Robert Blake School

Robert Blake School
Address
Map
Hamp Avenue

Bridgwater
,
Somerset
,
TA6 6AW

England
Coordinates51°07′13″N 3°00′14″W / 51.1203°N 3.0040°W / 51.1203; -3.0040
Information
TypeFoundation school
MottoAspire Achieve Celebrate
Established1956
Local authoritySomerset County Council
Department for Education URN123878 Tables
OfstedReports
ChairR Cheetham
HeadteacherD Loveridge
GenderMixed
Age11 to 16
Enrolment1000+
Houses  Quantock
  Mendip
  Blackdown
  Polden
Websitehttp://www.robertblake.org.uk/

Robert Blake School, formerly Robert Blake Science College, is a mixed secondary school in Bridgwater, Somerset, England.[1]

The school, which was established in 1956,[2] has specialist Science College status, has 719 students between the ages of 11 and 16.

The school is named after Robert Blake (1599 — 17 August 1657), one of the most important military commanders of the Commonwealth of England, and one of the most famous English admirals of the 17th century, who was born in Bridgwater.

Bridgwater was selected as the first town in the South West level to be selected for the UK governments Building Schools for the Future initiative,[3] which aimed to rebuild and renew nearly every secondary school in England.[4] Within Bridgwater, Building Schools for the Future was to develop all of the 4 secondary schools along with 2 special provision schools, Elmwood School and Penrose School at an expected cost of around £100 Million.[5] This included the complete relocation and rebuilding of a new school combining both the Haygrove and Penrose Schools.

In July 2010 several components of the scheme for Bridgwater schools were cancelled and others were still under discussion.[6]

Robert Blake Science College in 2011
  1. ^ "Home". robertblake.org.uk.
  2. ^ "Bridgwater: Education". Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Somerset Building Schools for the Future". Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Building Schools for the Future". Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  5. ^ "Building Schools for the Future in Bridgwater". Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  6. ^ Williams, Rachel (9 July 2010). "The schools that will have to make do with crumbling buildings". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2010.