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Desborough College
Desborough College is a secondary school with academy status located on Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.
Until 2009 it was an all-boys school, but the sixth form has since become co-educational. It was founded as Maidenhead Modern School in 1894 under its first Headmaster, F. Fairman, who was headmaster until 1910.
In the 1970s reform in the Royal Borough ensured all schools converted to the then new comprehensive schools system, which prompted the school's name change to Desborough School after Lord Desborough, a prominent Maidonian.
For the second time in the school's history it changed status in 2012 becoming an academy school, and changed its name to Desborough College. As part of its academy status it initially partnered with the independent Radley College, Microsoft and The John Lewis Partnership.
According to the book One Hundred Not Out written by a former History master at the School, David M. Evans, the school was founded as Maidenhead Modern School in 1894, and was originally located on High Town Road. It was originally a private venture until taken over by Berkshire County Council in 1906, from whence the teachers became employees of the county. The school eventually moved to its present site on Shoppenhangers Road in 1910, after land had been purchased from Lord Desborough, after whom the school was eventually named. At this point the school was named Maidenhead County Boys' School.
In 1943, and under the Headmastership of A. W. Eagling, the school became known as Maidenhead County Boys' Grammar School. That changed in September 1973 when it converted to comprehensive schooling under the guidance of headmaster Leonard 'Rover' Reynolds, a World War Two veteran, who, at 21, became commander of Motor Gunboat 658, in the Mediterranean.
During the 1990s Desborough School became a grant-maintained school. The passing of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 abolished grant-maintained schools and Desborough reverted to LEA control. [citation needed]
The school became an academy in October 2012 and changed its official name to Desborough College.
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Desborough College
Desborough College is a secondary school with academy status located on Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.
Until 2009 it was an all-boys school, but the sixth form has since become co-educational. It was founded as Maidenhead Modern School in 1894 under its first Headmaster, F. Fairman, who was headmaster until 1910.
In the 1970s reform in the Royal Borough ensured all schools converted to the then new comprehensive schools system, which prompted the school's name change to Desborough School after Lord Desborough, a prominent Maidonian.
For the second time in the school's history it changed status in 2012 becoming an academy school, and changed its name to Desborough College. As part of its academy status it initially partnered with the independent Radley College, Microsoft and The John Lewis Partnership.
According to the book One Hundred Not Out written by a former History master at the School, David M. Evans, the school was founded as Maidenhead Modern School in 1894, and was originally located on High Town Road. It was originally a private venture until taken over by Berkshire County Council in 1906, from whence the teachers became employees of the county. The school eventually moved to its present site on Shoppenhangers Road in 1910, after land had been purchased from Lord Desborough, after whom the school was eventually named. At this point the school was named Maidenhead County Boys' School.
In 1943, and under the Headmastership of A. W. Eagling, the school became known as Maidenhead County Boys' Grammar School. That changed in September 1973 when it converted to comprehensive schooling under the guidance of headmaster Leonard 'Rover' Reynolds, a World War Two veteran, who, at 21, became commander of Motor Gunboat 658, in the Mediterranean.
During the 1990s Desborough School became a grant-maintained school. The passing of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 abolished grant-maintained schools and Desborough reverted to LEA control. [citation needed]
The school became an academy in October 2012 and changed its official name to Desborough College.