Dallam School is a

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11-18

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with academy status, located in

Milnthorpe Milnthorpe is a village, civil parish, and former market town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is south of Kendal. Historic counties of England, Historically in the county of Westmorland and on the A6 road (England), A6, the v ...

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, England. It was founded in 1984 through the merger of Heversham Grammar School (established in 1613) and Milnthorpe Secondary School.

History

Heversham Heversham is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 647, increasing at the 2011 census to 699. It is situated above the marshe ...

Grammar School was founded and endowed on 24 January 1619/20, by Edward Wilson, Kt (1557-1653), of Nether Levens, who also owned Heversham Hall. It occupied the site known in recent years as Old School, above and behind the village church, on Heversham Head. The building is now a private house. The present ivy-clad Boarding House and Big School (formerly the school hall) date from the 1880s.

Secondary School was founded in 1951 and, after occupying many different buildings around the village, moved to Dallam's current location in 1968, complete with Community Centre. Dallam School was founded in 1984 through the merger of Heversham Grammar School and Milnthorpe Secondary School. Dallam is a boarding school, the boarding house being on a separate site from that of the main school. In 2002, Mr Steven Holdup became Headteacher of the school. In 2010, the school brought the PE department down from the

site with an all-weather

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pitch, and new sports facilities. In 2013, Mr William Bancroft became Headteacher of the school. In 2018, Mr Nigel Whittle became Headteacher of the school. In 2019, Ms Julie O'Connor became Executive Headteacher of the school. In 2021, Ms Rachael Williams became Headteacher of the school. In 2023, Mr Steven Henneberry became Headteacher of the school.

Sixth form

Dallam School has a sixth form, which offers

A-levels The A-level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational ...

and BTECs The subjects offered are: * Art and Design * Biology * Business Studies * Chemistry * Computing * Criminology * Drama and Theatre Studies * English Language * English Literature * French * Further Mathematics (AS Level) * Geography * Health and Social Care * History * Mathematics * Media Studies * Music * PE * Physics * Product Design * Psychology * Sociology * Spanish * Travel and Tourism

Notable alumni

Heversham Grammar School

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(c. 1680 – 1740): writer and encyclopaedist *

John Young Stratton John Young Stratton (1829/30 – 30 March 1905) was an author, essayist, social reformer, campaigner against rural poverty, and Rector of Ditton, Kent for 48 years. He is remembered mainly for his tireless campaigning to improve the lives of fa ...

(1829/30 – 1905): author, essayist, social reformer *

William Whewell William Whewell ( ; 24 May 17946 March 1866) was an English polymath. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. In his time as a student there, he achieved distinction in both poetry and mathematics. The breadth of Whewell's endeavours is ...

(1794–1866): scientist, theologian *

Kim Fletcher Kim Fletcher (born 17 September 1956) is a British former journalist and newspaper editor, and is currently a partner of the international corporate communications firm Brunswick. Fletcher attended Heversham Grammar School, Westmorland, and rea ...

(b. 1956): journalist and newspaper editor

Dallam School

* James Knox (cyclist) (b. 1995): road racing cyclist with the Belgian Soudal–Quick-Step team

References

External links

* {{authority control Secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness 1984 establishments in England Educational institutions established in 1984 Academies in Westmorland and Furness International Baccalaureate schools in England Milnthorpe