The Bridge to Success. York: William Sessions Limited. p. 53. ISBN 9781850723776.
  14. ↑ Greenfield, Dr Christopher (2008). The Bridge to Success. York: William Sessions Limited. p. 44. ISBN 9781850723776.
  15. ↑ "Boarding School: Number 33" (PDF). Boarding Schools Association. p. 41. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "History of the School". Sherborne International. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani". Ministry Of Foreign Affairs - The State of Qatar. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "King Mwsati III of Swaziland". Unofficial Royalty. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

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