{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Corfe Hills School | image = Corfe Hills School.jpg | image_size = 250px | coordinates = {{coord|50.76962|-2.00600|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | motto = ''High Expectations, Exceptional Individuals'' | established = 1976 | closed = | type = [[Academy (English school)|Academy]] | religious_affiliation = | president = | head_label = Headteacher | head = Sara Jones | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = | chair = | founder = | address = Higher Blandford Road | city = [[Broadstone, Dorset|Broadstone]] | county = [[Dorset]] | country = England | postal_code = BH18 9BG | local_authority = [[Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council|Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole]] | ofsted = yes | urn = 136574 | staff = | enrolment = 882 | gender = [[Co-educational]] | lower_age = 13 | upper_age = 18 | houses = Kimmeridge, Lulworth, Sandbanks | colours = | publication = | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | website = http://www.corfehills.net/ }}
'''Corfe Hills School''' is a [[co-educational]] [[upper school]] in [[Broadstone, Dorset|Broadstone]], [[Poole]], [[Dorset]], England, in the urban fringe between [[Poole]] and [[Wimborne]]. The school became an [[Academy (English school)|academy]] in 2011.<ref name="CHSAcademy">{{cite web|url=https://www.corfehills.net/Academy-Status/ |title=ACADEMY STATUS |publisher=Corfe Hills School |access-date=26 September 2022}}</ref> The school serves [[Corfe Mullen]], [[Broadstone, Dorset|Broadstone]], [[Wimborne]], [[Merley]] and [[Sturminster Marshall]]. The current [[headteacher]] is James Sankey.
==History== The school was established in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.schoolsnet.com/|title=Schools Guide UK Search Find Best Top Schools List Reviews Lessons|website=www.schoolsnet.com|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> By 2000, the school had 1,600 pupils.<ref name="Mosley">{{cite book |last=Mosley |first=Ivo |date=2000 |title=Dumbing Down: Culture, Politics and the Mass Media |publisher=Imprint Academic |page=viii |isbn=9780907845652}}</ref>
In 2012, the school was reported to be using a £9,000 [[yurt]] as a space to encourage reading.<ref name="BBCNews">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-18438763|title=Corfe Hills School in Dorset uses yurt |publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 August 2022}}</ref>
A former chemistry teacher of the school (teaching between 2001 and 2011) was convicted in 2014 and jailed for owning and distributing indecent images and movies of children.<ref name="EchoTeacher">{{cite web|url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11309498.retired-corfe-hills-school-teacher-ian-bell-jailed-for-owning-and-sharing-thousands-of-child-abuse-images/ |title=Retired Corfe Hills School teacher Ian Bell jailed for owning and sharing thousands of child abuse images |publisher=Bournemouth Echo |access-date=28 August 2022}}</ref>
The school was a site of an audio experiment in 2016 with [[Bournemouth University]] in which 11 teenage students participated in the listening of radio drama shows.<ref name="Mcmurtry">{{cite book |last=Mcmurtry |first=Leslie |date=2019 |title=Revolution in the Echo Chamber Audio Drama's Past, Present and Future |publisher=Intellect Books Limited |isbn=978-1789380439}}</ref>
In 2018, the school had 1,040 pupils.<ref name="Echo2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15846676.corfe-hills-school-downgraded-ofsted-inspection/|title=Corfe Hills School downgraded after Ofsted inspection |publisher=Bournemouth Echo |access-date=28 August 2022}}</ref> In 2019, the school spent £1.2 million on a renovation of the school heating system.<ref name="Amiri">{{cite web|url=https://amirigroup.co.uk/construction/news-and-insights/amiri-win-12-million-project-at-corfe-hills-school|title=Amiri win £1.2 million project at Corfe Hills School |publisher=Amiri Group |access-date=28 August 2022}}</ref>
In 2020, the school had 869 students (less than half the number of students compared with 20 years ago).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Corfe Hills School - GOV.UK|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/136574|access-date=2020-12-29|website=get-information-schools.service.gov.uk|language=en}}</ref>
In 2022, the school had 882 students.<ref name="CHSGov">{{cite web|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/136574|title=Corfe Hills School |publisher=UK Government |access-date=28 August 2022}}</ref>
==Productions== For over 30 years the school has produced a musical for a week at the [[Poole]] [[The Lighthouse (Poole)|Lighthouse theatre]], a regional arts centre. Further music and drama productions take place in the spring and summer terms and a Christmas carol service is held at Wimborne Minster. The school also enters a team into the annual Rock Challenge Dance competition, being placed in several years allowing entry to the regional premier competition. Productions include Guys and Dolls, Hot Mikado, In to the Woods, Calamity Jane,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2016/11/a-school-with-a-heart/|title=A school with a heart {{!}} Dorset Life - The Dorset Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> "[[Anything Goes]]", Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Fiddler on the Roof,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/5406849.fiddler-plays-at-school/|title=Fiddler plays at school|website=Dorset Echo|language=en|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> Oliver Twist, Sweet Charity<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/Poole/Lighthouse/Musical/Guys-and-Dolls/L246991844/|title=Archive for Guys and Dolls at Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre), Poole. 2004. [POOLE]|website=www.uktw.co.uk|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> and many more.
==Sports and Clubs== The school has international links, of which its [[Rugby football|rugby]], hockey and Netball tours are the best known. In recent years the teams have travelled to Dubai, South Africa, New Zealand and Fiji. The school sporting facilities include an indoor sports hall and outside area, including football and rugby pitches, a cricket strip, a 400m running track and four tennis courts.
In September 2021, the school launched a cadet unit with [[Dorset Police]].<ref name="Police1">{{cite web|url=https://www.dorsetview.co.uk/police-cadet-unit-launched-at-corfe-hills-school/#.YWC2VdrMJPY | title=Police cadet unit launched at Corfe Hills School | date=17 September 2021 |publisher=Dorset View |access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="Police2">{{cite web|url=https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/19589271.new-police-cadet-unit-launched-weymouth/ | title=New police cadet unit launched in Weymouth |publisher=Dorset Echo|access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref>
== County top == [[File:Corfe Hills from Barrow Hill 1.JPG|thumb|right|Corfe Hills seen from Barrow Hill. The highest point is near the foot of the transmission mast.]] The school is located on the [[county top]] for [[Poole]] unitary authority, called '''Corfe Hills''', hence the name. The actual summit of the hill is on the Higher Blandford Road near the mobile phone tower by the school entrance. At 78 metres, Corfe Hills is the highest point in Poole.<ref>[http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/search.php?ct=EWM ''Database of British and Irish Hills'']. Accessed on 29 Mar 2013.</ref>
==Notable former pupils== [[James McVey]], the lead guitarist with [[The Vamps (British band)|The Vamps]] was a former pupil of the school.<ref name="Echo1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/19038988.go-bournemouth-school-someone-famous/ | title=Did you go to the same Dorset school as someone famous? |publisher=Daily Echo |access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref>
== Headteachers ==
* Sara Jones (2026-Present) * James Sankey (2020–2025) * Phil Keen (2016-2020) * Gary Clark (2012-2016) * Alan Hinchliffe (2003-2012) * Andrew Williams (c.1990-2003)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2003-11-03|title=DorsetLife On-Line Magazine|url=http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/articles/ArticlesDetail.asp?ID=154|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20031103065644/http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/articles/ArticlesDetail.asp?ID=154|archive-date=2003-11-03|access-date=2019-12-17|website=archive.ph}}</ref><ref name="Mosley"/> * Dr Brian Harper (1976-c.1990)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.corfehills.net/ School website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071010051328/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=113864%2F Ofsted Report]
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