The Sandon School is an 11-18 mixed comprehensive academy school of approximately 1250 students. It serves a rural area on the outskirts of Chelmsford, Essex, England, and previously specialised in Maths and Computing.
History The Sandon School opened in 1955 and became an academy in 2011.
The school has also had multiple sex offenders over time, with the latest conviction in March 2024 where a teacher who worked at the school from September 2020 to November 2020 was found guilty of possession of extreme pornography.
In March 2024 an Ofsted inspection found it to be a Requires Improvement school with a notable criticism being a lack of support for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
The school has a 25-hour teaching week. Jo Wincott, headmaster since 2004, retired in the summer of 2018. He has been succeeded by Andrew Weaver (2018–Present)
Notable former pupils Bon Harris and Douglas McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb James Graham, singer and member of the boyband Stereo Kicks
House System The school also has a house system, in which the students take part in events and in-school activities in order to earn 'House points' for their houses.
House motto: "Many Branches, One Root"
The 4 houses conceive of:
Blake Glennie Thompson Russel
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