| Motto | Comprehensive Excellence |
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| Established | 1976 |
| Headteacher | Mr Alan Hinchliffe |
| Specialism | Technology College |
| Location | Higher Blandford Road Broadstone Dorset BH18 9BG England |
| Local authority | Poole |
| DfE URN | 113864 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1,618[1] |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 13–18 |
| Website | www.corfe-hills.dorset.sch.uk |
Corfe Hills School, is a purpose built secondary school in the urban fringe between Poole and Wimborne, located in Broadstone, Poole, England. In 2001, the school was given Technology College status. The school has over 1600 students and over 100 teaching staff.[2] It is one of the largest secondary schools in Dorset, and serves Corfe Mullen, Broadstone, Wimborne, Merley and Sturminster Marshall. It also has a small sixth form college.[3] The school was established in 1976[4] and has since grown every decade, with a periodical expansion of buildings. The current headteacher is Alan Hinchliffe, appointed in 2003, succeeding Andrew Williams, who led the school for over ten years.
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For over 25 years the school has produced a musical for a week at the Poole Lighthouse theatre, a regional arts centre. Further music and drama productions take place in the spring and summer terms - a Christmas carol service is held at Wimborne Minster and as a spring concert at the St. Nicholas church in nearby Corfe Mullen. The school also enters a team into the annual Rock Challenge Dance competition, coming second at the 2006 southern finals. Recent productions include Crazy for You, Godspell, Tommy, In to the Woods, Hot Mikado, "Anything Goes" and Sweet Charity. Most recently Fiddler on the Roof was performed at the Lighthouse.
The school has international links, of which its rugby, hockey and Netball tours are the best known. The most recent tour was to New Zealand and Cook Islands in summer 2007, and in recent years the teams have travelled to South Africa, New Zealand and Fiji, led by coaches Lyn and Di Lewis, Lyn being the chairman of the English Schools Rugby Association. The school sporting facilities include an indoor sports hall, gym, and outside area, including football and rugby pitches, a cricket strip, an all weather clay hockey pitch, a 400m running track and four tennis courts.
Date of Inspection: September 2006
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