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Sunbury Manor School
Address
Nursery Road Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, TW16 6LF England
Coordinates	51°24′54″N 0°25′16″W / 51.415°N 0.421°W / 51.415; -0.421
Information
Type	Academy
Established	1956
Founder	Middlesex County Council
Local authority	Surrey County Council
Department for Education URN	136529 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	David Lee (June 2024)
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	1025
Website	www.sunburymanor.surrey.sch.uk

Sunbury Manor School is a secondary academy school in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, England whose effectiveness was reported by Ofsted in 2024 as being inadequate.

Admissions

The school educates children within its catchment area. Pupils are between 11 and 16 year old (i.e. in school years 7 to 11). The acting headteacher was Allan Cottle (took over from Michelle Prentice in February 2024) at the time of the Ofsted inspection report in 2024 which described the school's overall effectiveness as inadequate. The school is conjoined with Sunbury Leisure Centre and makes use of the centre's resources. Sunbury Manor has been designated a Specialist Humanities College, with specialisms in English, History and Geography.

Location

The school is a few hundred metres south-west of junction one of the M3; the same, south, of the Shepperton Branch Line, with pavements to Upper Halliford and Sunbury stations; and somewhat less, west, of the 216 and 235 bus routes.

History

Site dedication to public and charitable use

This site was a quite productive smallholding (in medieval times of the locally great manor fields) in which sat a rather large house by the 1870s. In 1881 this house, as Mount Pleasant, which had earlier been a private school, was bought by the Good Templars and Temperance (educational) Orphanage - a time in the height of Victorian Britain when purchase by a broad range of well-benefacted charities became possible. It took earlier premises in 1874 for the children of total abstainers of alcohol. It educated usually about 30-40 pupils. The site was to be named (by 1894 and thereafter) Marion Park, featuring a long rectangular pond to its east. The orphanage became conspicuously under-used after the passage of de-institutionalising legislation, discouraging institutions in favour of foster care in the United Kingdom and adoption, in the early 20th century; given how local population and housing had grown as industry and commuting expanded. Those children and warders/carers who remained were evacuated during World War II and was afterwards moved elsewhere. The county council bought the property in 1952 and transformed the site via a new set of buildings into a conventional school.

Previous school governing regimes

The school is indirect successor to the Sunbury County Grammar School, which opened in 1956 on the site with 150 boys and girls, administered by Middlesex County Council Educational Committee then (from 1965) the Northern Surrey Divisional Executive of Surrey Education Committee. The intermediate existence was as Sunbury County Secondary School, which accepted ages 12–16.

Wimbledon

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Pupils from Sunbury Manor School have been representing the school as ball boys and girls at The Championships, Wimbledon and the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club for the past 10 years. From January to June pupils from year 10 attend selection trials, before undergoing rigorous training in the school and at Wimbledon. Several ball boys and girls were invited to be part of the Guard of Honour after the Men's and Ladies' Finals.

Former pupils

Sunbury County Grammar School

• Brian Capron, actor noted for Coronation Street
• Anthony Head, actor noted for Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• James Lang, professional rugby player

1. Career including: Harlequins RFC and Scotland

Sunbury Manor School

• Mike Bishay, professional Rugby player

1. Career has included: London Skolars

• Kerry Norton, actress and singer

External links

• Sunbury Manor School's website
• EduBase

References

1. "Inspection Report: Sunbury Manor School 30 April and 1 May 2024" (PDF).
2. ^ "Sunbury: Schools, in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3". British History Online. pp. 64–65.
3. OS map of Middlesex sheet XXV.5, Revised: 1894, Published: 1895 Ordnance Survey
4. "Map of Surrey" (JPG).

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v t e Borough of Spelthorne
Towns, villages and localities	Ashford Ashford Common Charlton Laleham Littleton Lower Halliford Lower Sunbury Shepperton Staines-upon-Thames Stanwell Stanwell Moor Sunbury-on-Thames Sunbury Common Upper Halliford
Key parks	Ashford Park Rec. Ground Beechwood Rec. Ground Bishop Duppas Park Knowle Green Laleham Park Spelthorne Sports Ground Long Lane Rec. Ground Shortwood Common Staines Moor (Staines) Lammas Staines Park Sunbury Park Town Lane Rec. Ground Walled Garden, Sunbury
Large listed buildings	Churches All Saints', Laleham St Hilda's, Ashford St Mary's, Staines St Matthew's, Ashford St Mary's, Stanwell St Mary Magdalene's, Littleton St Nicholas', Shepperton Other Halliford School Laleham Abbey Littleton Manor The Old Manor House, Shepperton Shepperton Manor St Paul's College St James Senior Boys School Sunbury Court
Education	The Bishop Wand Church of England School Halliford School Matthew Arnold School St James Senior Boys School St. Paul's College, Sunbury-on-Thames Spelthorne College Sunbury Manor School Thamesmead School
Railway stations	Ashford Kempton Park Shepperton Staines Sunbury Upper Halliford
Buildings and structures	Kempton Park Racecourse Kempton Park Reservoirs Kempton Park Steam Engines King George VI Reservoir Queen Mary Reservoir Shepperton Studios Staines Reservoirs Wraysbury Reservoir Thames Water Ring Main M3 motorway and Thames Crossing Staines Bridge Chertsey Bridge Walton Bridge
Sport	Football Ashford Town (Middlesex) F.C. Spelthorne Sports F.C. Staines & Lammas (Middlesex) F.C. Staines Town F.C. Rugby London Irish RFC London Irish Amateur Rugby Football Club Staines Rugby Football Club Other Staines Boat Club Sunbury Cricket Club West Surrey Racing
Destroyed landmarks	Ashford Manor Astleham Church Stanwell Place Kempton Manor Sunbury Manor

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