| Motto | Successful Learners - Confident Individuals - Responsible Citizens |
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| Headteacher | Mr Robert Davies |
| Location | Blandford Close Poole Dorset BH15 4BQ England |
| Local authority | Poole |
| DfE URN | 113865 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 400 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 12–16 |
| Website | www.carter.poole.sch.uk |
Carter Community School is a mixed secondary school (ages 12–16) in Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, England. The school serves the Hamworthy and Turlin Moor areas and pupils are taken from Hamorthy and Turlin Moor Middle Schools.
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The school opened in 1950 as Herbert Carter Secondary School which was named after Alderman Herbert Carter of Carter's tiles which was based in Hamworthy. The school was the first secondary school to be built after the Second World War in Poole on the site of a military hospital.
Carter Community School is a small secondary school for students aged 12-16 with around 400 students on roll. Since 2004 standards have risen considerably and GCSE results continue to improve year on year with 34% of students achieving 5A* - C grades (including maths and english) in 2010.[1] Students who attend Carter Community School currently make more progress than in any other secondary school in Poole and Bournemouth; the school is placed in the top 25% of all schools nationally (FFT -D). The school's most recent Ofsted inspection in 2008, judged the school to be ‘Good’ in all areas.[2] The school has had extensions such as the sports hall in 2003 and full size all-weather sports pitch.
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