Sarum Academy (formerly Salisbury High School) is a Church of England secondary school with academy status in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The school is on the west side of Salisbury, on Bemerton Heath.[1]
History
The first buildings on the site were opened in 1957 for boys of St Thomas's School in central Salisbury, which at that time was a Church of England secondary modern school; after the buildings were extended in the early 1960s the rest of the boys' school moved there.[2][3] Westwood County Girls' Secondary Modern School was opened on an adjoining site in 1958, and in 1973 the two schools merged to form Westwood St. Thomas's School,[4] which became a comprehensive school. From 1997 the school was called Salisbury High School.[5]
The school converted to academy status in 2010 and reopened as Sarum Academy.[6] Since November 2017 it has been sponsored by Magna Learning Partnership, alongside Wyvern St Edmund's and Salisbury Sixth Form College in the Salisbury area, and The Trafalgar School at Downton.[7]
References
- ^ "Sarum Academy". Secondary Schools in Salisbury. Salisbury Journal. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ Crittall, Elizabeth, ed. (1962). "Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 6 pp161-168 – Salisbury: Schools". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "St. Thomas's Boys' Secondary Modern School, Salisbury". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "Westwood St. Thomas's School, Salisbury". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "Salisbury High School". GOV.UK. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "Sarum Academy". GOV.UK. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "Magna Learning Partnership". GOV.UK. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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