Desborough School

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**Desborough School**


Established	1894
School type	Comprehensive
Headmaster	Andrew Linnell
Specialisms	Language College
Location	Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
LEA	Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Enrolment	1090
Website	desborough.org.uk

Desborough School is an all boys comprehensive school in Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. It was founded as Maidenhead Grammar School in 1894 and in September 1973 it converted to comprehensive schooling. The school is the subject of a book, 100 not out, written by Mr. David Evans to celebrate the centenary of Desborough School.

During the 1990s Desborough School became a grant-maintained school providing it with increased funding and a greater degree of autonomy. The passing of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 abolished Grant Maintained schools and Desborough reverted to LEA control.

In 2003, the school won Language College status and as such underwent a regeneration in the language department with many facilities upgraded. Additional new languages are offered as extra curricular subjects. Japanese is now taught on Tuesdays after school. A major renovation of the historic main school building was completed in 2006. This upgrade saw a new library being built, along with a new staff room, the creation of more classrooms and the removal of the school reception to the old music house. Further upgrades around the school have also occurred in recent years with a new music department being built in the place of the old temporary buildings in 2003.

The school has suffered from arson attacks and burglaries and has had to install a full suite of external CCTV cameras, and has trialled "a new CCTV system called ‘Class Watch’ ... a stand-alone system aimed at supporting staff and pupils inside the teaching areas"^[1].

The latest Ofsted inspection rated the school as "satisfactory"^[2].

1 Alumni
2 Headteachers
3 Sixth Form
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Alumni

Famous students include Nick Hornby, John O'Farrell, Mark Richardson (GB 400m runner) and Toby Anstis. A former pupil, Dicky Patounas, became one of the youngest ever Red Arrows in 1997 at the age of 27^[3].

[edit] Headteachers

The headteacher is Mr. Andrew Linnell, the former head of Reading School who took over in 2005 from Mr. David Eyre who moved to Brighton Hill Community College at Basingstoke.

[edit] Sixth Form

The school has joined the consortium program along with Altwood, Cox Green and Newlands School in 2003. The consortium allows sixth form students to take a subject which is not offered at his or her school and study it at another school. Subjects such as psychology and politics are among the popular choices. Transport is provided in between schools. School timetable are fitted around the consortium students which minimises clashes with other subjects.

[edit] External links

Desborough School website

[edit] References

Berkshire Secondary Schools
Comprehensive: The Bulmershe School \| Denefield School \| Desborough School \| John O'Gaunt Secondary School \| Kennet Comprehensive School \| Little Heath School \| Newlands Girls' School \| St. Bartholomew's School \| St Crispin's School \| The Downs School \| Trevelyan School \| Trinity School \| Waingels College
Grammar: Herschel Grammar School \| Kendrick School \| Langley Grammar School \| Reading School \| Slough Grammar School \| St Bernard's Convent School
Independent: The Abbey School \| Claires Court School \| Crosfields School \| Dolphin School \| Downe House \| Lambrook Haileybury \| Leighton Park School \| Ludgrove School \| Sunningdale School
Public: Bearwood College \| Bradfield College \| Eton College \| Heathfield St Mary's \| Pangbourne College \| Reading Blue Coat School \| St. George's School, Ascot \| St Mary's School Ascot \| St. Piran's \| Wellington College