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Dallam School Motto Learning for all, learning for life Established 1984 Type Comprehensive Religion Secular Headteacher Mr. Steve Holdup Assistant Headteachers Mrs. Wendy Armstrong, Mrs. Susannah Cooke, Mr. Duncan Pearce, Mr. Alan Moss, Mr. John Watton Specialism Language College Location Haverflatts Lane
Milnthorpe
Cumbria
LA7 7DD
EnglandLocal authority Cumbria DfE URN 112432 Ofsted Reports Students 1000+ Gender Coeducational Ages 11–18 Website dallam.eu Coordinates: 54°13′43″N 2°46′07″W / 54.22868°N 2.76851°W
Dallam School is a mixed, 11-18 secondary school in Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England. The school holds specialist Language College status.
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History
The school was founded in 1984 through the merger of Heversham Grammar School and Milnthorpe Secondary School. Heversham School was founded in 1613 by Edward Wilson, Knight, of Heversham Hall, and 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 1890s.
A crater on the moon - the Whewell (crater) - is named after a Heversham old boy, the distinguished polymath William Whewell (1794–1866). Whewell's influence extends to our everyday language: he invented the words physicist and scientist.
After occupying many different buildings around the village, Milnthorpe Secondary School moved to its current location, complete with Community Centre, in 1968.
The current headmaster of Dallam School is Steve Holdup.
Dallam is a boarding school, the boarding house being on a separate site from that of the main school.
In 2010, the school brought the P.E department down from the Heversham site with an all weather astroturf pitch.
Sixth form
Dallam School has quite a large sixth form, which offers both A-levels and the IB (International Baccalaureate).
See also
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Schools in Cumbria Comprehensive Alfred Barrow School · Appleby Grammar School · Caldew School · Dallam School · Dowdales School · Furness Academy · John Ruskin School · Keswick School · Kirkby Stephen Grammar School · Kirkbie Kendal School · Nelson Thomlinson School · Queen Katherine School · St Bernard's Catholic High School · Stainburn School and Science College · Ullswater Community College · Ulverston Victoria High School · Walney School · West Lakes Academy · William Howard School ·Sixth Form Colleges Further Education Colleges Grammar Independent Austin Friars St Monica's School · St. Bees School · Chetwynde School · Sedbergh School · Windermere SchoolCategories:- Language Colleges in England
- Comprehensive schools in Cumbria
- 1984 establishments in England
- Educational institutions established in 1984
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