Denbigh School

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Denbigh School
Type	Foundation Comprehensive school
Religious affiliation	Non-denominational
Headteacher	Mrs S Parker
Chair of Governors	Mr W Butler
Specialism	Technology College
Location	Burchard Crescent Shenley Church End Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK5 6EX England
LEA	Milton Keynes LEA
Ofsted number	110498
Students	1,500
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11 to 19
Website	www.denbigh.net
Coordinates: 52°01′31″N 0°47′26″W / 52.025247, -0.790533

Denbigh School is a comprehensive state Secondary school in Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes in south central England.

1 History
2 Present day
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

The original Denbigh School was located on Cornwall Grove in Bletchley. In the 1980s, the Local Education Authority resolved to relocate either Denbigh or (near by) Lord Grey School to Shenley Church End. Eventually Denbigh was chosen to move. In 1991-92 term years 8 and 9 were located at the new school and other years located at the old one, the school was still in the process of being built at the time. All years moved into the new school in July 1992.

When the Shenley site opened in 1991, the site had the following areas completed, Humanities Block, Maths block 50% (Upstairs) Science Block, Technology Block, IT Room, Music Rooms, Sports hall (shared with Shenley Leisure Centre), the dining room and "the street" (an indoor communal area). Throughout that year, the English block was completed by Christmas and the playing fields by summer (prior to this the pupils in the school did outdoor PE at Loughton Middle school (Loughton County Combined School at the time) playing fields or were bussed to the Bletchley site). In 1992 the school was completed at its next phase with art rooms, an extended maths block, Modern Language block, 6th Form Block, Meeting Hall and gymnasium all opening.

Later extensions of the school involved a further extension to the art design and technology area and more recently an extended 6th form block. With the increasing popularity of IT part of the Maths block has become an ICT suite.

Shortly after the old school was demolished, however the site remained unused for some years before it was built on as an extension to the "Counties" estate in Bletchley.

Chris Clarke currently goes to Denbigh.

[edit] Present day

In its new site, the school has delivered excellent result and is one ot the leading schools in Milton Keynes in terms of academic attainment. Consequently it has featured in the local papers from time to time because of "selection by relocation" - parents have moved home to be within its catchment area in the expectation that their child would be guaranteed entry, only to find the boundaries redrawn to cope with its permanent over-subscription for places.

As of January 2008 the school has 1451 students and 176 staff.[1]

It is a specialist Technology College which entitles it to money from the Government to fund it's DT facilities, computer rooms, and it's further activities - such as Further Maths at A level.

The Current Headteacher is Mrs Sarah Parker who took over from Roger Connibear in 2005, who took over from Gillian Parkinson in 1993 - The latter being involved in overseeing the move to Shenley.

In 2007 students from the school won the BBC's national Schools Question Time Competition. Students from Denbigh, and from three other winning schools, helped to produce an episode of the show, which was broadcast on 5 July 2007.^[1]