The Sir John Colfox Academy

The Sir John Colfox Academy
The Sir John Colfox Academy
	The school in 2005
Address
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	Ridgeway; Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3DT; England
Coordinates	50°44′48″N 2°44′53″W / 50.74676°N 2.74808°WCoordinates: 50°44′48″N 2°44′53″W / 50.74676°N 2.74808°W
Information
Type	Academy
Local authority	Dorset
Department for Education URN	141735 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Mr D Herbert
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Houses	Adler, Fleur de lys, Hinomaru, Toro
Website	www.colfox.org

The Sir John Colfox Academy (formerly the Sir John Colfox School, and until 1999^[2] Colfox School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Bridport in the English county of Dorset.^[3]

Previously a community school administered by Dorset County Council, the Sir John Colfox School converted to academy status in May 2015 and was renamed the Sir John Colfox Academy. However the school continues to coordinate with Dorset County Council for admissions. Admissions to the school includes pupils that usually attend Bridport Primary School, St Mary's CE Primary School, Burton Bradstock CE VC School, Loders CE VC Primary School, Powerstock CE VA Primary School, St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Symondsbury CE Primary School and Thorner's CE School.^[4]

The Sir John Colfox School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.^[5] The Sir John Colfox School sixth form provision is offered in conjunction with Beaminster School in Beaminster, and students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.^[6]

References[]

^ "School Information – The Sir John Colfox Academy". Colfox.org. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
^ "Tributes after death of Sir John Colfox". Dorset Echo. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
^ "The Sir John Colfox Academy". Colfox.org. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
^ "» Catchment Area". Colfox.org. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
^ "» Curriculum". Colfox.org. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
^ "» Welcome to the Sixth Form". Colfox.org. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

External links[]

The Sir John Colfox Academy official website

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[1] "School Information – The Sir John Colfox Academy". Colfox.org. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

[2] "Tributes after death of Sir John Colfox". Dorset Echo. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

[3] "The Sir John Colfox Academy". Colfox.org. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

[4] "» Catchment Area". Colfox.org. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

[5] "» Curriculum". Colfox.org. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

[6] "» Welcome to the Sixth Form". Colfox.org. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

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Primary	Atlantic Academy Portland St Peter's RC School
Middle	Emmanuel CE Middle School
Secondary	All Saints CE Academy Atlantic Academy Portland Avonbourne Boys' Academy Avonbourne Girls' Academy Beaminster School The Bishop of Winchester Academy The Blandford School The Bourne Academy Budmouth Academy Carter Community School Corfe Hills School Ferndown Upper School Gillingham School Glenmoor Academy The Grange School The Gryphon School Highcliffe School LeAF Studio Lytchett Minster School Magna Academy Oak Academy Poole High School The Purbeck School Queen Elizabeth's School St Aldhelm's Academy St Edward's RC & CE School St Peter's RC School Shaftesbury School The Sir John Colfox Academy Sturminster Newton High School The Thomas Hardye School Twynham School Wey Valley Academy Winton Academy The Woodroffe School
Grammar	Bournemouth School Bournemouth School for Girls Parkstone Grammar School Poole Grammar School
Independent (preparatory)	Castle Court School Dumpton School Hanford School Port Regis School Sherborne Preparatory School
Independent	Bournemouth Collegiate School Bryanston School Canford School Clayesmore School Leweston School Milton Abbey School Ringwood Waldorf School Sherborne School Sherborne School for Girls Talbot Heath School
Further education colleges	Bournemouth and Poole College Kingston Maurward College Weymouth College
Higher education	Anglo-European College of Chiropractic Arts University Bournemouth Bournemouth University
Defunct	Beaminster Grammar School Cranborne Chase School Durnford School Foster's School Homefield School The Old Malthouse School St George's School Swanage Grammar School Uplands School Weymouth College (independent)