Mangotsfield School

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Mangotsfield School | image = | image_size = | motto = Community Achievement Growth | established = 1982 | closed = | type = [[Academy (English school)|Academy]] | religious_affiliation = | president = | head_label = Headteacher | head = Hetty Blackmore | r_head_label = CEO | r_head = William Roberts <ref>http://www.mangotsfieldschool.org.uk/About-Us {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519160451/http://www.mangotsfieldschool.org.uk/About-Us |date=19 May 2016 }} Retrieved ''01 June 2016.''</ref> | chair_label = chair | chair = Ann Duff <ref name="Ofsted">''Ofsted Inspection Report 08-09 January 2015. '' http://www.mangotsfieldschool.org.uk/c/asset/Ofsted%20Report%20Jan%202015.pdf Retrieved 01 June 2016.</ref> | founder = | address = Rodway Hill | city = [[Mangotsfield]] | county = [[Gloucestershire]] | country = England | postal_code = BS16 9LH | local_authority = [[South Gloucestershire Council|South Gloucestershire]] | ofsted = yes | urn = 142008 | staff = | enrolment = 1,050 | gender = [[Coeducation|Mixed]] | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 16 | houses = Siston, Rodway, Chase, Pomphrey <ref>''Four Houses – One Community. Mangotsfield Brochure 2016–2017'' http://www.mangotsfieldschool.org.uk/c/asset/Uniform/Mangotsfield-School-Uniform-Brochure-All-School--Sept-2016.pdf</ref> <ref>{{Cite web | title =School Uniform: Burgundy Sweatshirts | work =Mangotsfield Newsletter | publisher =Mangotsfield School | url =http://www.mangotsfieldschool.org.uk/documents/NewsletterMay7th2010.pdf | format =pdf | accessdate =14 October 2010 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20111008142631/http://www.mangotsfieldschool.org.uk/documents/NewsletterMay7th2010.pdf | archive-date =8 October 2011 | url-status =dead }}</ref> | publication = | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | website = http://www.mangotsfieldschool.org.uk/ }}

'''Mangotsfield School''' is a secondary school located in [[Mangotsfield]] in [[South Gloucestershire]], north of the [[Kingswood, South Gloucestershire|Kingswood]] suburb of [[Bristol]].

==History== The school was formed in 1982 after a merger of two pre-existing schools; Rodway School (originally Rodway Technical High School) was established in 1957 and located at the current Mangotsfield School site opposite Rodway Common,<ref name="50th">{{Cite web | title =50th Anniversary Celebrations – 1957–2007 | publisher =Mangotsfield School | url =http://www.mangotsfieldschool.org.uk/cgi-bin/fcp.pl?words=gov&d=/Gottingen_Trip.html | accessdate =14 October 2010 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20111008142803/http://www.mangotsfieldschool.org.uk/cgi-bin/fcp.pl?words=gov&d=%2FGottingen_Trip.html | archive-date =8 October 2011 | url-status =dead }}</ref> and the Chase School for Boys was located in Cossham Street and was established in about 1966.<ref>{{Cite web | title =Gloucestershire Archives: Online Catalogue – Reference D10824 | publisher =Gloucestershire County Council | url =http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=%28RefNo==%27D10824%27%29 | accessdate =14 October 2010 }}</ref> The Cossham Street and Rodway sites provided the lower and upper school sites for Mangotsfield School respectively. The Cossham Street site was demolished in 1996 to make way for the [[Emersons Green]] housing estate. At this time, the whole school was moved to the enlarged Rodway site.<ref name="50th"/>

Previously a [[Community school (England and Wales)|community school]] administered by [[South Gloucestershire Council]], Mangotsfield School converted to [[Academy (English school)|academy status]] in September 2015 sponsored by Castle School Educational Trust. However the school continues to coordinate with South Gloucestershire Council for admissions.

==Structure== The school operates within five blocks: *A Block: ICT, Business and Humanities. *B Block: Art, Drama, P.E and Music *C Block: maths, English and MFL *D Block: Science *E Block: Design Technology

The school also has a Student Centre, Dining Hall, drama and PE Sports Hall. It is complemented by an astro pitch and tennis courts (Rodway Hill Tennis Centre).

==Alumni== ===Rodway Technical High School=== * [[Tim Brain]] - Chief Constable of Gloucestershire

===Rodway School=== * [[Sara Dallin]] and [[Keren Woodward]] of [[Bananarama]] * Australian celebrity chef James [[Alive and Cooking|Reeson]] – chase school for boys * [[John Hegley]], [[Performance poetry|performance poet]] * [[Phil Kite (footballer)|Phil Kite]], goalkeeper for [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]] * Dave Kirby, general legend

===Former teachers=== * [[Malcolm Arnold (athletics coach)]] (1964–68), became Head Coach of UK Athletics from 1994 to 1997 * David Parsons (councillor) CBE (science teacher in the 1980s), former president from 1975 to 1976 of [[Oxford University Student Union]], and Conservative Leader from 2003 to 2012 of [[Leicestershire County Council]]

== References == {{reflist}}

==Further reading== * ''The History Of Mangotsfield School'' by R. S. Howlett, published by Downend Local History Society, 1980 ASIN B0043DD24G

[[Category:Secondary schools in South Gloucestershire District]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1982]] [[Category:1982 establishments in England]] [[Category:Academies in South Gloucestershire District]]