The Warriner School, Bloxham
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The Warriner School | |
Established | 1971 |
Headteacher | Mr Nicholas Hindmarsh |
Specialism | Technology College |
Location | Banbury Road, Bloxham Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 4LJ England |
LEA | Oxfordshire |
Ofsted number | 123230 |
Students | 1115 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Ages | 11 to 16 |
Website | thewarrinerschool.co.uk |
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The Warriner School is a secondary farm school which opened in 1971 and is situated on Banbury Road in Bloxham, Oxfordshire. The school has 1,114 pupils in the 11–16 range. It has Technology College status and serves the villages in the northern half of the Cherwell District. The school has a catering service and canteen, although school farm produce is not used for student consumption.
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[edit] Farming and rural studies
The school premises contain a farm, 120 acres in size and fully organic for livestock and grassland. The school has won the NFU's Rural School Of The Year Award 2005 and SSAT's Most Improved Schools Club Award 2005-06. The school sells its produce, including goats milk, eggs and animals.
The Warriner Farm is also useful to student education, as Rural Studies lessons can be held out on the farm, giving the teachers the ability to demonstrate with live animals.
[edit] Departments
- Science
- Mathematics
- Languages
- Sport
- Pdc (Personal Development Curriculum)
- Art
- Music
- Geography
- History
- ICT
- Rural Studies
- Law
- Business Studies
- RMS
- Design Technology - School has Specialist Technology College status
- Citizenship
[edit] Partnership
A school partnership is a group of schools that are usually primary schools feeding into the same secondary school.
The Warriner Partnership Contains the following schools:
- Bishop Carpenter School in North Newington, Oxfordshire
- Sibford Gower School
- Christopher Rawlins School in Adderbury, Oxfordshire
- Hornton School in Hornton
- Bloxham Primary School in Bloxham, Oxfordshire
- Shenington School in Shennington, Oxfordshire
- Wroxton School in Wroxton, Oxfordshire
- Dr Radcliffes School in Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire
- Deddington School in Deddington, Oxfordshire
[edit] External links
Banbury Secondary Schools: The Warriner School |