Sheldon School
Sheldon School is a large mixed secondary school in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England for students aged 11–18 and is the largest school in Wiltshire. It is one of three in Chippenham, the others being Abbeyfield and Hardenhuish. Since 1 September 2012, the school has been headed by Neil Spurdell. Mr Spurdell was previously headteacher at John O'Gaunt School in Hungerford, West Berkshire.HistoryFollowing the war, there was a large turnover of pupils and staff and a continued increase in pupil numbers, rising to 547 in 1956 (102 of these in the sixth form), as the Grammar School served the triangle of Chippenham, Corsham and Melksham. Constant growth of the area saw the major development in 1956 of a new secondary modern school for girls to the south of Hardenhuish Church and, in 1959, a secondary modern school for boys, Chippenham Boys High School.In 1966, the Girls School integrated with the Grammar School in a semi-comprehensive system to educate children of 14 and over.In 1975, the three existing schools were merged into two comprehensive schools, under the names Hardenhuish and Sheldon. Hardenhuish was made up of the old Grammar School and Girls School buildings, spanning right across the old Hardenhuish estate and comprising seven blocks.