Church Stretton School
school in Shropshire, UK
Church Stretton School is an 11–16 mixed secondary school with academy status in Church Stretton, Shropshire, England.
Previously a community school administered by Shropshire Council, Church Stretton School converted to academy status in April 2013. The school is now part of the TrustEd Schools Partnership (previously the South Shropshire Academy Trust), which runs five secondary and four primary academies.
The school became comprehensive in 1977.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q22907254. Authority coordinates are 52.544, -2.804. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2013 and 1977.
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