History of our School &...
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1963….Dinnington High School is born
Three schools merged into one: the two moderns for boys and girls had merged in 1957
The secondary age part of the DinningtonChelmsford Technical College
To encourage the amalgamation of three schools
into one the motto ‘One and All’ was introduced
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The school badge…1963
The first school badge was in black and white
It was drawn by Miss Edgar who by 1963 was the bursar for the new school having been the school clerk.
This picture is from Mrs Morton, our Vice Chair of Governors who was one of the first pupils in 1963.
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Where did the symbols on the badge
come from?
It seems that the new school wanted to make links to the history of Dinnington and its surrounding area.
So it linked to four landed families:
Athorpe, Hatfield, Osborne & Segrave
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Athorpe: gave us the falcon
Athorpe: owners of Dinnington Hall in the late 1600s to 1700s
Now that same hall is a care home on Falcon Way
Where does the Falcon come from?
Original coat
of arms
Original crest with
the falcon holding
the coat of arms
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Segrave: gave us the rampant lion
Segrave: after the de Segrave family who owned much of the local area in the 16th century prior to the Athorpes.
Originally from Leicestershire, a younger brother of the Segrave family: Nicholas had land and a manor in Dinnington
Their family coat of arms was a rampant lion, originally with a crown
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Hatfield or Hatfeild – is it a rose?
Hatfield family: land-owners in Laughton-en-le-Morthen in the 17th century.
Originally spelt Hatfeild as you can see on the Hatfeild Arms sign
Where is the white rose? It turns out it should be a cinquefoil – a five petalled flower we now call a potentilla
Hatfield coat of
arm with the
cinquefoil
Hatfield crest
with the
cinquefoil
An actual
cinquefoil/potentilla
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Osborne: gave us the heraldic tiger
Osborne: Osborne: the family name of the Duke of Leeds who had property in Kiveton Park
So where is the tiger?
An heraldic tiger – has no stripes but has a black ruff and a fancy tail
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The colours?
Soon after the black and white version the colours appeared. These colours were not linked to the original families but are believed to be the sporting colours chosen to link to house competitions:
Yellow: Athorpe
Red: Segrave
Green: Hatfield
Blue: Osborne
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Name changes & status changes
1974, Dinnington became part of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Renamed: Dinnington Comprehensive School
1993: designated a Technology College
2005: added the science and engineering specialisms
February 2015: became an academy as part of the LEAP Multi-Academy Trust, and returned to the name Dinnington High School
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The Houses: came and went
Originally the school years we now call Year 7 to 11 were divided into four houses: Athorpe, Hatfield, Osborne and Segrave. Each had a house base.
The sixth form stood separately and was neither a house on its own or part of the houses from Y7-11.
In 1996, approximately, the house system was phased out.
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The Houses returned in 2011
In 2011, the House system returned with the introduction of Vertical Tutor Groups: Y7-11.
This time, three Houses covered the years 7-11.
The sixth form was its own house Athorpe – although the sixth form base is NOT in Athorpe building – that is science rooms.
In 2017, the three houses are being retained but now as Y11 go into Y12 they will retain their original house.
Athorpe lives on as the name of a building.
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How many badges?
So after the original black and white badge, others have appeared
1980s blazer badge 1980s document
badge
More recent
badge
Alternative
jumper badge
Still in use
Rugby club
badge Also on
some DHS sports
kit
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2017 onwards
In Spring 2017, controversy surround the badge but after much discussion with students and families, DHS kept its school badge – the link to our history
Now we ask Y6s what house their family members were in
And like every other modern company and organisation – we have used modern graphics to update the look of the badge and to do a bit of historic correction.
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The Hatfield flower has
returned to the original
Hatfield cinquefoil
The Osborne tiger has
lots its stripes and
gained its ruff, but also
has changed its
position similar to the
rugby club version
The Athorpe Falcon has
become a bit more
upright like the original
proud falcon on the
family crest
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Our new motto
Our new motto links to the Multi-Academy Trust we became part of when we became an Academy
Achieving Excellence is a promise we aim to live into every day for every student.
Every student, whatever their starting points and talents, will be supported to be the best they can be…to achieve their personal excellence
One and all might not be the words on our motto but embedded in our new motto is the commitment that it is for every student
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Dinnington High School
Proud of our Houses
Proud of our school
Proud of our history
Looking to the future to achieve excellence in everything we do for every student
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Want to read more
We cannot verify these sites but if you want to read more, you may find them interesting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinnington_High_School
For the unofficial school history updated by a former student: http://www.hall43.co.uk/