Wyvern College, Salisbury
Wyvern College, Church Road, Laverstock,
Salisbury
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The school was created as Highbury Secondary School after the re-organisation of the local education system in 1972/3 when the former Highbury Avenue Secondary Modern School became Fisherton Manor Middle School. It remained a secondary school for boys from 11 to 16 years and by 1994 there were 530 on the school roll. In 1995 it was renamed Wyvern College and operates as a highly specialised technology college for boys. It teaches all National Curriculum subjects with emphasis of Science, Mathematics, Technology and Communications Technology. The school has one of the most up to date and extensively equipped Technology Centres in Wiltshire and there is a full partnership with Wiltshire College Salisbury. There were 600 boys on the school roll in 1996 and in 2002 the number was 615, aged from 11 to 18.In 2003 the school assumed Voluntary Aided status and will opereate as a Church of England school.