Clevedon School

Clevedon School
Address
Valley Road, BS21 6AH Clevedon , North Somerset England
Coordinates	51°26′51″N 2°50′34″W / 51.4476°N 2.8428°W / 51.4476; -2.8428
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Be Kind, Be Brilliant
Established	1962
Trust	Futura Learning Partnership
Specialist	Language College
Department for Education URN	137884 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Jim Smith
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1,173
Houses	Conygar   Walton   Marine   Valley
Website	http://www.clevedonschool.org.uk/

Clevedon School, formerly known as Clevedon Community School, is a coeducational secondary school located in Clevedon, North Somerset, England. It has over 1350 pupils,^[1] in years 7 to 11 in the Lower School and 12 to 13 in the Upper School or sixth form. The school recently regained its Language College status. As of 2024 the headteacher is Jim Smith. The school was part of the Clevedon Learning Trust, a Multi-Academy Trust formed on 1 January 2015 by CEO John Wells. As of 1st March 2023, Clevedon Learning Trust merged with Futura Learning Partnership, with schools in Bristol, North Somerset and Somerset.

Within the school grounds, the school operates Clevedon School Sports Centre, which has a large sports hall, a gymnasium, a dance studio, two squash courts, a running track, netball/tennis courts, an all-weather pitch as well as two large fields being split in two by Holly Lane. The sports centre is home to clubs including Swiss Valley Rangers FC and North Somerset Athletics Club.

The school was built in 1962 and has a mixture of old and new buildings.^{[citation needed]} Much of the school site still has the old buildings such as the main block, some refurbished such as the Maths Block (refurbished in 2014) and some modern buildings such as the Sixth Form Block and Science Block (recently renamed The Colin Bennet Science Centre). The school suffered from a minor fire within the art block on 17th March 2023, which took hold after school. It has been reported that all staff, students and visitors on site at the time were safely accounted for, and with the swift actions from staff the damage was contained to one classroom. The school's library, Xenia, deriving from the Greek meaning of hospitality, opened in 2022.^[2]

Clevedon School appeared in the ITV crime drama, Broadchurch, as South Wessex Secondary School; some of the students also appeared in the programme.^[3]