History

About Us

Chipping Sodbury School is a mixed 11-18 comprehensive school, proud to be the result of centuries of development in the ancient, medieval town of Chipping Sodbury.  The present school has its roots in the Endowed School founded in the Middle Ages to provide free education for the townsmen.  In 1938 Chipping Sodbury Grammar School as it was then, moved to its present site.  It has been a comprehensive school since 1970.

The school admits up to 150 students a year from the full ability range and is a genuinely comprehensive, inclusive school.  We offer our students a broad, balanced and enriching curriculum that matches the needs of tomorrow's learners, so that they are prepared for employment, training or further education both in the local community and beyond.

In 2013 the school became a Co-operative Trust School, with the creation of Chipping Sodbury School Co-operative Trust.

On 1st April 2021 the school converted to an academy and became part of the Athelstan Trust.  

Location

Chipping Sodbury School is situated on the southern outskirts of the historic, medieval market town of Chipping Sodbury, on the southern edge of the Cotswolds.  The school is a short drive from the cities of Bath and Bristol and is easily accessible from the M4/M5 motorway network.  Exmoor, Dartmoor, South Wales and the Forest of Dean are all within easy reach.

The school serves Chipping Sodbury, Yate and surrounding villages including Wickwar, Old Sodbury, Little Sodbury, Dodington, Horton, Hawkesbury Upton, Tormarton and Acton Turville.  We also welcome students from feeder primary schools further afield including Westerleigh and Pucklechurch.  

Facilities

The school has excellent facilities including a drama hall with specialist stage lighting, sports centre with mirrored dance studio, fully equipped professional gym,  floodlit 3G artificial grass pitch and recently expanded library.  These first class facilities are used extensively by the school and local primary schools during the day, and the wider community in the evening and at weekends.  Please click here for further details of our facility hire.

Endowed School Foundation

Further information about the Foundation can be found here.