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Girls On Board – Training Day led by Andrew Hampton

On Wednesday 8th March, International Women’s Day, we hosted a training session led by Andrew Hampton of ‘Girls On Board’, attended by members of staff from around the Dorset area. The session was based around the contents of Andrew’s book ‘When Girls Fall Out’ and encompassed the many complicated facets of girls’ friendships and how…
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DORSET SCHOOL ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS CONSULTATION – 2024/2025

Dorset are running the annual consultation on the School Admission Arrangements for 2024/2025 with effect from Monday 7th November 2022 to Sunday 18th December 2022.   Details of the consultation will be available to view at 2024 to 2025 school admission policies – Dorset Council   Responses must be submitted either in writing to School…
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URGENT HEALTH & SAFETY REMINDER

All visitors to our site are reminded that there is a one way system operational in the car park we share with Blandford Leisure Centre.  The one way system is required to ensure safe access for the numerous buses which need to enter our site. Please can we ask that you help us maintain the…
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Meet the Tutor

Please find the presentations from our recent Meet the Tutor evening below : https://blandfordschool.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Meet-tutor-eve-2022.mp4 https://blandfordschool.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/HYB-Meet-the-Tutor-Pres.mp4https://blandfordschool.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/WMS-Meet-the-Tutor-Pres.mp4

The Blandford School continue to grow their partnership with local charity MYTIME Young Carer’s

The Blandford School have been working with Dorset based charity, MYTIME Young Carers, since 2021 to support students in the school who have caring responsibilities at home. DEFINITION OF A YOUNG CARER A young carer is a child or young person who is helping to look after someone at home. They may care for a…
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Dorset County Foundation Bursary Scheme

Please click on this link for more information – https://www.dorsetcommunityfoundation.org/funds/dcf-bursary-scheme/  

02/11/2023 – The Blandford School is open.

27 April, 2024

SCHOOL CLOSURE INFORMATION

Updated 17/02/2022

Dear Parent/Carer

On the advice of Dorset Council, due to storm Eunice all schools in Dorset have been advised to close due to the Red Weather Warning in place for Dorset from the Met Office.  Therefore, The Blandford School will be closed in line with this advice on Friday, 18 February and no school transport will be running throughout Dorset.  School will reopen on Monday, 28 February 2022.

 

For Friday, 18 February work will be set for students by teachers on TEAMS.

 

We hope you all have an enjoyable half term and look forward to seeing students again on Monday, 28 February 2022.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Duncan Smith

Deputy Headteacher

27 April, 2024

 

 

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