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Independent prep school in Wimborne, Dorset, England

Dumpton School Aerial view of the 26-acre site of Dumpton School Location Deans Grove House Wimborne , Dorset , BH21 7AF England 50°48′47″N 1°58′31″W / 50.8131°N 1.97537°W / 50.8131; -1.97537 Information Type Independent Prep School Motto Possunt Quia Posse Videntur (Latin) (You can because you think you can) Religious affiliation Christian Established 1903 Local authority Dorset Department for Education URN 113923 Tables Head teacher Christian Saenger Gender Mixed-Coeducational Age 2 to 13 Website www.dumpton.com

**Dumpton School** is an independent day school in [Wimborne, Dorset](/source/Wimborne%2C_Dorset), South West England, for girls and boys aged 2 to 13 years.[1]

## History

The school was founded as a boys' [preparatory school](/source/Preparatory_school_(United_Kingdom)) at [Dumpton Park](/source/Dumpton_Park) in Kent in 1903 and evacuated to [Cranborne Chase](/source/Cranborne_Chase) in Dorset to avoid bombing raids at the outset of the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), (as were many schools from south-east England).

In 1945, the school moved to [Gaunt's House](/source/Sir_Richard_Glyn%2C_1st_Baronet%2C_of_Gaunt's_House), near [Wimborne](/source/Wimborne), and flourished under the Headmastership of Colonel Trevor Card. Unusually, the [dormitories](/source/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](/source/Sidney_Boucher), (1899–1963) Royal Naval officer and first-class cricketer[2]

- Toby Buchan, [4th Baron Tweedsmuir](/source/William_Buchan%2C_3rd_Baron_Tweedsmuir)

- Admiral [Jeremy de Halpert](/source/Jeremy_de_Halpert)

- [Duncan James](/source/Duncan_James) (born 1978), pop singer ([Blue](/source/Blue_(English_band)))[3]

- [Ore Oduba](/source/Ore_Oduba) (born 1986), children's TV presenter (CBBC), 2016 winner of *[Strictly Come Dancing](/source/Strictly_Come_Dancing)*[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Dumpton School, Wimborne - ISC"](http://www.isc.co.uk/schools/england/dorset/wimborne/dumpton-school/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-lewis116_2-0)** Lewis P (2014) *For Kent and Country*, pp.116–117. Brighton: Reveille Press.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["33 famous people who went to school in Dorset"](http://www.dorsetmagazine.co.uk/education/33_famous_people_who_went_to_school_in_dorset_1_3427612). *Dorset Magazine*. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Barber, Marilyn (13 December 2016). ["Strictly finalist Ore Oduba is a former pupil of Dumpton and Canford schools in Wimborne"](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). *Blackmore Vale*. Retrieved 19 December 2016.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

## External links

- [Dumpton School website](http://www.dumpton.com/)

- [Profile by the Good Schools Guide](https://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/schools/157240/dumpton-school/ac8de92#sch_tabs-2)

- [ISI Inspection Report, 2013](http://www.dumpton.com/userfiles/files/Inspection_ISI13.pdf)

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