Shaftesbury School – Term Dates

Previously a voluntary controlled Church of England school administered by the Diocese of Salisbury and Dorset County Council, The school converted to academy status under the Diocese of Salisbury in June 2014. The origins of the school date back to 1718 when the original ‘Blue Coat School’ was founded in Shaftesbury, and the school offered boarding from 1898 until 2023. Before its closure, it was one of only thirty-nine state boarding schools in England.