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Clayesmore School is an independent school for boys and girls, aged 2 – 18 years, in the village of Iwerne Minster, Dorset, England. It is both a day and boarding school and is a member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). The school focuses on developing confidence, ambition and compassion in each of its pupils. It offers GCSEs, A - Levels and BTecs in higher years and sends its students to an array of leading Universities including Oxford and Cambridge.
The school was founded by Alexander Devine in 1896 in Enfield, Middlesex. After moving to Pangbourne, Berkshire and then to Winchester, Hampshire it finally moved to Iwerne Minster for the summer term of 1933. In 1974, it was joined on the Iwerne site by Clayesmore Preparatory School, originally Charlton Marshall School, which had been founded in 1929 by R.A.L. Everett. In the following year the school became co-educational.
As of 2019 there are 430 pupils in the senior school (ages 13–18) and 200 in the prep school (ages 3–13). The current head is Joanne Thomson, who is supported by the Prep Head Jonathon Anderson. The school is situated on a 62-acre (250,000 m2) campus in rural Dorset and the facilities include an astro-turf pitch, theatre, sports centre and extensive range of subject facilities including an art department, science block, business school and design and technology department.