Location and History
Dorothy Stringer is on the same campus as Balfour Primary School, Varndean Secondary School and Varndean College Sixth Form College. The campus is bounded by Surrenden Road, Loder Road, Balfour Road and Friar Crescent.
With the exception of Balfour Primary School, each of the institutions used to exist in a different educational form. Dorothy Stringer was a secondary modern school, whilst Varndean College and Varndean School were the Boys' and Girls' grammar schools respectively.
In 2003, the school was the subject of a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) program involving several other schools (including neighbouring Varndean Secondary School, Blatchington Mill School and Sixth Form College and what was the COMART College of Media and Arts) and the construction firm Jarvis. For Dorothy Stringer this involved the construction of a new sports hall and associated facilities, new music suites, art studios and very recently some new ICT suites.
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