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The Blue School is a coeducational, secondary school located in Wells, Somerset, England. It has 1,460 students aged 11–18 of both sexes and all ability levels. It is currently a Church of England voluntary controlled school. The school motto is "Recta Certa" meaning straight and true. The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) identified the school in 1999–2000 as a "particularly successful school".[1] The school was recently awarded the title 'outstanding' for the academic year 2006–2007. The School is a Specialist Science College and in 2006 the Princess Royal opened a new science centre.[2] On 6 July 2009 the school had three cases of Swine Flu diagnosed. [3] Two year twelve students (lower sixth form) and one teacher have been diagnosed via telephone and the school remains open. [4]
[edit] School CouncilThe Blue School was the first pilot for an innovative approach to School Councils based on self-selection called Learning to Lead [5][6] The School Community Council received praise in the School's 2007 Ofsted report. The school council runs on principles of self-election, and has over 250 members, including students of all ages and staff. Meetings are conducted during lunch times and projects include: keeping chickens, building a new bike shed, running a garden and many more. More information about the School Council can be found on their website. [edit] HistoryThe school was founded in 1654 as one of the first free schools in the country.[7] The name Blue comes from the early uniforms which were blue in colour. An example of one of these early school uniforms is on display at the school. In 1654, Margaret, widow of Ezekiel Barkham of Wells, purchased a farm in Yenston, to endow a school in Wells. The Blue School retained the farm for nearly 350 years until it was sold in 1990 and 1992.[8] The income from the endowment was to be used for paying a schoolmaster's salary of £20-0-0 pa. and the residue for apprenticing the boys when they could 'read, write and cast accounts'.[9] The school owned a number of properties in the area scattered over several parishes.[9] Other schools were united with the Blue School foundation, including Hodge's Charity School.[9] A charity for the benefit of the poor of St. Cuthbert's parish was established in 1675 by the will of Adrian Hickes of London, although lands in Wells and Glastonbury to endow the charity were not purchased until 1701. In 1713 a voluntary subscription school was established in Wells for boys and girls and a schoolroom was built for this purpose by Philip Hodges. He also purchased land in Glastonbury St. John, the income from which was to be used to pay the master's salary. In 1715 it was proposed that a charity established by Barkham be amalgamated with that deriving from the Hickes bequest. Philip Hodges' will of 1723 empowered the master of the subscription school established in 1713 to teach also the pupils of Barkham's charity school. Lands in Lympsham, East Pennard and Pylle were purchased in 1732 and an estate at Norwood Park, Glastonbury in 1735. In 1740 the estates of all three charities were transferred to new trustees. Some property in Frome was acquired between 1732 and 1764 and in Queen Camel between 1730 and 1739. The charities all became part of the Blue School foundation.[9] In 2009, The Blue School was crowned Somerset Hockey Champions 09, thanks to the year 10 team at the time. [edit] Notable pupils
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