History
Sexey's School dates back to a Trade School which opened on 6 April 1891 with 15 boys. The headmaster and the boys moved into temporary premises in a house known as 'The Glen' on Quaperlake Street in Bruton. At the end of its first year there were 40 boys at the school learning basic subjects including practical mechanics, land measuring and elementary science. The school was moved to its current site and re-founded in 1898. The first headmaster was William Albert Knight
Sexey's was a grammar school until the Education Act 1944, after which it became a Voluntary controlled school. In 1991 it adopted Grant Maintained status and in September 1999 it became a Voluntary aided school.
It remained an all-boys school until 1977 when it became fully co-educational. Boarding facilities were expanded in the 1980s with the building of two new boarding houses - Lisbury House and Coombe House, making Sexey's one of the largest schools of its type in the country. The school has continued expansion with the introduction of a policy in 2003 to take day pupils from a local catchment area of 1.5 miles. Prior to this the last day pupil was admitted in 1983. In 2001 the school had 394 students. In 2007 there were 512 students.
Sexey's has complex funding arrangements being a school that has both state (government funded) and independent (charity funded) income.
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