26/03/07 - Former Sheldon pupil helps to defeat England
Former Sheldon pupil Chris Horsman scored one of Wales' two tries to defeat England in the final match of the Six Nations rugby championship.Read more about Chris here ....
21/03/07 -Sheldon musicians shine in Rotary competition
Sheldon sweeps the junior section of the Annual Young Musicians competitionRead more about the competition here...
10/03/07 -Sheldon pupils study slave trade
Year 9 students from Sheldon visited the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol as an extension of their history studies on the slave trade.Read more about the visit here and listen to sound recordings made by pupils...
01/03/07 -Sheldon receives £2.4 million grant for new sixth form
The Learning and Skills Council has agreed to provide £2.4 million to Sheldon School to fund a new Sixth Form Centre.Read more about the new sixth form centre here...
01/01/07 - New Year's Honour for Old Boy
Former Sheldon School pupil Peter Wanless has been made a Companion of the Order of the Bath, in the Queen's New Year's Honours List.Read more about Peter ...
01/12/06 - Science College Success
Sheldon School has been redesignated as a Science College for another four years.Read more about this story...
25/11/07 - Sheldon's A level achievement outstrips independent schools
The scale of Sheldon's outstanding A level achievement in 2006 has been underlined by the publication of the school performance tables. They show that sixth formers at Sheldon achieved more A level points than their peers in the region's independent, fee-paying schools.Read more here...
11/10/06 - Former pupil in the news
Simon Rhymes has been making news after he invented the perfect machine for boiling eggs.Read about Simon on the BBC website...
11/10/06 -Transport from villages
The governing body of Sheldon has written to Wiltshire County Council to argue for free transport for pupils living in the villages of Colerne and Derry Hill.Read the text of the governors' letter here...
11/05/06 - Year 10 history trip to the First World War battlefields
31 Year 10 history students and three teachers spent the May Bank Holiday weekend touring the battlefields of Ypres and the Somme.Read more about the trip here ...
28/03/06 - Sheldon Musicians Win Rotary Prizes
Five Sheldon students have been competing in the Rotary Club's Young Musician 2006 competition. Xiaoxuan Liu won the intermediate category, and James Lewis was runner-up in the senior category.Read more about the competition here ...
10/03/06 - Teachers dress up for charity
Sheldon teachers were invited to dress up for charity on Friday 10 March 2006. The theme was "profesionals".Click here for the full photo ...
03/03/06 - Smart Alec ceases trading
Sheldon's main uniform supplier is no longer trading from its Chippenham store.Follow this link to find out more about how to buy uniform items...
09/02/06 - Sheldon's sixth form growth is discussed in the House of Commons
Sheldon's sixth form growth has been discussed during Education Questions in the House of Commons. On February 9, North Wiltshire MP, James Gray, raised the issue of changes to sixth form funding and how they would affect growing sixth forms like ours.Read more about the House of Commons questions ...
See the Hansard transcript here...
17/01/06 - Sheldon praised at Ofsted reception
Sheldon has been highlighted as one of the best schools in England by the government's top school inspector. The new chief inspector, Maurice Smith, was speaking at a reception for headteachers of all the south west schools named as outstanding last year. Sheldon was singled out as the only comprehensive school in the south west to have received this accolade three times - making it one of only 24 schools in England.07/12/05 - Sheldon is the best of the best
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools has named Sheldon in his annual list of outstanding schools.This is the third time Sheldon has received this accolade - the maximum possible. We now join a list of only seven mixed comprehensive schools across England to have been named three times. Sheldon is the only comprehensive school in the South West region in the list of top schools.
Visit the Ofsted website to read about the list of best schools ...
Read more about Sheldon's Ofsted report...
Visit the Ofsted website to see the full Ofsted report...
05/11/05 - New menus
The lunch menus for term 2 are available to be downloaded.Download menus >>
13/10/05 - Awards Evening photos
There are photos of almost all award winners. hard copies can be ordered from Sheldon.See more >>
There is more information and the full roll of honour in a special edition of the Sheldon Standard.
See the special edition of the Standard >>
12/09/05 - Calendar updated
The school calendar for 2005-6 is now online.See more >>
02/09/05 - Record exam results
Sheldon has achieved its best ever GCSE results.See more >>
01/09/05 - New menus
The lunch menus for term 1 are available to be downloaded.Download menus >>
12/07/05 - Key Stage 3 Showcase
Photographs of drama, dance and music performancesSee more >>
05/07/05 - Olympic Fun Run 2005
Photographs of Sheldon's Fun Run with Olympic medallist Rob HaylesSee more >>
09/06/05 - Sheldon food changes and survey
Read about the proposed changes to catering and take part in the parents' survey.Read more >>
05/06/05 - Sheldon's report now on Ofsted website
Sheldon's Ofsted report is now available on the Ofsted's website.Go to the Ofsted site >>
23/05/05 - Year 10 work experience
Photographs of Year 10 pupils on work experience.See more >>
20/05/05 - Year 13 Leavers' Ball
Photographs from the Ball at Bowood.See more >>
19/05/05 - Year 11 Leavers' Ball
Photographs from the Ball at Grittleton House.See more >>
11/05/05 - Dance performance
Dramatic photographs of Year 10, 11 and 12 dance performances.See more >>
05/05/05 - Sheldon mock election
Liberal Democrat or Conservative? Did Sheldon's choice match Wiltshire North's?Read more >>
29/04/05 - Ofsted puts Sheldon with England's best
Ofsted has given Sheldon School a glowing report.Read more >>
29/04/05 - Website relaunched
Sheldon's website is back on-line after a major re-design.Read more >>
01/03/05 - Get the Sheldon Standard by e-mail
It is now possible to get the Sheldon Standard by e-mail.Read more >>
09/09/04 - Sheldon stars on Radio 4
Radio Four came to Sheldon on September 8th to look at pupils' choices of food for lunch and break.Read more >>
01/09/04 - Best ever exam results
Exam results in 2004 were Sheldon's best ever. GCSE and A level results were both slightly up on the record performances of 2003.Read more >>