Bournemouth Collegiate School
{{Short description|School in Dorset, England}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
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| established = 1895 (Uplands School)
1899 (Wentworth College)
2009 (merger)
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| type = Private day and boarding school
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| head_label = Headmaster
| head = Maria Koulter
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| address = College Road
| city = Bournemouth
| county = Dorset
| country = England
| postcode = BH5 2DY
| dfeno = 839/6002
| ofsted =
| urn = 113937
| staff =
| enrolment = 540~
| gender = Coeducational
| lower_age = 3
| upper_age = 18
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Brownsea {{color box|Green}}
Solent {{colour box|Dark_Blue}}
| colours = Blue {{color box|Blue}}
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Bournemouth Collegiate School is a coeducational private day and boarding school based on two sites in Poole and Bournemouth, Dorset on the southern coast of England. The prep school (ages 2–11) is located in Poole and the senior school (ages 11–18) in the Southbourne West-Boscombe East-Pokesdown South area.{{cite news|title=Bournemouth Collegiate School: nurturing talent|url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/education/school_report/9592677.Bournemouth_Collegiate_School__nurtering_talent/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720233447/http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/education/school_report/9592677.Bournemouth_Collegiate_School__nurtering_talent/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 July 2012|publisher=Bournemouth Daily Echo|date=15 March 2012}} The school is the only coeducational independent school in the Bournemouth and Poole area.
The school operates on split sites as a result of a merger between two independent schools, Wentworth College (Bournemouth) and Uplands School (Poole).{{cite news|title=Uplands and Wentworth schools to merge|url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/education/4330129.Uplands_and_Wentworth_schools_to_merge/|publisher=Bournemouth Daily Echo|date=29 April 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The prep school is situated at the old Uplands site and the senior school at Wentworth.
History
Bournemouth Collegiate School was created in September 2009 by the merger of Wentworth College in Bournemouth and Uplands School in Poole. Wentworth College had joined the United Church Schools Trust in August 2008, and Uplands School in June 2009 – it was UCST that brought the two together to create a new school.[http://www.bournemouthcollegiateschool.co.uk/information/view/240/The-Origins-of-BCS The Origins of BCS] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209025133/http://www.bournemouthcollegiateschool.co.uk/information/view/240/The-Origins-of-BCS |date=9 December 2010 }}
=Uplands School=
{{Main|Uplands School (Poole)}}
Uplands was an independent school in Poole founded in 1895 as Bourne School for Girls. It moved to various places before and after World War II and later became coeducational.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
=Wentworth College=
Wentworth College was previously an independent day and boarding school for girls. It took its name from Wentworth Lodge, the building it occupied. The school was founded by the merger of two schools during the 1960s. Milton Mount College was founded in 1871 with Selina Hadland as head.{{Cite book |last=Kaye |first=Elaine |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-52266 |title=Hadland, Selina (1838–1919), headmistress |date=2004-09-23 |publisher=Oxford University Press |volume=1 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/52266}} It was originally sited in Milton-next-Gravesend near Gravesend Kent, and then relocated to Worth Park near Crawley.{{cite web| url=https://www.discovergravesham.co.uk/gravesend/milton-mount-college.html | title=Milton Mount College | website=Discover Gravesend | location=UK | accessdate=14 May 2023 }} The second, Bournemouth Collegiate School, was established in 1899 in the town centre and moved to Wentworth Lodge in 1923. Due to falling pupil numbers, Wentworth became coeducational in 2008.{{cite news|title=Boys to join girls at independent school|url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/districts/bournemouth/1736947.Boys_to_join_girls_at_independent_school/|publisher=Bournemouth Daily Echo|date=4 October 2007}} It went into administration in July 2008, which prompted the UCST to propose the merger.
Prep School
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| head = Kay Smith
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| address = 40 St Osmund's Road
| city = Poole
| county = Dorset
| country = England
| postcode = BH14 9JY
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| urn = 113929
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| lower_age = 3
| upper_age = 11
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The preparatory department is located at the former Uplands School site in Poole.
Boarding
The boarding facilities are built around the old Wentworth Lodge, in which Wentworth College was housed and which were once part of the Portman Estate. The house, built in 1872, was used by Viscount Portman as a summer residence for around six weeks every year.[http://www.bournemouthcollegiateschool.co.uk/information/view/485/Unique-Location Unique Location] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517182804/http://www.bournemouthcollegiateschool.co.uk/information/view/485/Unique-Location |date=17 May 2012 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.bournemouthcollegiateschool.co.uk/ School Website]
- [http://www.ucst.org.uk/ United Church Schools Trust]
- [http://www.isc.co.uk/schools/england/dorset/bournemouth/bournemouth-collegiate-school Profile] on the ISC website
- Ofsted Social Care inspection [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/CARE/SC004025 reports]
- ISI Inspection Reports - [http://www.isi.net/schools/7202/ Prep School] & [http://www.isi.net/schools/7224/ Senior School]
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Category:Schools in Bournemouth
Category:Private schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole