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The Gryphon School

The Gryphon School
Bristol Road
Sherborne
Dorset
England
DT94EQ

📞 phone: 01935 813122

👨‍🏫 headteacher: Mr Jim Gower

✉️ reveal email: off…@gryphon.dorset.sch.ukreveal

🌍 web: www.Gryphon.dorset.sch.uk

1514 pupils mixed gender
1495 pupils capacity: 101% full

755 boys 50%

759 girls 50%

Last updated:

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Admissions policy
Non-selective
Special classes
Has Special Classes
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Trust school
Supported by a multi-academy trust
URN
138471
Education phase
Secondary
Religious character
Church of England
Establishment type
Academy converter
Establishment #
4512
Open date
1. August 2012
Reason open
Academy Converter
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 363910, Northing: 117845
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 50.959, Longitude: -2.5152
Accepting pupils
11—18 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
18. January 2024
Ofsted last inspection
21. June 2023
Diocese
Diocese of Salisbury
Region › Const. › Ward
South West › West Dorset › Sherborne East
SEN priorities
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Free school meals %
19.60
Trust
SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST
Learning provider ref #
10038102

School governors

  • Mr Tom Crassweller, Local Governor
    (1. June 2017—31. May 2025)
  • Mrs Natalie Adams, Local Governor
    (12. October 2017—5. February 2024)
  • Mrs Yvonne Bright, Local Governor
    (24. July 2019—22. July 2027)
  • Mrs Joanna Mears, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (11. October 2017—5. February 2024)
  • Dr Julie Philpin, Local Governor
    (6. March 2022—5. March 2026)
  • Mr Jim Gower, Local Governor
    (1. September 2023—31. August 2027)
  • Mr Matthew Punch, Local Governor
    (29. January 2024—28. January 2028)
  • Mrs Sarah Darlington, Local Governor
    (30. April 2024—29. April 2028)
  • Mr Neil Grenyer, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (20. May 2018—19. May 2026)
  • Mrs Sally Palmer, Local Governor
    (1. September 2024—31. August 2028)
  • Mrs Natalie Adams, Local Governor
    (11. October 2024—10. October 2028)
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