Beaminster School

Beaminster School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Beaminster in the English county of Dorset.^[1]

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. (January 2022)

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Beaminster School
Beaminster School
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Newtown Beaminster , Dorset , DT8 3EP England
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Type	Voluntary controlled school
Motto	Latin: Duce et auspice deo
Religious affiliation(s)	Christian
Local authority	Dorset
Department for Education URN	113884 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Keith Hales
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Houses	Eggardon, Lewesdon, Mapperton, Pilsdon and Waddon
Website	http://www.beaminster.dorset.sch.uk/

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It is a voluntary controlled Christian school administered by the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury and Dorset County Council.^[2] The school also has a specialism in technology, and was called Beaminster Technology College for a while.

Beaminster School offers GCSEs, BTECs and NVQs courses as programmes of study for pupils, with some courses offered in conjunction with Kingston Maurward College. Beaminster Schools sixth form provision is offered in conjunction with the Sir John Colfox Academy in Bridport, and students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs. Beaminster School received a 'Good' grade in its latest Ofsted report of November 2013.^[3]

Vaughan Gething, former First Minister of Wales, attended the school.