Dumpton School
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Dumpton School |
| image | Dumpton School, Wimborne - aerial view.jpg |
| caption | Aerial view of the 26-acre site of Dumpton School |
| image_size | 300px |
| coordinates | |
| motto | Possunt Quia Posse Videntur (Latin) |
| motto_translation | You can because you think you can |
| established | 1903 |
| type | Independent Prep School |
| religious_affiliation | Christian |
| head | Christian Saenger |
| address | Deans Grove House |
| city | Wimborne |
| county | Dorset |
| country | England |
| postcode | BH21 7AF |
| local_authority | Dorset |
| urn | 113923 |
| gender | Mixed-Coeducational |
| lower_age | 2 |
| upper_age | 13 |
| website | |
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Dumpton School is an independent day school in Wimborne, Dorset, South West England, for girls and boys aged 2 to 13 years.
History
The school was founded as a boys' preparatory school at Dumpton Park in Kent in 1903 and evacuated to Cranborne Chase in Dorset to avoid bombing raids at the outset of the Second World War, (as were many schools from south-east England).
In 1945, the school moved to Gaunt's House, near Wimborne, and flourished under the Headmastership of Colonel Trevor Card. Unusually, the dormitories were named in memory of former pupils who had died on active service; (these included Cock, Pollard, Brown, York, Dutton and Fanshawe). Trevor Card was succeeded by Messrs Carter and Monkhouse as joint heads in 1958 and subsequently by Major General Frank Thompson.
In 1988 the school moved again to its present site at Dean's Grove House nearer to Wimborne.
Notable Old Dumptonians
- Sidney Boucher, (1899–1963) Royal Naval officer and first-class cricketer
- Toby Buchan, 4th Baron Tweedsmuir
- Admiral Jeremy de Halpert
- Duncan James (born 1978), pop singer (Blue)
- Ore Oduba (born 1986), children's TV presenter (CBBC), 2016 winner of Strictly Come Dancing
References
References
- "Dumpton School, Wimborne - ISC".
- Lewis P (2014) ''For Kent and Country'', pp.116–117. Brighton: Reveille Press.
- (17 February 2016). "33 famous people who went to school in Dorset". Dorset Magazine.
- (13 December 2016}}{{Dead link). "Strictly finalist Ore Oduba is a former pupil of Dumpton and Canford schools in Wimborne". Blackmore Vale.
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