{{more citations needed|date=January 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Dumpton School | image = Dumpton School, Wimborne - aerial view.jpg | caption = Aerial view of the 26-acre site of Dumpton School | image_size = 300px | coordinates = {{coord|50.8131|-1.97537|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec |display=inline,title}} | motto = Possunt Quia Posse Videntur (Latin) | motto_translation = You can because you think you can | established = 1903 | type = Independent Prep School | religious_affiliation = [[Christianity|Christian]] | president = | head_label = | head = Christian Saenger | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = | chair = | founder = | specialist = | address = Deans Grove House | city = [[Wimborne]] | county = [[Dorset]] | country = England | postal_code = BH21 7AF | local_authority = Dorset | ofsted = | urn = 113923 | staff = | enrolment = | gender = [[Mixed-Coeducational]] | lower_age = 2 | upper_age = 13 | houses = | colours = | publication = | website = {{URL|www.dumpton.com}} }}
'''Dumpton School''' is an independent day school in [[Wimborne, Dorset]], South West England, for girls and boys aged 2 to 13 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isc.co.uk/schools/england/dorset/wimborne/dumpton-school/|title = Dumpton School, Wimborne - ISC}}</ref>
==History== The school was founded as a boys' [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|preparatory school]] at [[Dumpton Park]] in Kent in 1903 and evacuated to [[Cranborne Chase]] in Dorset to avoid bombing raids at the outset of the [[Second World War]], (as were many schools from south-east England).
In 1945, the school moved to [[Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Gaunt's House|Gaunt's House]], near [[Wimborne]], and flourished under the Headmastership of Colonel Trevor Card. Unusually, the [[dormitories]] were named in memory of former pupils who had died on active service; (these included ''Cock, Pollard, Brown, York, Dutton'' and ''Fanshawe''). Trevor Card was succeeded by Messrs Carter and Monkhouse as joint heads in 1958 and subsequently by Major General Frank Thompson.
In 1988 the school moved again to its present site at Dean's Grove House nearer to Wimborne.
==Notable Old Dumptonians== *[[Sidney Boucher]], (1899–1963) Royal Naval officer and first-class cricketer<ref name="lewis116">Lewis P (2014) ''For Kent and Country'', pp.116–117. Brighton: Reveille Press.</ref> *Toby Buchan, [[William Buchan, 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir|4th Baron Tweedsmuir]] *Admiral [[Jeremy de Halpert]] *[[Duncan James]] (born 1978), pop singer ([[Blue (English band)|Blue]])<ref>{{cite news|title=33 famous people who went to school in Dorset|url=http://www.dorsetmagazine.co.uk/education/33_famous_people_who_went_to_school_in_dorset_1_3427612|accessdate=19 December 2016|work=Dorset Magazine|date=17 February 2016}}</ref> *[[Ore Oduba]] (born 1986), children's TV presenter (CBBC), 2016 winner of ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barber|first1=Marilyn|title=Strictly finalist Ore Oduba is a former pupil of Dumpton and Canford schools in Wimborne|url=http://www.blackmorevale.co.uk/strictly-finalist-ore-oduba-is-a-former-pupil-of-dumpton-and-canford-schools-in-wimborne/story-29980019-detail/story.html|accessdate=19 December 2016|work=Blackmore Vale|date=13 December 2016}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.dumpton.com/ Dumpton School website] *[https://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/schools/157240/dumpton-school/ac8de92#sch_tabs-2 Profile by the Good Schools Guide] *[http://www.dumpton.com/userfiles/files/Inspection_ISI13.pdf ISI Inspection Report, 2013]
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