Cirencester Deer Park School

Cirencester Deer Park School is a secondary school with academy status in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. It is at the top of Tetbury Hill, an area which had been the site of a World War II American Army Hospital, in Cirencester Park.

Cirencester Deer Park School
Address
Stroud Road Cirencester , Gloucestershire , GL7 1XB England
Information
Type	Academy
Established	1966
Department for Education URN	136527 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Helen Charlesworth and Liz Lang (Co-Heads)
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	953[citation needed]
Colour(s)	Navy, white and yellow
Website	www.deerparkschool.net

History

Founded in 1966, the school combined Cirencester Grammar School with the town's secondary modern school. In 1991 the sixth form was separated into an independent college, Cirencester College, which now shares the same campus as the school.^[1] New buildings were built to replace those it had lost to the college.^[2]

It became a Technology College in 1995,^[3] and a beacon school in 1999.^[4] It was converted to an academy in April 2011.^[5]

In 2023, the school achieved a "Good" Ofsted report.^[6]

In 2020 there were 920 pupils on roll at the school.^[7]

Notable former pupils

• Charlie Cooper, actor and writer of BBC Three series This Country^[8]
• Daisy May Cooper, actor and writer of BBC Three series This Country^[8]
• Jake Lee, professional footballer (Cheltenham Town F.C., Weston-super-Mare A.F.C.)^[9]
• Josh Record, singer/songwriter
• Pete Reed, double Olympic Gold Medalist in Rowing (2008, 2012)^[10]
• Phoebe Paterson Pine, Paralympics Gold Medalist in Archery (2020)^[11]

Former headteachers

• 1997–2003 – Sir David Carter ^[12]
• 1991–1997 – David Crossley ^[13]
• 2003–2022 – Chiquita Henson^[14]
• 2022–2024 – Richard Clutterbuck^[15]
• 2024-Present - Helen Charlesworth and Liz Lang^[16]