Malmesbury School


Malmesbury School in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, was founded in 1971 with the merger of Malmesbury Grammar School at Filands with Bremhilam Secondary Modern at Corn Gastons.
Until 2002, the school operated on two sites, with the lower school at Filands and the upper school at Corn Gastons. In 2002, the school moved into new buildings on the Corn Gastons site, funded by a public-private partnership between the local authority and the White Horse Education Partnership. The new building was formally opened by polar explorer David Hempleman-Adams on 2 May 2003.
In 2008, Malmesbury School became a foundation school. In 2011 it became an academy.
In 2014, the school introduced a new grey and black uniform for years 7–11, which featured a tie in the house colours.

Awards and specialisms

In 2004 Malmesbury School became a Specialist School for Science and Performing Arts, earned High Performing Specialist School status in 2008, and was awarded a second specialism in Maths and Computing in 2009. In addition, the school holds the following accreditations:
In March 2015 The Dean Academy in Lydney, Gloucestershire became sponsored by Malmesbury School Academy Trust, and the trust was renamed Athelstan Academy Trust. As well as these two schools the trust began sponsoring Bradon Forest School in Purton, Wiltshire in September 2015.

Creative Arts

There are several music groups students can join while at the school, most notably the choir and orchestra. Also available are a big band, string group, chamber choir and glee club.
At the start of December each year, the school holds a Christmas Concert, which showcases soloists as well as whole company numbers involving choir and orchestra. In the past the school has also held Summer Concerts, named after the Summer Proms. The school collaborates with Malmesbury Abbey to hold a Carol Service and Chamber Concert once a year, at which more traditional music is played.
The school also runs a production each year, in which any student is welcome to take part. Previous plays have included Oh! What a Lovely War and Grease.
The school also takes a number of students to WOMAD, a local music festival based at Charlton park near Malmesbury.

Houses

The school has four houses, Athelstan, Eilmer, Hobbes and William. The names belong to 4 local heroes:
During the year students can earn house points for outstanding work, contribution or care: the house with the most points at the end of the year wins the coveted House Cup. Houses can also win the Challenge Cup or the Charity Cup.