The John of Gaunt School
The John of Gaunt School's falcon logo
Address
Wingfield Road Trowbridge , Wiltshire , BA14 9EH England
Coordinates	51°18′56″N 02°13′10″W / 51.31556°N 2.21944°W / 51.31556; -2.21944
Information
Type	Academy
Department for Education URN	138020 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Ben Rhodes
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1,262
Houses	Kirin, Centaur, Wyvern, Phoenix ]]
Colour(s)	Red, Blue, Green, Yellow
Website	johnofgauntschool.org

The John of Gaunt School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Trowbridge in the English county of Wiltshire.^[1] The school is named after John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, as the school is built upon land that he once owned.

The school's immediate predecessors were the Trowbridge High School for Boys, and the Trowbridge High School for Girls, single-sex grammar schools which were established in 1912 on two sites: on Wingfield Road (boys) and nearby on Gloucester Road (girls). These formed a co-educational grammar school, the Combined High Schools, on 14 April 1969.^[2][3]

In August 1974, the school became a coeducational comprehensive school and was renamed The John of Gaunt School.^[4] Previously a community school administered by Wiltshire Council, The John of Gaunt School converted to academy status on 1 April 2012. However, the school continues to coordinate with Wiltshire Council for admissions.

The John of Gaunt School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, as well as some vocational courses offered in conjunction with Wiltshire College.^[5] Students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.^[6]

The school joined the Equa Multi-Academy Trust in April 2023. The trust already operates Lavington School, as well as a number of Wiltshire primary schools.^[7]

Trowbridge High School for Boys

• John Atyeo (1932–1993), prolific goal-scorer for Bristol City who also scored for England.^[8]
• Sir William Richard Joseph Cook, mathematician, who largely led the British hydrogen bomb programme in the 1950s.
• Kenneth Harris, former chief interviewer for The Observer newspaper.
• Tony Lane, nuclear physicist.^[9]
• John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian and editor.
• James Rodway (1848–1926), botanist and historian of Guyana.
• Alan Smith, Bishop of St Albans since 2009, and Member of the House of Lords.

Trowbridge High School for Girls

• Janet Anderson (briefly), Labour MP from 1992 to 2010 for Rossendale and Darwen.
• Maureen Duffy, author.
• Prof Joan M. Hussey, Professor of History from 1950 to 1974 at the University of London
• Deborah Meaden, businesswoman and television personality on Dragons' Den.
• Bel Mooney, journalist and broadcaster.
• Marjorie Reeves, historian.

The John of Gaunt School

• Nick Blackwell, boxer.
• Rob Chapman, musician and guitar company owner.
• Keri Davies, radio producer and playwright.
• Jordan Daykin, entrepreneur.
• Tom Gale, Olympic high jumper.
• Gemma Hunt, CBBC and CBeebies presenter.
• Chris Stokes, footballer.

Trowbridge and District County Secondary School

• Mr J.W. Henson (1897–1912)^[10]

Trowbridge Secondary School for Boys

• Mr J.W. Henson (1912–1914)^[10]

Trowbridge Secondary School for Girls

• Miss E.M. Moore (1912–1914)^[10]

Trowbridge High School for Boys

• Mr J.W. Henson (1914–1937)^[10]
• Mr L.G. Smith (1937–1947)^[10]
• Mr G.V.S. Bucknall (1947–1968)^[10]

Trowbridge High School for Girls

• Miss E.M. Moore (1912–1932)^[10]
• Miss J.I. Field (1932–1938)^[10]
• Miss K.M.S. Dawes (1939–1954)^[10]
• Miss B. Morris (1954–1969)^[10]

Trowbridge High School

• Mr G. Suggitt (1969–1974)^[10]

The John of Gaunt School

• Frank St. George (1974–1979)^[10]
• Keith Berry (1979–1991)^[10]
• Stephen Gee (1992–2001)^[10][11]
• Lyn Sharpe (2001–2003)^[12][13]
• Andy Packer (2004–2014)^[14]
• Mike Gunston (2014–2018)^[15][16]
• Paul Skipp (2018–2022)^[17]
• Matthew Woodville (2022–2023)^[18][19]
• Ben Rhodes (2023–)^[20][19]

• Lavington School – secondary school in Market Lavington, part of the Equa Multi-Academy Trust
• St Augustine's Catholic College – Catholic secondary school and sixth form in Trowbridge
• The Clarendon Academy – secondary school and sixth form in Trowbridge

• Berry, Keith Desmond (1994). John of Gaunt School and the Trowbridge High Schools : The First One Hundred Years. Bradford on Avon: K. Berry. ISBN 0952410303.

• Official website
• "Ordnance Survey map of Trowbridge, showing the two predecessor schools". National Library of Scotland. 1958. Retrieved 15 March 2023.

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