Sarum Academy

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| established = 2010

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| type = Academy

| religious_affiliation = Church of England

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| head = Jonathan Curtis

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| address = Westwood Road

| city = Salisbury

| county = Wiltshire

| country = England

| postcode = SP2 9HS

| local_authority = Wiltshire

| ofsted = yes

| urn = 136183

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| enrolment = 608

| enrolment_as_of = March 2023

| gender = Coeducational

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 19

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Sarum Academy (formerly Salisbury High School) is a Church of England secondary school with academy status in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The school is on the west side of Salisbury, on Bemerton Heath.{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | title = Sarum Academy | work = Secondary Schools in Salisbury | publisher = Salisbury Journal | date = | url = http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/li/all_secondary_schools.detail.136183/ | format = | doi = | access-date = 28 Aug 2013 | archive-url = }}

History

The first buildings on the site were opened in 1957 for boys of St Thomas's School in central Salisbury, which at that time was a Church of England secondary modern school; after the buildings were extended in the early 1960s the rest of the boys' school moved there.{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol6/pp161-168|title=Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 6 pp161-168 – Salisbury: Schools|year=1962|editor-last=Crittall|editor-first=Elizabeth|website=British History Online|publisher=University of London|access-date=15 December 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/School/Details/574|title=St. Thomas's Boys' Secondary Modern School, Salisbury|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=15 December 2019}} Westwood County Girls' Secondary Modern School was opened on an adjoining site in 1958, and in 1973 the two schools merged to form Westwood St. Thomas's School,{{cite web|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/School/Details/587|title=Westwood St. Thomas's School, Salisbury|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=15 December 2019}} which became a comprehensive school. From 1997 the school was called Salisbury High School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/126469|title=Salisbury High School|last=|first=|date=|website=GOV.UK|language=en|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-15}}

The school converted to academy status in 2010 and reopened as Sarum Academy.{{Cite web|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/136183|title=Sarum Academy|last=|first=|date=|website=GOV.UK|language=en|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-15}} Since November 2017 it has been sponsored by Magna Learning Partnership, alongside Wyvern St Edmund's and Salisbury Sixth Form College in the Salisbury area, and The Trafalgar School at Downton.{{Cite web|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Groups/Group/Details/16879#list|title=Magna Learning Partnership|last=|first=|date=|website=GOV.UK|language=en|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-15}}

References

External links

{{Official website}}

Category:Academies in Wiltshire

Category:Educational institutions established in 2010

Category:2010 establishments in England

Category:Church of England secondary schools in the Diocese of Salisbury

Category:Secondary schools in Wiltshire

Category:Schools in Salisbury