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The Dorcan Academy

The Dorcan Academy
St Paul's Drive
Covingham
Swindon
Wiltshire
England
SN35DA

📞 phone: 01793 525231

👩‍🏫 headteacher: Mrs Sherryl Bareham

✉️ reveal email: estu…@dorcan.swindon.sch.ukreveal

🌍 web: www.dorcan.co.uk

858 pupils mixed gender
1234 pupils capacity: 70% full

453 boys 53%

405 girls 47%

Last updated:

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Admissions policy
Non-selective
Trust school
Supported by a single-academy trust
URN
137684
Education phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Establishment #
4060
Open date
1. December 2011
Reason open
Academy Converter
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 418793, Northing: 184626
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 51.560, Longitude: -1.7303
Accepting pupils
11—16 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
18. January 2024
Ofsted last inspection
12. July 2022
Region › Const. › Ward
South West › Swindon South › Covingham and Dorcan
Free school meals %
27.20
Trust
THE DORCAN ACADEMY
Learning provider ref #
10035811

School governors

  • Mrs Sherryl Bareham, Accounting Officer
    (13. April 2015—None)
  • Ms Astrid Broderstad, Chief Financial Officer
    (24. April 2017—None)
  • Ms Candida Gee, Trustee
    (5. July 2021—4. July 2025)
  • Mrs Sally Ann Harvey, Trustee
    (15. October 2021—14. October 2025)
  • Mrs Sherryl Bareham, Trustee
    (12. April 2015—None)
  • Mr Paul O'Nion, Trustee
    (20. January 2021—19. January 2025)
  • Mrs Pat Porter, Trustee
    (25. January 2017—26. January 2025)
  • Revd Trudie Wigley, Member
    (5. July 2022—None)
  • Mrs Andria Thomas, Member
    (5. July 2022—None)
  • Dr Cressida Ryan, Member
    (5. July 2022—None)
  • Mr Robert Earl StJohn Linnegar, Chair of Trustees
    (1. September 2021—31. August 2024)
  • Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Newitt, Trustee
    (6. November 2023—5. November 2027)
  • Mrs Pat Porter, Chair of Trustees
    (1. September 2024—26. January 2025)
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