The Park School is an independent, co-educational boarding and day school, in Yeovil

Yeovil

Yeovil is a town and civil parish in south Somerset, England. The parish had a population of 27,949 at the 2001 census, although the wider urban area had a population of 42,140...

, Somerset

Somerset

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, England. It has 250 students from kindergarten

Kindergarten

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, right through to Year 13. It has separate Junior, Senior and Sixth Form

Sixth form

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 departments and is located close to the town centre. The school has an evangelical Christian

Christian

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foundation. The head is Jane Huntington, who was appointed in 2011 following Paul Bate's retirement, and the school is registered as a charity. The school is a member of the Independent School's Association.

In 2008 the school achieved a 100% pass rate for ‘A’ levels for and 93% 5A* - C grades in GCSE’s.

History

The school was founded in 1851 by Mrs Bennet, who was head-mistress from 1851 to 1919. It was originally an all girls school, before becoming a co-educational school in 1991. The school motto is "Nisi dominus frustra". Unless the Lord builds all is in vain (Psalm 127:1).

School format

The school is independent, co-educational with a Christian foundation. The school has around 28 boarders living within the school during term time. They are a mixture of British and Overseas students. There are approximately 222 day students .

School houses

Students and staff (apart from P.E teachers, and headteachers) are placed into one of four school houses. Families are always put into the same house. The houses are: (house colour in brackets)

• Ashley (green)
• Slessor (yellow)
• Shaftsbury (red)
• Livingstone (blue)