| Sherborne School | |
|---|---|
 School seals  Sherborne boys in Blues walking across the Courts to classes | |
| Address | |
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Abbey Road , , DT9 3AP | |
| Coordinates | 50°56′52″N 2°30′52″W / 50.9478°N 2.5145°W |
| Information | |
| Type | 13–18 boys Public school Private, boarding school |
| Motto | French: Dieu et Mon Droit (God and My Right)[1] |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
| Established | 705 by Aldhelm, re-founded by King Edward VI 1550 |
| Founder | St Aldhelm |
| Department for Education URN | 113918 Tables |
| Chairman of the governors | David Leakey[2] |
| Headmaster | Dominic Luckett[3] |
| Chaplain | David Campbell |
| Staff | 165 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age | 13 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 560 pupils as of 2019[update] |
| Houses | 9 from 2021 |
| Colour(s) | |
| Song | Carmen Shirburniense |
| Publication | The Shirburnian |
| Former pupils | Old Shirburnians |
| Website | http://www.sherborne.org |
Sherborne School is a 13–18 boys public school and boarding school located beside Sherborne Abbey, in the parish of Sherborne, Dorset. The school has been in continuous operation on the same site for over 1,300 years. It was founded in 705 AD by St Aldhelm and, following the dissolution of the monasteries, re-founded in 1550 by King Edward VI, making it one of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom. Sherborne is one of the twelve founding member public schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference in 1869 and is a member of the Eton Group and Boarding Schools Association.
Sherborne educates about 600 boys, aged 13 to 18, and three quarters of its 2021 A level results were A or A* grades.[4] Many of the school buildings are on the National Heritage List for England,[5] including seven listed as grade I, four listed as grade II*, and 19 listed as grade II; the Courts' south side is a scheduled monument. Applicable law requires that the school perform any renovations or restorations of these structures with utmost care and attention to detail.[6]
The school also has a branch located in Doha, Qatar.
- ^ Max Davidson, State vs independent schools: Sherborne, Dorset, The Daily Telegraph (30 June 2009).
- ^ "Appointment of new Chairman". Sherborne School. 3 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016.
- ^ "Sherborne School appoint new Headmaster". Western Gazette. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015.
- ^ "All schools and colleges in England, Overall performance at end of key stage 4 in 2018 – all pupils". Gov.uk: Bennett. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2019 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Search the List - Find listed buildings, monuments, battlefields and more | Historic England".
- ^ "The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties - Technical Preservation Services (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 7 September 2024.