Sexey's School

Sexey's School
Established 1889
Type Voluntary aided, Academy, boarding school
Religion Church of England
Headmaster Raymond McGovern
Location Cole Road
Bruton
Somerset
BA10 0DF
England
Local authority Somerset County Council
DfE URN 137313
Students 512
Ages 11–18
Colours               
Website www.sexeys.somerset.sch.uk

Sexey's School is a state boarding school in Bruton, Somerset, England that also takes some day pupils from the surrounding area. Sexey's School is named after Hugh Sexey who, in 1599, was appointed as a Royal auditor to Elizabeth I and later as a Royal auditor to James I. Sexey's Hospital was established in 1619 from the proceeds of his will, and the school was founded in 1889. State boarding schools are most unusual in the England and Wales. The school became an Academy in August 2011.

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History

Sexey's School dates back to a Trade School which opened on 6 April 1891 with 15 boys. The headmaster and the boys moved into temporary premises in a house known as 'The Glen' on Quaperlake Street in Bruton. At the end of its first year there were 40 boys at the school learning basic subjects including practical mechanics, land measuring and elementary science. The school was moved to its current site and re-founded in 1898. The first headmaster was William Albert Knight[1]

Sexey's was a grammar school until the Education Act 1944, after which it became a Voluntary controlled school. In 1991 it adopted Grant Maintained status and in September 1999 it became a Voluntary aided school.[2]

It remained an all-boys school until 1977 when it became fully co-educational. Boarding facilities were expanded in the 1980s with the building of two new boarding houses - Lisbury House and Coombe House, making Sexey's one of the largest schools of its type in the country.[2] The school has continued expansion with the introduction of a policy in 2003 to take day pupils from a local catchment area of 1.5 miles. Prior to this the last day pupil was admitted in 1983. In 2001 the school had 394 students.[3] In 2007 there were 512 students.[4]

Sexey's has complex funding arrangements being a school that has both state (government funded) and independent (charity funded) income.[5]

Boarding

As of 2007 the school has around 300 boarders. Around two thirds of the school, and one third of sixth form are boarders. There are four boarding houses:

Headmasters

School song

The school song is a devotional chorus which is mentioned in the first school magazine in 1897.[7][8]

Hear mighty Lord,
Thy Sexeian's humble cry:
Hear, mighty Lord.
Inspire with motives high
For work and School.
For students here and past
Grant thankfulness,
And endless rest at last.

2002 calendar

In 2001, a group of pupils produced a glossy calendar as part of a Young Enterprise business project, sold for charity, called "Sexey's Hot Twelve",that featured 12 pictures of boys and girls in seductive poses. Child protection groups criticised the calendar for its potential attraction to adults who prey on vulnerable young people. The school reported that they had received no complaints, and that most of the 500 copies were bought immediately after going on sale.[9][10][11]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ Sexey's School (February 1897). "Early history". Sexey's School magazine - Issue 1 - February 1897. Archived from the original on 2007-10-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20071008141936/http://www.sexeys.somerset.sch.uk/index.php?main=history&sub=extracts&ssub=issue1. Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
  2. ^ a b Sexey's School. "Sexey's School - A Brief History". Archived from the original on 2007-07-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20070707163511/http://www.sexeys.somerset.sch.uk/index.php?main=history. Retrieved 2007-07-01. 
  3. ^ Ofsted (2001). "Inspection Report: Sexey's School" (PDF). http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/35090/(as)/123902_190216.pdf. Retrieved 2007-10-02. 
  4. ^ Ofsted (2007). "Inspection Report: Sexey's School". http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/display/(id)/74182. Retrieved 2010-10-09. 
  5. ^ "Admission arrangements for Bruton Sexey's School". Somerset County Council. 2002. http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/council/board3%5C2002%20January%2014%20Item%206%20-%20Admission%20Arrangements%20for%20Bruton%20Sexey%27s%20School.htm. Retrieved 11 March 2011. 
  6. ^ English Heritage. "Images of England". http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=261526. Retrieved 2009-02-14. 
  7. ^ Sexey's School. "The trip to Stourton". Sexey's School magazine - Issue 1 - February 1897. Archived from the original on 2007-10-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20071008142000/http://www.sexeys.somerset.sch.uk/index.php?main=history&sub=extracts&ssub=stourton. Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
  8. ^ R J T Waller (2007). "The AOS Magazine 2007, Issue 4". http://www.theaos.co.uk/AOS_Magazine_2007.pdf. Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
  9. ^ Savill, Richard (14 December 2001). "Schoolgirl calendar 'too sexy'". Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/12/15/nsexy15.xml&sSheet=/news/2001/12/15/ixhomef.html. Retrieved 2007-06-01. 
  10. ^ Allison, Rebecca (15 December 2001). "Sixth formers' topless calendar criticised". The Guardian. http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,5500,619240,00.html. Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
  11. ^ Coles, John. "We're so Sexey's". The Sun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/1,,2001580068,00.html. Retrieved 2007-06-01. 
  12. ^ W. C. Moore. "Frederick Tom Brooks. 1882-1952. Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, Vol. 8, No. 22 (Nov., 1953)". pp. 340–354. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1479-571X(195311)8%3A22%3C340%3AFTB1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9. Retrieved 2008-01-20 
  13. ^ Graham, Natalie (19 December 2004). "Radio host lives ‘entirely for pleasure’". The Sunday Times. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/money/article403897.ece. Retrieved 2007-07-01. 
  14. ^ Lewis, David (15 July 2006). "Obituary - Professor Arthur Willis". The Independent. http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1178594.ece. Retrieved 2007-07-01. 

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