Dinnington High School
Dinnington High School is a coeducational comprehensive school and Sixth Form in Dinnington, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. With origins dating back to 1743, Dinnington High School is the oldest secondary school in the Metropolitan Borough, and the second oldest in South Yorkshire. It was one of the first comprehensive schools to be established in the United Kingdom and is notable for being one of the only schools in the world to have buildings designed by famous architect Sir Basil Spence. Former pupils of Dinnington High School are Old Dinnonians, and include 19th century criminal Charles Peace and historian Ebenezer Rhodes.The school is based entirely on a 50 acre estate, containing all academic buildings and facilities, including the ruins of an 18th Century Folly and one of England's best preserved 20th century traditional gymnasiums. There are 984 students in the school. All students are day pupils between the ages of 11 and 18, and are predominantly from Dinnington and the surrounding settlements, admissions to the lower school are non-selective; the sixth form offers places on academic conditions.
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Doe Quarry Lane
S25 2NZ , Throapham
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