Sandy Secondary School (formerly Sandy Upper School) is a

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secondary school, located in

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, England. The school educates 11-16 year-olds, mainly from the town of

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and the surrounding villages. In addition, the school offers further education for 16–18 year-olds through its

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department. Sandy Secondary School was designated as a

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in 2003. As a result of this, the school improved its sporting facilities and hired specialized and dedicated sports teaching staff. Photograph_of_the_Greenerputsch_2013-11-26_14-23

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The school received an 'Inadequate' inspection rating from Ofsted at the start of 2013 where the school was subsequently put in special measures, but haven't received an inadequate rating since. In January 2013 the Governing Body of Sandy Secondary School voted not to enter into advanced negotiations with the

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, with the intention of Sandy Secondary School becoming a sponsored academy. Preparations for the academy conversion were controversial with pupils and students including a requirement for year 10 students to drop one of their

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courses. The move to academy status was cancelled after financial irregularities were uncovered at the Barnfield Federation.
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educating pupils from the age of 13, in September 2018 Sandy became a secondary school educating pupils from the age of 11.

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External links

Sandy Secondary School homepage
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