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The Gryphon School

The Gryphon School
Bristol Road
Sherborne
Dorset
England
DT94EQ

📞 phone: 01935 813122

👩‍🏫 headteacher: Mrs Nicki Edwards

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

🌍 web: www.Gryphon.dorset.sch.uk

1571 pupils mixed gender
1495 pupils capacity: 105% full

757 boys 48%

814 girls 52%

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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
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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
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
15. November 2017
Diocese
Diocese of Salisbury
Region › Const. › Ward
South West › West Dorset › Sherborne East
SEN priorities
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Free school meals %
14.90
Trust
SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST
Learning provider ref #
10038102

School governors

  • Mr Tom Crassweller, Local Governor
    (1. June 2017—31. May 2025)
  • Mr Ben Jones, Local Governor
    (11. October 2017—10. October 2025)
  • Mrs Natalie Adams, Local Governor
    (12. October 2017—11. October 2025)
  • Mrs Nicki Edwards, Local Governor
    (1. June 2017—None)
  • Mr Neil Grenyer, Local Governor
    (20. May 2018—19. May 2026)
  • Mrs Caroline Polley, Local Governor
    (18. July 2019—17. July 2023)
  • Mrs Fiona Hartley, Local Governor
    (26. September 2019—25. September 2023)
  • Mrs Yvonne Bright, Local Governor
    (24. July 2019—23. July 2023)
  • Mrs Joanna Mears, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (11. October 2017—10. October 2025)
  • Mr Dave Oxford, Local Governor
    (16. November 2021—15. November 2025)
  • Dr Julie Philpin, Local Governor
    (6. March 2022—5. March 2026)
  • Revd Martin Lee, Local Governor
    (29. September 2022—28. September 2026)
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